Residents who are not already subscribers may want to read the latest edition of the Didcot Garden Town Newsletter.
See the South Oxfordshire District Council website for more information about the Didcot Garden Town project.
Residents may remember that plans to build one hundred and seventy-six houses on a site to the east of the B4016 Lady Grove were rejected by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) in October last year. The Parish Council had objected to the proposals. SODC’s decision was reported here:
https://www.longwittenham.com/2020/10/planning-application-refused/
The Parish Council has been advised by SODC that Manor Oak Homes, the applicant, has Continue reading
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The Royal British Legion has a vacancy for a volunteer Poppy Appeal Organiser to coordinate the Poppy Appeal in Long and Little Wittenham. This role can be carried out by an individual or a team of people.
The role is very rewarding, and the main tasks include: taking out static collection boxes to businesses and the primary school, arranging house to house collections and counting and Continue reading
The project to build a cycle path between the village and Clifton Hampden was raised at Monday evening’s meeting of the Didcot Garden Town (DGT) Residents Sounding Board.
Both the chairman of the Parish Council, Gordon Rogers, and Tom Bowtell, who heads the cycle path project, were present at the meeting. Tom Bowtell said that the cycle path project was ‘shovel ready’. Chairman Rogers asked Continue reading
The Parish Council has purchased and installed a new picnic table at the Westfield Play Area.
The table was funded from the the village’s district councillor Sam Casey-Rerhaye’s community grant fund.
Last year, the Parish Council replaced worn out facilities with a new slide and play equipment.
Volunteers are needed to help weed and tidy up the community garden at The Pound on the High Street. If you can spare an hour next Saturday morning, 29th May, please come along between 10am and noon.
Bring your own drink; biscuits will be provided.
For more information, email Cllr Sally Duff at richsal2000@yahoo.co.uk.
Read the Spring edition of the Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale quarterly newsletter.
This issue reflects on ‘lockdown’ year for Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale, discusses the new Breathing Space initiative, help for those suffering from Long Covid and hears from one of its new volunteer advisers.
The village Pre-School will be holding two ‘open days’ next month at the Village Hall on Saturday 12th and Saturday 26th June between 9am and 12noon.
The sessions are by appointment only and can be booked by calling 01865 407417 or emailing sally@longwittenhampreschool.co.uk.
For more information, see the flyer below. Continue reading
Motorists are warned that traffic restrictions are in place on Abingdon Bridge in Abingdon after concerns were discovered during a routine inspection.
Stonework to the eastern side of the northern arch of the bridge, which carries the A415 over the River Thames, has become displaced, reducing the bridge’s strength in this area. Continue reading
