Demolition work has started on a multi-storey car park in Banbury
Demolition work has started on a multi-storey car park in Banbury with the first external concrete pillars being removed from the site. Last month (August) Cherwell District Council appointed Armac Group to demolish the Bolton Road multi-storey car park after an independent inspection identified significant structural concerns and forced its closure in June. Since then hoarding has been erected to … Read More
Town Centre House becomes affordable housing
Town Centre House, the vacant office block in Banbury has been brought back into use after Cherwell District Council secured £1 million of funding to transform the building into affordable housing. Town Centre House, on the junction of Warwick Road and Southam Road, had previously been stood empty for approximately a decade prior to the council’s Build! team securing the … Read More
Demolition of Multi Story Car park to start at the end of the month
Demolition of the multi story car park on Bolton Road in Banbury to start at the end of the month A contractor has been appointed to begin demolishing a multi-storey car park in Banbury at the end of this month. Cherwell District Council has appointed Armac Group to undertake the demolition programme at Bolton Road. The demolition is to start … Read More
Major housing development proposed for approval
Major housing development proposed for approval A report has been submitted to Central Government recommending that plans for 1,000 homes and. supporting facilities be approved for development on land adjoining Salt Way in Banbury The application, submitted by Gallagher Estates, proposes delivering up to 1,000 two-storey homes of one to five bedrooms, of which 30 per cent will comprise one, … Read More
Gym and spin plans unfolding at Banbury’s Woodgreen Leisure Centre
The £1.2m project to improve and expand Banbury’s Woodgreen Leisure Centre is well underway. The plans, announced by Cherwell District Council in March, encompass a new 50-station health and fitness gym suite, and dedicated dance and spinning studios. The centre will also benefit from an integrated café and library, enlarged changing rooms, new toilets, a purpose-built reception area and a … Read More
Long serving councillor honoured
A former councillor’s decades of service to the district have been celebrated with his appointment to the role of Honorary Alderman. The title was conferred on Fred Blackwell at a meeting of Cherwell District Council’s special council on 18 July. Alderman Blackwell has acted as a councillor for Cherwell and its predecessor authority, Banbury Borough Council for 45 years. Cllr … Read More
Church honours the past while building for the future
A Banbury congregation celebrated the final phase of building on its new church by adding to a time capsule discovered earlier this year. The new Methodist Church on The Fairway, Banbury is being provided as part of Cherwell District Council’s award-winning Build! programme. It occupies part of the old church site which the council is revitalising to include 11 shared … Read More
Banbury Cabbies spot-checked for compliance
Taxi drivers were checked for compliance as Cherwell District Council officials and police conducted a joint operation in Banbury on the night of Friday 24 June. Licensing officials from Cherwell District Council were out in force from 8pm till midnight. In Banbury 17 vehicles were stopped. Although the majority of drivers were fully compliant, a small number were found in … Read More
Proposals to bring Order to town
Proposals to ban begging, on-street alcohol consumption and rough sleeping in Banbury town centre could be introduced to protect visitors from being exploited and intimidated. Cherwell District Council agreed to move towards a public consultation to discuss the possibility of introducing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO). The draft order would ban begging, alcohol consumption and rough sleeping within agreed boundaries … Read More
Free gym membership for active teens
Cherwell District Council (CDC) are offering teenagers the opportunity to work out at reduced rates at Spiceball in Banbury. Active Teen is a new membership scheme for 11 to 15-year-olds which is available on weekdays and Saturdays. Teenagers who attend the gym six times in eight weeks will be offered a free month of membership, thanks to Cherwell’s investment of … Read More