21/6/2002 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Planners say Green Belt land must be sacrificed for housing.
21/6/2003 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Green Belt earmarked for 1,000 houses.
27/6/2003 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Pledge to fight 1,000 homes.
7/7/2003 The Oxford Mail Letter Protect our Green Belt .
12/9/2002 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Green Belt in danger, warn campaigners .
3/10/2002 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Parish councils join to oppose homes plan.
14/10/2002 The Oxford Mail Report Land offers may provide homes.
14/10/2002 The Oxford Mail Report Land offers may provide homes.
17/3/2004 The Oxford Mail Report by Andrew Ffrench Council agrees to drop homes plan. Housing quota shared to protect Green Belt.
19/3/2004 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Green Belt homes plan thrown lifeline.
26/3/2004* The Oxford Mail & Times Report by Reg Little Homes in Green Belt 'will prove inevitable'. Bursar bullish despite councillors' opposition. Site map.
29/3/2004 The Oxford Mail Lead letter Green Belt cash till rings for Magdalen.
2/4/2004 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Grasp new housing nettle, council told.
2/4/2004* The Oxford Times Full-page report by Reg Little LANDMARK DECISION. On Tuesday Oxfordshire county councillors will vote on whether to agree plans for 3,000 homes on Green Belt land on the edge of Oxford. Pics of Maglen Bursar Charles Young, aerial view of site, the sewage works.
3/4/2004 The Oxford Mail Report Boris [Johnson] vents anger at Green Belt plan.
5/4/2004 The Oxford Mail Report by Michael Litchfield, Local Government Reporter Thousands object to county's future plan. Council to drop Grenoble Road bid. Plus letter by Godfrey Eden The college is cashing in.
7/4/2004 The Oxford Mail Council vetoes Green Belt plan.
27/5/2004 The Oxford Mail Report by Michael Litchfield, Local Government Reporter City council objects over housing U-turn. Grenoble Road scheme 'should be restored'.
2/7/2004 The Oxford Mail & Times Reports by Michael Litchfield, Local Government Reporter City eyes Green Belt . Options running out to ease housing crisis.
7/7/2004* The Oxford Mail Report by Jo Duckles Liberal Leader denies U-turn. Pic of John Goddard.
9/7/2004 The Oxford Times Front page lead report by Reg Little City backs '25,000 homes' on green land. Regional planners urged to create major development area south of city.
30/7/2004* The Oxford Mail & Times Reports by Reg Little "Build 40,000 homes". Oxfordshire given new 20-year target. Figures will be received with horror. Regional map.
30/7/2004 The Oxford Mail Letter Housing avalanche.
13/8/2004 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Village fights plan for 40,000 homes.
25/8/2004 The Oxford Mail Letter Have we seen a county U-turn?.
14/10/2004 The Oxford Mail Report Battle lines drawn in Green Belt fight.
3/11/2004 The Oxford Mail Report Build on the Green Belt and it will come to this, warns Tory councillor.
15/11/2004 The Oxford Mail Report Green Belt off-limits for housing, city told. Government will block 'wasteful' development.
28/2/2005 The Oxford Mail Letter Where we disagree.
23/3/2005 The Oxford Mail Report Home rule for city.
1/4/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Green Belt housing policy suffers blow.
11/8/2005 The Oxford Mail Report City at risk from LA-style 'sprawl'.
12/8/2005* The Oxford Times Front page lead report by Reg Little One step closer to 3,500 homes . Boost for college's plan. Pics of Maglen Bursar Charles Young.
26/8/2005* The Oxford Times Front page lead report by Reg Little 'We must build on fields'. County council will tell public that 8,000 homes must be built on green-field sites in Oxfordshire. Regional map.
9/9/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Housing fight's new foe. John Prescott weighs in.
9/9/2005* The Oxford Times Full-page report by Reg Little The Choice is as plain as houses . The people of Oxfordshire are about to get a chance to have their say on the future of home building - and the Green Belt - in the county for decades to come. Pics of Maglen Bursar Charles Young, Oxfordshire County Council leader Keith Mitchell, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Bicester county councillor Charles Shouler, Didcot Town Councillor John Flood, plus a colour map of the Grenoble Road site.
16/9/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report New twist in homes fight.
22/9/2005 The Oxford Mail Report Homes survey 'a real farce'.
7/10/2005* The Oxford Mail & Times Front page lead story by Reg Little 8,000-HOME PLAN UNVEILED. A further 600 acres going - "only 5% of the Green Belt".
14/10/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Council fights to go it alone . Subtext city.
14/10/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report City homes plan won't save towns .
24/10/2005 The Oxford Mail Report Villages join forces to halt town expansion plan.
2/11/2005 The Oxford Mail Report Councillors defy survey.
2/11/2005 The Oxford Mail Report Green Belt land 'not untouchable'.
2/12/2005 The Oxford Mail & Times Report Towns to bear housing brunt.
19/5/2006 The Oxford Times Housing is vital issue Letter by Keith Mitchell, Leader of Oxford County Council.
21/6/2006 The Oxford Mail Report City unveils shock expansion plans.
23/6/2006 The Oxford Times Report Fears over 75,000 homes.
25/10/2006 The Oxford Mail Report 1,000 new homes in the city.
9/11/2006 The Oxford Times Report New threat to city's Green Belt.
19/4/2007 The Oxford Student Oxford colleges set to make over £1 billion from Green Belt land. Comprehensive report by William Breame.
31/8/2007 The Oxford Times Backing for 4,000-home city estate: Development would be twice the size of Blackbird Leys. Front page lead report by Reg Little. It was only a matter of time, and numbers. So Oxford has cancer - official.
Addison Leys a possible solution?In case critics should accuse Akme of negativity or cynicism with regard to Oxford's undoubtedly acute housing and transport problems, please allow the following exercise in "blue skies thinking" as a possible solution to them. Akme has identified a large area of non-green-belt land in the very heart of the city (no access issues) with adequate infrastructure already established (no burying of power lines or relocation of sewage works) and presently completely unused except by a few wild animals - the ideal site for a settlement of several thousand new homes, which could perhaps be known as the Addison Leys Estate. 
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