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Campaign to save The Wheatsheaf ‘long way from victory’ MUSIC lovers are celebrating after plans to turn Oxford city centre’s last real gig venue into flats were withdrawn. But they say their campaign to save The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, is a ‘long way from victory’ – with fears it may never reopen. The battle is now on to reopen the upstairs venue it and prevent it being left empty and unused. Its owners had submitted plans to Oxford City Council to turn the first-floor venue into nine student flats, a shared kitchen area and common areas. But in an unexpected c...

Oxford Civic Society shares the dismay. Ian Green, chairman of Oxford Civic Society We support the city council’s aim, set out in the Oxford Local Plan, to facilitate a vibrant local economy and cultural diversity, and venues like the Wheatsheaf are an essential grass roots part of that, both in the city and beyond. A key component of the Local Plan is to ensure that the Oxford city region is a centre of innovation. We tend to think that innovation relates to scientific and technological developments, but it also applies to developments in the cultural arena. Contemporary rock...

MUSICIANS and gig goers fighting to save Oxford city centre’s last remaining real gig venue from being turned into student flats have launched a bid to preserve the building as a community asset. Owners of The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, have submitted an application to Oxford City Council for permission to close its first floor concert venue and convert it into apartments. The venue has hosted rock, pop, jazz, metal, dance, acoustic and folk shows for 20 years in its current form, and as a performance space for many years before that. It has played host to many of the city’s bands...

The Wheatsheaf, Oxford, is the subject of a planning application for town centre flats. Picture: Pete Hughes ​MUSIC lovers fighting to save Oxford city centre’s last gig venue from closure, have accused the building’s owner of ‘a fundamental lack of understanding’ over a document which purports to show almost 30 alternative music spaces within walking distance. Plans have been submitted to close the upstairs venue at The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, and turn it into student flats. The application has sparked fury among artists and music fans, who say the venue, which has played ...

A CAMPAIGN to block controversial plans to close Oxford city centre's last remaining dedicated gig venue and turn it into student flats, has been…