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Kler Planning Application – More Amendments
Kler have made yet more amendments to their planning application to re-align the Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to the site of their housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road. These latest amendments are dated 5/9/2018 … Continue reading
Bonfire Night Wood Collection
This year’s Village Bonfire Night will take place on Saturday 3rd November and the bonfire will be built on that morning so it’s time to start saving your wood and newspapers. If you have wood or old newspapers that can … Continue reading
Grant For Village School
The Parish Council has made a £500 grant in support of the campaign to pay for a part-time teaching assistant at the village school. In common with many state-funded schools throughout the country Long Wittenham primary school is struggling financially … Continue reading
Community Hub News
The Oxford Diocese and Oxfordshire County Council have agreed to pay their costs towards the new school – for example for internal furnishing, removal expenses and legal costs. This has allowed the developer Thomas Homes to proceed with viability assessments … Continue reading
Neighbourhood Plan Update
The public consultation on the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) ended on 11th September with twelve responses from residents and ten from outside bodies. Some residents were concerned that the size of the proposed Community Hub site off Didcot Road had … Continue reading
Long Wittenham Past
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past. This time, then and now photographs of No. 17 High Street: the first taken in the early 1900s when it had become the village police … Continue reading
Parish Council Dates 2019
The Parish Council has set the dates for its meetings and the Annual Parish Assembly for next year. All meetings will take place at 7:30pm in the Village Hall. 10th January – Parish Council Meeting
Apple Day Volunteers Wanted
The organisers of this year’s Village Apple Day are looking for volunteers to help with the smooth running of the event on Saturday 13th October. Jobs that will need doing are:
Westfield Road & Sinodun Close Resurfacing Works
The Parish Council has been advised by Oxfordshire Council Council (OCC) Highways Department that carriageway resurfacing will necessitate temporary road closures and “no waiting” restrictions on Westfield Road from 10th October 2018 to 14th October 2018 and Sinodun Close from … Continue reading
Village Litter Pick & Swapshop
Would you like your village to be a clean and tidier place? Do you have items you no longer need that are clean and reusable? Are there items that you would find useful to have? Then come along to the … Continue reading