Jericho Calendar 2025
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Our popular Saturday morning cafe is running again
More information...Jericho Pantry
The main purpose of the Pantry is to make food that would otherwise be thrown away accessible to people who live locally who can make use of it.
More information...Life drawing classes
Explore your creativity -- all levels welcome.
Local artist Mike England holds life drawing classes at the community centre.
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An appealing developer
Oliver Holland of Cornerstone Land argues their case to the Planning Committee
Cornerstone Land appeals against planning permission refusal
Posted - October 21, 2022For the latest information on how you can comment on the appeal, please visit the Jericho Wharf website
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The developer of the Jericho Wharf site, Cornerstone Land, is appealing to the Planning Inspectorate against the City Council’s refusal of planning permission for the Jericho Wharf development. This appeal will be decided by an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State at an informal hearing at the Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford, on 17th January 2023 starting at 10:00 am.
There are four local organizations engaged in this development. They have joined forces as the Jericho Wharf Trust (JWT)
- Jericho Community Association -- which plans a much-needed new community centre on the site, and argues for social housing that could provide homes for key workers.
- Jericho Community Boatyard -- whose members urgently require a boatyard for regular repairs
- Jericho Living Heritage Trust -- which is concerned about the way in which the development will embrace Jericho's heritage, and in particular offer a viable public square.
- St Barnabas Parochial Church Council -- which owns part of the site, as well as the existing community centre, and is very concerned about the setting of the Grade1-listed St Barnabas Church.
In April this year, the Council’s Planning Committee unanimously rejected the Cornerstone scheme. They were shocked that if offered no social housing at all and were worried about the size of the proposed public square, and the lack of a bridge into that square.
Since then the Jericho Wharf Trust has been pressing City Councillors and the City Council planners to be more pro-active and set out their requirements for this site formally in a 'Supplementary Planning Document'.
A critical element of this is the community centre. The current centre has no disabled access, no sports hall, a cafe too small for regular opening, and an old building that is in regular need of repair.
JCA Chair Charlotte Christie, says: "The best way forward now is to defend the decision of the planning committee, while also producing a Supplementary Planning Document. That would enable us to achieve a striking Jericho Wharf development that is attractive to funders and provides the community centre and social housing that Jericho urgently needs."
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For the latest information on how you can comment on the appeal, please visit the Jericho Wharf website
Boarded up -- the only view of the site that most passers-by have ever seen
Author: Peter Stalker
For further background on this contentious development, visit the Jericho Wharf website
