Residents will be aware that when a householder applies to South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) to alter their property, SODC usually informs the owners of the adjoining properties of the planning application and invites them to comment.
The Parish Council receives notification of all planning applications in the locality and is also invited to comment. At last Thursday’s Parish Council meeting it was suggested that, as the applications are in the public domain, the details of all planning Continue reading
have been reports that garden shed thieves are operating in the village. An attempted robbery was recently caught on camera at a property in the High Street and we are pleased to report that the police have identified the culprit from the CCTV provided by the householder.
The recently appointed vicar for the Bridge Group of parishes within the Dorchester Team, Mark Howarth, has decided not to take up the post.
The Coronavirus crisis has disrupted plans by the 
Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Oxfordshire will reopen on Monday (18th May) for essential visits, from 8am to 4pm. They will be open seven days a week, as long as they are not overwhelmed and can operate safely.
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting via Zoom video conferencing at 6pm on Thursday 21st May.
Emma Newman recently gave an interview to the Oxford NHS Foundation Trust about the village’s Local NHS Heroes campaign. Read the article published on the trust’s website:
Following the publication of the Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy ‘Our Plan To Rebuild’, the Parish Council would like to remind villagers what this means for Long Wittenham.
Residents who are signed up for brown bin collections will be able to put out twice as much garden waste on Thursday 21st May.
Thames Valley Police have asked the Parish Council to share the following information with residents: