on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 May 2014. I have received permission to quote the
invitation email below:
Firstly I would like to thank those of you who have already contributed to our
public consultation on The University of Oxford’s proposed development at the
Old Road/Park Hospital campus.
I would now like to invite you to take part in the next stage, at which we will
consult on the detailed design proposals for the proposed Big Data Institute
building, in particular its external appearance and associated landscaping
areas. We will also present information on the Amenities Building and its
proposed uses, including suggestions made following the previous consultation
event, along with more information about the Bioescalator and its impact on
research at the site.
We will also share with you the feedback we had from our first event and its
associated online survey, and outline the changes we have made as a result.
As a reminder, and for anyone who has not been involved up to this point, The
University of Oxford was granted Outline Planning Permission for its proposed
development at the Old Road/Park Hospital campus in July last year. The
University is now considering the first phase of this development,
specifically:
The Big Data Institute, which will develop approaches for generating, storing
and analysing large datasets in medical science for a better understanding of
human disease and its treatment; and
The Amenities Building, which will house a number of facilities serving the Old
Road Campus as a whole, including car parking and the Oxford Bio-Escalator (as
part of the Government’s City Deal initiative) which will encourage innovative
spin outs to become sustainable bioscience and medical businesses.
You can take part in the second public consultation event in this series on
Friday 9 May between 4.00pm and 7.00pm and Saturday 10 May between 10.00am and
1.00pm, at the Old Road Campus Research Building (the Green Building) off
Roosevelt Drive, Headington. If you would like information about car parking,
please email us at <email obscured>.
We very much hope you will be able to attend at one of these times, but if not
and you would like to receive information separately, please reply again to
<email obscured>.
We will be putting the information which is displayed at the event and the
questionnaire on the University website, to allow responses to be submitted.
We hope that we are notifying all of those who would be interested, but would
be grateful if you could pass this invitation on to anyone who would also like
to attend.
I confirm that several members of the University team, including consultants,
will be attending the public consultation event to answer any queries that you
may have. We look forward to meeting you.