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