Iffley Turn Following the successful meeting on March 12th, the engineers have adjusted the side road entry treatment by flattening the ramps, modifying the walkway, changing the lane markings, and adding yellow lines to prevent parking where the removed Orcas used to be. Cars should no longer hit the ground. The positioning of cars entering Iffley Turn from the south has not improved significantly and no adjustments have been made to improve cyclist safety. We await the Council’s response to the solutions recommended in our report of the meeting. The Council has not shared the result of a commissioned audit of the SRETs. CPZThe Council has not yet provided the promised review. Many observations have been reported. Fewer vehicles are parked in Iffley, but traffic may have speeded up as a result. Parking enforcement officers visit less frequently than suggested. The number to call for suspected illegal parking is 0345 3371138. Unfortunately permits are not displayed in cars due to...

On 12 March, FOIV held a very well-attended Public Meeting at the Mercure Hawkwell House Hotel (who kindly donated the venue). Present were around 75 members of the public, County Councillors and the responsible Council officers. The officers fielded many questions from the public. We have heard back from the officers that “snagging issues” are booked from 30 March to 9 April across both Banbury and Iffley roads. This includes the 20mm lip (across a number of sites) and the grounding issue at Iffley Turn. FOIV has sent the officers a summary of the problems that were discussed on the 12th and has requested a response to solutions proposed. We expect that will be after the Council has reviewed the result of a safety audit that is being done for them by a third party. We will post further updates when known. FOIV Highways subcommittee 30 March 2026

Have the changes at Iffley Turn caused you any problems, either as a pedestrian, wheel chair or push chair user, cyclist, motorist or driver of a larger vehicle? FOIV have organised a public meeting to discuss your problems and find solutions. Please come to share your experiences and ideas. Our local County Councillors, including the planning experts from the Council are coming.   Public meeting Thursday March 12th 7:15pmat Hawkwell House Hotel, Iffley Do come

The current major issue that affects us all, is the new configuration of Iffley Turn, which endangers motorists, cyclists and pedestrians alike. We are planning a public meeting with Council representation to consider why it happened and the problems it poses. There should have been a Council led evaluation with a report before this meeting. Watch this space and I hope you will come to the meeting which will be posted soon.

Deadline Thursday 15th December 2022 Ref 22/02446/CT3 Removal of existing fencing and formation of footpath and cycle path and associated landscaping works. | Donnington Recreation Ground Freelands Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4BT You can have your say – see the link below. FOIV have concerns that the route favoured by the Council is unnecessarily damaging as it will clear a substantial number of the group of mature willows and other trees adjoining Meadow Lane – this causes it to fail to comply with new statutory provisions under the Environment Act 2021. FOIV maintains there are less damaging ways to address pedestrian and cycle damage to the football playing surface, and deliver a surfaced cycle link around the edge of the recreation ground. The submitted option simply creates a new ‘desire line’ (diagonally across the Rec from Meadow Lane to Arnold Road) that may just move the damage to another part of the playing fields. The proposed route will not prevent people continuing to cross...

From Oxford Direct Services: “Consultation has been extended to 05/06/22 and updated on the city website. “Signs (replicating info on this page and including the address https://www.oxford.gov.uk/donnington-cycle-path) up in 4 locations. The sign at the proposed entrance coming off Meadow Lane includes (along with all the others): “A small number of trees will be removed to allow the path to connect to Meadow Lane. Replacement trees will be provided nearby to compensate for this” with the image: “We’ve run out of the red and white tape originally used to denote the trees impacted (I’ll get some ordered in today). There’s quite a lot of low-level growth there now (including nettles!) that would be a shame to disturb. I’m of the opinion that the sign’s text and images gives a reasonable indication of the trees that will be impacted. If/when submitted, the publicly viewable planning application will include the detailed tree impact...

Horse Fields A meeting with OCHL’s head, Helen Horne, and the new project manager, Rebecca Jacob, was helpful but we are still awaiting the planning application for the Horse Fields. We asked for wide publicity of the application; however the Council is only obliged to advertise it in the local press and to post up the regular planning notices. However FOIV will advise as soon as it is made public and the statutory consultation period of 21 days starts. Regarding the Memorial Field, OCHL advised that it will be managed by Oxford Direct Services (ODS). Iffley Mead The proposal is for 89 houses, with traffic exiting through Augustine Way. We have not yet received notice of the application for this, and we do not know whether the proposal is at the pre-planning stage. We will advise as soon as more information is forthcoming from the County Council (the owners of the field). Cycle Route across Donnington Recreation Ground You may have seen the trees with tape around them on Meadow...

PLANNING MATTERS extra The County Council have engaged Oxford Direct Services (ODS) of the City Council to install a cycle path leading from Cavell Road to Meadow Lane. This is apparently to stop people using their feet or bikes to dig out further the diagonal path which crosses the football pitches. A consultation will apparently take place imminently. The present proposed design is to open a second exit on Meadow Lane and would entail the felling of a considerable number of trees in the Meadow Lane copse.  ODS have marked these with red and white tape The Committee of the Friends of Iffley Village oppose this proposal and see the destruction of the trees as wholly unnecessary. A cycle path could be installed easily to emerge on to Meadow Lane at the existing exit in the North-West corner of the field: for clarity, this would be parallel to Donnington Bridge Road and exit as now by the little bridge over the Boundary Brook. A second cycle path exit would not then be necessary...

Subject: Decisions Meeting (27/01/2022b) – Cabinet Member for Highway Management From: Christian Mauz, Technical Officer (Traffic & Road Safety), Oxfordshire County Council| 18th January 2022 Oxford: Various Locations – Proposed “Quickways” Active Travel Measures, Oxford: Various Locations – Proposed Exclusions and Amendments to Eligibility for Parking Permits, Oxford: St Michael’s Street – Proposed Prohibition of Vehicles, Bodicote/Banbury: Blackwell Drive and White Post Road- Proposed Waiting Restrictions, Faringdon: Town Centre – Proposed 20mph Zone, Didcot & Long Wittenham: B4016 Ladygrove & Sires Hill – Proposed 40mph Speed Limit, Watlington: Pyrton Lane – Proposed 20mph Speed Limit Zone & Traffic Calming Measures, Charlbury: Hixet Wood – Proposed No Waiting at Any Time Restrictions, Minster Lovell: B4047 Burford Road – Proposed Extension of 40mph Speed Limit  Following objections received...

 FRIENDS OF IFFLEY VILLAGE COMMENTS ON PROPOSAL FOR YELLOW LINES Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the draft proposals for Yellow Lines in Iffley including the Conservation Area. Friends of Iffley Village (FOIV) would wish to feed back the following responses in relation to the three proposals which, with the exception of the north side of Iffley Turn, fall within the Iffley Conservation Area. Iffley has seen substantial increase in traffic, with concomitant parking and access issues, over recent times, which some limited management would assist in addressing. One key concern is that any further parking restrictions will inevitably move the problem of traffic and parking onto neighbouring roads particularly in relation to Church Way (already heavily congested during peak times) and the surrounding roads in the Conservation Area. This would become significantly more problematic should the housing new build plans in Iffley be implemented. We agree that the central issue,...