Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Saved! Oakwell Park Petition Helps Save A Local Landmark Building

Oakwell Park is a site to the North of Thorn Road, Thorn, Houghton Regis. An interesting house surrounded by parkland, with a woodland to the east. A field to the west of this site is designated part of HRN2. Developers now have eyes on developing Oakwell Park for housing, including the demolition of this building.

This petition had 599 supporters. It was begun on 25 January 2017 by Alan Winter on Change.org and was addressed to Central Bedfordshire Council and Optimist Consulting. The petition drew the attention of many others, notably Dale Ingram MSc FRSA (Twitter description: "Historic Buildings & Planning Cons. & Expert witness. Pragmatic, ethical.") who knew about the listed building process.

Ultimately, the building was listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.