Warneford Park Pre-planning application consultation

Thank you

We would like to thank everyone for your interest and involvement in the consultation activity on the plans for Warneford Park.

Please note this consultation activity is now CLOSED.

The final report on the stage two engagement is now available to download and read.

Further information regarding the planning application submission will be shared on the Warneford Park website as the plans progress.

Background

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is working in partnership with the University of Oxford and a partner on plans to develop a major brain health research and innovation campus at the Warneford Hospital site. This will include:

• a new mental health hospital, offering the best treatment, care, and therapeutic environment.
• a modern scientific facility for the world-leading brain research taking place at the University of Oxford, with additional space for biotech, pharmaceutical and start-up companies.
• a new post-graduate college for the University of Oxford focused on medical sciences, bio-engineering and related disciplines.

Informing and involving the public about our plans is hugely important and since July 2024 we have carried out extensive engagement with a wide range of stakeholders and conducted two pre-planning application public consultations.

In the spring of 2025 we will submit our formal planning application to Oxford City Council for consideration.

Public consultation activity

First consultation

We held our first public consultation in September 2024 on our plans for Warneford Park. This included public drop-in exhibition events, a survey, question and answers, a webinar, stakeholder meetings and more. Your feedback gave us rich and helpful insights into how we move forward with our plans and designs. Following the consultation, we published an engagement report which summarises the key feedback, ideas and suggestions received from everyone who took part.

Second consultation

We continued to develop and revise our proposals taking into account your feedback from the first consultation and from 2 December 2024 to 10 January 2025 we held a second public consultation to present our revised plans in more detail and to once again hear your views.

Following the consultation, we published an engagement report which summarises the key feedback, ideas and suggestions received from everyone who took part.

Supporting resources

Supporting resources for our consultations, including proposed plans and diagrams, hard copies of surveys, online questions and answers and a series of videos across a variety of topics remain on this site for you to use.

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