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London Road Level Crossing Report on Meridian TV
Meridian TV visited our area and broadcast a report on 30th March 2023 that focused on the issues and possible solutions to keeping a route open across the East West rail line at London Road when the new train services start.
Comments were provided by the Chair of Langford Village Community Association, Carole Hetherington, Oxfordshire County Councillor Calum Miller, and a number of local residents.
If you missed Natalie Verney’s report on broadcast tv, it’s still available to watch here.
What solution do you wish to see? Post a comment here or on the LVCA facebook page.
London Road Latest on BBC Radio Oxford
LISTEN to the latest media coverage on the issue of Bicester’s London Road Level Crossing.
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COMMENT on this post below or on the LVCA facebook page.
Surgery Relocation Plans Ended
The Langford Medical Practice building in Nightingale Place will continue to remain open now that an announcement has been made that relocation to Graven Hill is no longer possible.
Alchester Medical Group, which has its surgeries at Langford and Victoria House, on Buckingham Road, has revealed that a funding gap has prevented the relocation project moving ahead with its development partner Assura and health service commissioners not being able to reach a satisfactory agreement.
A full statement about the ending of the Bicester Health and Wellbeing Hub project is provided on the Alchester website and can be found here.
Watch the BBC South TV report by Angela Walker and featuring the LVCA Chairman by clicking below.
New daytime classes at the Hall
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LANGFORD NO.27 BUS SERVICE TO END
Important news is emerging about the 27 bus service for Langford residents. This service will no longer run after 4th September 2022. For more information please click here to read the information provided by Councillor Calum Miller.
Langford 5G Mast Site Ruled Unsuitable
The 5G telecom tower proposed for Peregrine Way has failed to win approval of Cherwell District Council and is being refused planning permission. Council officers say the mast would bring ‘demonstrable harm to visual amenity’ and cause detriment to living conditions for nearby residents.
We don’t yet know whether the telecoms firm that wishes to build the mast to improve coverage here will make any alternative proposal or whether it might appeal the decision to refuse it at that spot.
The LVCA was among the organisations and people who objected to the 16m tall mast being placed at the chosen spot and suggested consideration was given to putting it somewhere else on Langford Village.
Langford’s 5G Controversy
OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED SITING OF NEW MAST ON LANGFORD VILLAGE
A number of Langford Village residents have now formally opposed the building of a 16 metre high mast designed to improve coverage for local mobile services and marked to be built on Peregrine Way. The 5G mast and kerbside cabinets, shown in the diagram, would be sited on the verge near the junction with Merlin Way and on the opposite side of the road (see photo in which the position is shown with a traffic cone).
Details first appeared on the Cherwell District Council Planning Register in early July 2022 with local residents then given a short time to send in comments. The application for the mast has been made by telecoms firm CK Hutchison Networks. LVCA shared news of this development on its social media as soon as it was made aware of the application appearing on the Council’s Planning Register.
A Langford facebook poll then showed a clear majority – by 2 to 1 – in favour of the local area having such a mast but with a significant number of comments also arguing that it shouldn’t be placed where indicated but should be built elsewhere instead. One highly suggested location is on the middle of the Peregrine Way roundabout with exits to Falcon Mead and Osprey Close.
Several residents have now written to object to the mast for a number of different reasons and they include the Chairman of LVCA, Carole Hetherington, who has asked that a reconsideration is made on the siting as many more suitable/less intrusive spots could be identified for it in Langford’s community. Other objectors have raised issues of concern about visual impact and some have outlined fears over whether or not there could be an associated effect on health.
To read the comments on the planning register please click here and then find the ‘Supporting Docs’ section. A decision on the mast will need to be made by Cherwell District Council.
A 5G mast with an identical design to the one proposed at Langford Village has recently been installed on Leach Road in west Bicester – as shown here. These masts are around twice the height of a standard lamppost.
Langford Village’s new bus shelters are here!
Brand new bus shelters are now in place for all residents and visitors to our neighbourhood.
The LVCA has campaigned over many years for this facility to be installed and is delighted that it has happened – at long last! The new shelters have been installed by Bicester Town Council.
Our special thanks go to Bicester Town Clerk Phil Evans and Councillors Zoe McLernon and Dan Sames for their work and strong support in helping achieve this for our whole community.
