{"id":344854,"date":"2025-08-14T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344854\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:26:16","slug":"oxford-united-secure-new-stadium-planning-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/344854\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United Secure New Stadium Planning Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Oxford United are delighted that our planning application for a new 16,000 capacity stadium on land north of the city has been approved by Cherwell District Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision brings the Club\u2019s vision to build a new permanent home one step closer to being delivered. The Council\u2019s planning committee confirmed their decision earlier today at a meeting that included impassioned speeches from Oxford United\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Williams, and life-long supporter, Roland Clements, who both talked about the huge positive impacts of the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathon Clarke, Development Director at Oxford United, said: \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely delighted to have secured planning approval. We\u2019re now one step closer to delivering on our goal of creating a once-in-a-generation venue for supporters and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting to this point wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our incredible stadium project team. I\u2019d also like to place on record my thanks to the Cherwell District Council planning officers for their constructive engagement throughout this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant Ferguson, Chairman of Oxford United, added: \u201cThis is a crucial step forward in the long process towards safeguarding the future of this great Club. With approval secured, our focus can now move to the next phase of the project plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Jonathon Clarke and our stadium project team for their unrelenting dedication and professionalism to enable us to reach this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you also to Cherwell District Council for approving our application, and to all stakeholders, consultees and everyone else who has supported our vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to the nature of this development, the detailed application now passes to Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oxford United are delighted that our planning application for a new 16,000 capacity stadium on land north of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-344854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115029238319093139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}