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Consultation on Electric Vehicles
South Oxfordshire District Council is working with Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) on a project to install electric vehicle charging points in a range of public car parks in 2021. As part of that work, the county council has launched a … Continue reading
Temporary Footpath Closure – Day’s Lock
The Parish Council has been advised by the Traffic Regulations Team at Oxfordshire County Council that a request has been received from the Environmental Agency for a temporary footpath closure to apply to a section of Thames Path at Day’s … Continue reading
New Vicar Licensed
On Wednesday 6th October, a select congregation gathered at Dorchester Abbey for the Licensing Service of Reverend Canon Paul Wignall. Owing to Covid-19, everyone who attended was required to wear appropriate face coverings, which gave the service a more than … Continue reading
Make the Thames ‘Safe for All’
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is stepping up its campaign to make the River Thames safe for wildlife and river users by calling for an end to sewage overflows, more public information on water quality and more stringent water testing … Continue reading
Didcot Road Re-alignment Avoided
Didcot Road will not have to be re-aligned for a new entrance to the Vanderbilt housing development. There were fears that had the re-alignment gone ahead it would have caused months of traffic disruption. Following agreement between the landowner, Vanderbilt … Continue reading
District Council Offices
South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Councils have decided that Didcot will be the home of their new offices. The district councils will move into a new building that is proposed for the Didcot Gateway site opposite … Continue reading
Planning Application Refused
Plans for one hundred and seventy-six new homes on a site to the east of the B4016 Lady Grove have been rejected by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC). It’s a decision welcomed by Long Wittenham Parish Council who objected to … Continue reading
Covid-19 Supermarket Voucher Support
The Parish Council has been asked by the Covid-19 Community Support team at South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils to share the following information with residents: Thanks to some funding from central government we’ve been able to … Continue reading
Church Bells Project Delayed
The bells restoration project at St Mary’s Church has been delayed until next year because of the Covid-19 emergency and delays in processing paper work. Work was due to have started by now but the principal project organiser Julia Sargent … Continue reading
Westfield Play Area
The installation of the new play equipment at the Westfield play area is scheduled to start on Thursday 8th October and will take approximately ten to fourteen days to complete. The work is being carried out by Sovereign Play Equipment … Continue reading