Read the latest about the progress of the Science Vale Cycle Network (SVCN) project in the March edition of the Oxfordshire County Council Update.
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We are pleased to report that this website has reached a significant milestone: 100 direct subscribers. Whenever news is posted here, each subscriber receives an email with a link to the article.
News on the website is automatically cross-posted to the village Facebook page and the 506 followers of that page will see the post in their timeline. News is also cross-posted to the village Twitter account, and the 336 Continue reading
Vanderbilt Homes Amendments
Vanderbilt Homes has submitted more amendments to its planning application for the housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road.
These amendments are ‘discharge of conditions’ which means they deal with the conditions specified by the planning inspector when the outline planning permission was granted for the site in January 2018. Continue reading
Recycling Centres News
Residents are being urged not to use Oxfordshire’s household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) over the traditionally busy Easter holiday period, if they can avoid doing so.
From Friday 26th March, traffic control measures will be introduced at four of the county’s seven HWRCs for a three-week period, and centres will be closed early or for short periods in the day if queues start affecting surrounding roads. Late-night opening on Thursdays is also being reintroduced from 1st Continue reading
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, who is finding it hard coping with low mood, stress and worry. Continue reading
Didcot Garden Town Newsletter
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.
Bells Returned to St Mary’s
The project to restore and retune the bells at St Mary’s Church is nearing completion, with the bells returned to the church from the restorers yesterday (22nd March) – see the photograph below.
There will be a short service for the blessing of the bells on Thursday 25th March with only a small number of people attending owing to Covid restrictions. Continue reading
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 by Parish Councillor Sally Duff and Tom and Prew Bowtell, and they collected rubbish between Didcot Road, the High Street and Clifton Continue reading
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 until 2021. I want to give you an update on timings.
The construction phase for the wetland areas on Earth Trust and Church Farm land Continue reading
Expressway Plans Scrapped
The Government has anounced that
plans for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway have been scrapped, as it was deemed to “not be cost-effective for the taxpayer”.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said the decision was made after “extensive analysis” of the scheme, which was paused in March 2020.
The road would have linked Oxford with Milton Keynes and Cambridge. There had been Continue reading