Going Forward Buses, which operates a Monday only D1 service between Didcot and the village, plans to put on additional services on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Much depends on whether the bus company can recruit a driver. Permission for the new service will also have to be sought from the Traffic Commissioners. The managing director of the company, Mike Ward, said: “I am reasonably confident that I will be able to make these changes to the service and run buses Continue reading
Residents will be aware that the Parish Council cancelled this month’s meeting owing to the current Covid situation. At the start of the pandemic, the Government passed legislation to allow councils to meet remotely. That legislation expired in May last year and since then, councils have been required by law to meet face-to-face.
National organisations such as the National Association of Local Councils (NALC), Local Government Association (LGA), Association of Democratic Service Officers (ADSO) and Continue reading
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The Parish Council has complained to Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) about what it believes to be the illegal closure of the road outside Lower Farm. The road was closed on Friday by Thames Water to replace a fire hydrant.
Parish councillor Steve Brown, a retired civil engineer, has written to OCC’s traffic manager, Keith Stenning, seeking an explanation for what he claims is the illegal closure of the road between the village and Clifton Hampton bridge. Continue reading
Owing to the current Covid situation, the Parish Council has decided to cancel its meeting scheduled for 13th January.
If residents have any issues they wish to bring to the attention of the council, please contact the Parish Clerk at longwittpc@hotmail.co.uk.
The council hopes to resume its regular monthly meetings from February. All dates are on the meetings dates page of this website.
The Parish Council has been advised that roadworks to install the new zebra crossing and traffic calming measure on Didcot Road for the Vanderbilt housing development, will commence on Monday 10th January. Vanderbilt will also be doing some other ancillary work on the road.
Two way traffic signals will be in place so delays are likely. The work is expected to take approximately three weeks. Continue reading
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is currently working to produce a new local transport plan. The plan is its long-term county-wide transport strategy. It is called the Local Transport and Connectivity Plan (LTCP), to better reflect its strategy both for digital infrastructure and for connecting the whole county.
The LTCP will be the long term vision for transport in the county and the policies required to deliver this. It will be used to decide how transport is managed and the types of Continue reading
As in earlier years, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has arranged for Christmas trees to be collected from the grass verge next to the entrance to Bodkin’s Recreation Ground. Leave trees there by 14th January – they will be collected on Saturday 15th January.
Please do not leave trees inside the gate as they will not be collected.
Residents with brown recycling bins can leave their tree next to their brown bin for Continue reading
Covid related issues and trading problems have combined to force the closure of The Plough Inn for January and February. The pub is planning to re-open in March.
Trade in the pub and restaurant trade has been hit severely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses have suffered alarming drops in trade and an estimated five hundred pubs throughout the country have closed their doors.
Increases in the price of food and drink, combined with rising energy prices have added to Continue reading
Greetings and best wishes for 2022 to the residents of Long Wittenham from the chairman of the Parish Council.
As the new year unfolds the village will see many changes. The new housing development by Vanderbilt should be completed by late Summer and the next phase of the village’s Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) is expected to take another step forward.
The NDP has cleared all the archaeological issues raised by Historic England and it is Continue reading
