Public notices are adverts placed by councils and other local authorities to inform people of developments in their areas.

They can cover a wide variety of topics that may impact your life.

They can include planning applications and appeals, road closures or proposals by pubs or nightclubs hoping to change their opening hours or make other variations.

The purpose of a public notice is to make sure anybody - either an individual or a group - with an interest has an opportunity to find out about and comment on the proposal before a decision is made on whether to allow it to go ahead.

 

Oxford street closure: The link road between Speedwell Street and Thames Street will be closed from August 5 for changes to traffic signs. The work is anticipated to be completed on August 11.

Traffic signs will be displayed to indicate when the measures are in force. Exemptions are included for emergency services and for the works and for access to premises which are only accessible from the closed section of road.

The alternative route for traffic is via St Aldates and Thames Street.

 

Oxford overnight road closure: The junctions of Napier Road and Phipps Road with Garsington Road will be closed from August 27 because of side road entry treatments being carried out as part of the active travel improvements along Garsington Road.

The work is anticipated to be completed on October 25. Works will operate between 8pm and 6am. Traffic signs will be displayed to indicate when the measures are in force.

Exemptions are included for emergency services and for the works. Access for cyclists and pedestrians will be maintained. There are no diversions relevant to these cul-de-sacs.

 

Oxford road closure: The junction of St Lukes Road with Garsington Road will be closed for about 10 metres from August 27.

This is for the construction of side road entry treatments as part of the active travel improvements along Garsington Road.

Exemptions are included for emergency services and for the works. Access for cyclists and pedestrians will be maintained. The alternative route for traffic is via the B480 and Between Towns Road and vice versa.

 

Oxford road closure: Little Clarendon Street will be closed from August 19 because of new electricity connection works which are anticipated to be completed on August 30. This is a 24 hour road closure.

The one-way traffic restriction will be suspended to enable access/exit from both ends of the road.

Exemptions are included for emergency services and for the works and for access to premises which are only accessible from the closed section of road. The alternative route for traffic is via Walton Street, Beaumont Street, St Giles and vice versa.

 

Parking suspension Greater Leys: Parking on Grenoble Road between Guelder Road and Frys Hill will be suspended from August 19 (about 240 metres of parking to the bus stop will be maintained).

This is for works on the new Ellison Institute of Technology as a holding area for deliveries to the site.

The new research and development facility will bring together leading thinkers from around the world to support EIT’s mission of solving humanity’s most challenging and enduring problems, it said.

The new Oxford Campus, designed by Lord Norman Foster, is due to be completed in 2027.

The parking restriction is anticipated to be lifted in February 2026. It will operate Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturday 7am to 1pm although times will vary with Oxford United match days.

Signs will be displayed to indicate when the measures are in force.

 

Oxford footpath closure: Aristotle Lane footpath to Port Meadow will be closed from August 19 for footpath improvements. The work is anticipated to be completed on August 30.

This is a 24 hour footpath closure. Appropriate signs will be displayed to indicate when the measures are in force.