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."
23 May 2025
It seems likely that the stadium planning application will be determined by Cherwell District Council on 3rd July 2025. The application still has major weaknesses which we believe will prevent Cherwell's officers from recommending that it be approved. In a recent helpful development the Woodland Trust has asked Cherwell to to take a precautionary approach so that no planning decision is made until Natural England has provided a judgement on whether the woodland adjacent to the site is Ancient...
15 April 2025
Huge thanks to those of you who have already responded to the current consultation! BUT we need more comments PLEASE to help us to expose Oxford United’s disingenuous claim that it can’t stay at the Kassam Stadium. Oxford United has provided no evidence to back up its claims. Due to your, and our, combined efforts Cherwell District Council has highlighted this as an area of inconsistency in the planning application. It is important that we press this point home to Cherwell and expose the...
16 March 2025
Oxford United’s recent reporting of its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2024 was another example of the club putting an extraordinarily positive spin on a dire situation as it posted a record loss of nearly £16m. The club stated it has ‘reviewed the accounting treatment’ of the new stadium development costs of £1.6m in the 2023 accounts and £5.1m in the 2024 accounts. BUT, what the club fails to mention is the part that FoSB has played in this decision. In April 2024 we...
16 March 2025
One of the many details missing from Oxford United's stadium proposal is the cost that will be imposed on local residents who will have to pay for parking permits....
16 March 2025
In April 2024 Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) announced that Heads of Terms (HoT) for the stadium proposal on the Triangle had been agreed with Oxford United. The HoT is a document that sets out the broad terms of a commercial agreement before a formal contract is signed. This decision was taken behind closed doors and the HoT were never disclosed to the public or put before any OCC committee. FoSB therefore contacted OCC with a request for the following information: a copy of the HoT agreed...
14 March 2025
Dr Judith Webb, an Independent Ecological Consultant, has carried out a number of surveys on The Triangle site. This report is a summary...
24 January 2025
Oxford United has submitted additional documents for its stadium planning application and Cherwell District Council is currently consulting on these.
10 January 2025
Cherwell District Council (CDC) has recently updated the planning portal with a huge amount of additional information prepared by OUFC's agents, Ridge. This is in response to requests from CDC for more information about the proposal. The new information can be seen...
19 August 2024
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) recently published the Collaboration Agreement that it has agreed with Oxford United (OUFC). OCC’s announcement stated: “The community Collaboration Agreement ensures the club meets its commitments against the council’s Strategic Priorities and to the local community and sports groups in both the short and long term.” This is our response: OCC’s announcement is disingenuous and misleading. The Collaboration Agreement is in fact not fit for purpose and...