CHRIST CHURCH TO BUILD ON WATER

Having apparently lost £82 million on the stockmarket between 1999 and 2002, allegedly in an old Houseman's disastrous Far Eastern gamble, Oxford's cathedral college Christ Church is trying to recoup its losses by developing housing on land it owns (Manor Farm) in the historic flood plain hamlet of Binsey.

Binsey

Yes, I know, let's build some houses here...

the flood plain drythe flood plain flooded Binsey Lane

The flood plain in the dry season... and the not-so-dry season... I know, let's turn this lane into a one-mile dyke...

INDEX

24/8/2001 The Oxford Mail & Times Residents fear for future of village. Population to be doubled.

27/9/2001 The Oxford Mail & Times Planners warn against over-development . Many objections.

12/3/2004* The Oxford Mail Report by Reg Little College fights tide of villagers' opinion. Christ Church compared to King Canute. Pic of Allison Cobb & hamlet.

15/4/2004 Indymedia Report Binsey, Oxford. Historic site under threat of development by Oxford college . Residents' concise statement: "This seems mad."

16/4/2004 The Oxford Times Report Causeway controversy. Binsey often cut off during winter. "This seems mad."

22/4/2004 The Oxford Student Report by Matt Trueman & Matthew Bryant A village up in arms. Christ Church: "Ignoring the flooding, everything would have been approved... There isn't a Binsey Residents Association."

18/6/2004 The Oxford Mail Report by Reg Little Residents welcome hamlet homes inquiry. Village flooded during hearing?

23/11/2004 Public Inquiry at Oxford Town Hall. Christ Church appeals (for planning permission). Agenda.

15/12/2004 Decision of Planning Inspectorate (D. L. Burrows) rejecting Christ Church appeals: Rulings and Reasoning, plus list of participants &c..

the flood plain the road

Saint Margaret's Churchyard and St Frideswide's well, aka The Treacle Well in Lewis Carroll's Old Tom in Wonderland


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