Category Archives: Parish Council

Parish Sounding Board

The Didcot Garden Town (DGT) project does not have money to support plans for a cycle path linking the village to the Barley Mow car park.  That was made clear at a recent meeting of the DGT Parish Sounding Board … Continue reading

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Planning Application

The Parish Council has been advised by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) of a new planning application within the environs of the village. The application, at the Bridge House Caravan Park, Clifton Hampden, seeks a Certificate of Lawful Use for … Continue reading

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TalkingSpace Plus

The Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has asked the Parish Council to make residents aware of TalkingSpace Plus. TalkingSpace Plus is a free NHS service delivering talking therapies to anyone aged eighteen and over, and living in the local area, … Continue reading

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Litter Pickers Back in Action

Fifteen bags of rubbish were collected recently from roadsides in the village by a team of litter pickers organised by the Parish Council in conjunction with the South and Vale District Councils’ Waste and Recycling team. The group was led … Continue reading

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River of Life II Wetland Creation Project

Rebecca Chiazzese, Project Manager for the Earth Trust River of Life II wetland creation project, has sent the following update to the Parish Council: As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we had to postpone the project from last year … Continue reading

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Broadband News

The Digital Infrastructure Team at Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has asked the Parish Council to share with residents its Better Broadband for Oxfordshire briefing document, which confirms the completion of superfast broadband delivery across Oxfordshire. The tailored update provides coverage … Continue reading

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Electricity Outages Update

The Parish Council has received the following statement from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN): Over the course of the last year Long Wittenham has been experiencing multiple short interruptions to its power supply; this was particularly evident over the … Continue reading

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Residents Invited to Join 20mph Working Group

At last week’s Parish Council meeting, two residents, Ron Carter, who lives on the Didcot Road, and Gabriel Hemery, who lives on the Little Wittenham Road, presented their ideas for how traffic calming should be implemented in their respective parts … Continue reading

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2021 Census

The Parish Council has been asked to remind residents that the census for England and Wales will take place on Sunday 21st March.  All households are required to complete the census; failure to do so could result in a fine … Continue reading

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20mph Zone Update

A third meeting of the working group to discuss proposals for a 20mph zone through the village was held last week, attended by parish councillors, Oxfordshire County Council’s consultant Colin Davis and county councillor Dr Pete Sudbury. A Road Safety … Continue reading

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