ABOUT JERICHO - PLANNING
JCA gets outline planning permission
The block plan for the purposes of outline planning permission
Approval in principle for the new centre
Posted - June 08, 2010In order to secure land for a new community centre on the canalside site, the Jericho Community Association applied for outline planning application for the centre. This was granted unanimously by councillors at the Central, South and West Area Committee meeting on June 8, 2010.
This enables us to comply with the legal agreement reached with Spring concerning the transfer of land. Spring has now gone into administration but this commitment will pass to any new owner. Detailed plans for the centre will be drawn up later following community consultations.
The shaded area in the drawing above shows the area that the new centre would occupy.
How religious we are?
In the 2001 Census, some 50% of Jericho residents said they were Christian, 2.2% Muslim, 1.9% Buddhist and 1.2% professed other religions, while 34% of people said they had no religion. In Oxford as a whole the proportion with no religion was 24%.
Where the community centre came from?
The centre was built at the end of the 19th century as the Church Institute for St. Barnabas.