08 October 2025
Our opposition to the stadium continues as we move to the next stage of the planning process. Below we provide answers to some key questions on next steps...
15 August 2025
As was widely anticipated, planning permission has been granted for a stadium on the 'Triangle' site in Kidlington. This is the unsurprising culmination of a process which has defied logic at every opportunity.
13 August 2025
The Planning Committee meets at 4pm on Thursday 14 August to determine this application. We suggest that you watch online as recommended by the Council...
13 August 2025
We continue to believe that the woodland which borders the Triangle is Ancient Woodland. We have provided additional evidence to the Council in the form of a further report researched and written by Dr Judy Webb BSc PhD BEM.
Dr Webb's report highlights material flaws and errors...
26 July 2025
The planning decision has been delayed until Thursday 14 August. Meanwhile, our opposition to the stadium continues, helped by Cherwell District Council’s report which concluded that the Triangle is Green Belt and not grey belt as asserted by OUFC.
26 July 2025
As you may have seen, following Natural England’s decision to designate the woodland which borders the Triangle as ‘ancient’, they then did an abrupt U-turn and decided that it wasn’t.
Despite what you may read on social media pages and in local press, we (and others) remain unconvinced...
22 July 2025
Dr Webb has recently updated her survey of the section of woodland which borders the Triangle. This meticulous and evidence-based work provides further strong evidence that Natural England's recent designation of this site as Ancient Woodland was correct. Dr Webb is well-known as an experienced local ecologist however, her full credentials and experience are less widely appreciated...
20 July 2025
Despite the imminent stadium planning decision date of 31 July, Natural England has now confirmed that the woodland which borders the Triangle should be categorised as ‘Ancient Woodland’. Ancient Woodland has a specific meaning for planning purposes: it is considered to be ‘an irreplaceable habitat’ and detailed Government guidance directs that planning permission should be refused...
20 July 2025
We are pleased to report that Cherwell District Council's Planning Policy Team sought an independent opinion from LUC on the contribution of the Green Belt in the Kidlington Gap to the Green Belt purposes. LUC’s view is that "...the site [i.e. the Triangle] makes a strong contribution to Green Belt purposes...
11 July 2025
In June, Cherwell District Council posted an update on the planning portal (dated 23 June 2025) stating: "It is anticipated that the application will be presented for consideration at the Planning Committee meeting taking place on 31 July 2025."