The Parish Council has a pot of money to be shared out amongst groups for making improvements to the service and facilities they provide for the community.
During the last twelve months the council has supported Home Start Southern Oxfordshire, South & Vale Citizens Advice, the church bells restoration appeal, and made a £200 contribution towards a new ‘mud kitchen’ for the primary school.
Other groups to have benefitted from council money in the last few years include the Continue reading
Residents will be aware of the recent power cuts in the village. The Parish Council has raised a complaint with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) on behalf of the village in order to establish the cause, as well as to obtain assurance that SSEN will endeavour to reduce these in the future.
SSEN has confirmed that the outages were the result of a fault with the main network. It appears that it was caused by trees coming into contact with cables because of the recent high winds. SSEN have a regular maintenance programme to reduce this type of fault, Continue reading
Read the latest information about the progress of the Science Vale Cycle Network (SVCN) project in the July edition of the Oxfordshire County Council Update.
Residents who have run out of things to read during lock down will be pleased to hear that some of the libraries in Oxfordshire will be re-opening from Monday 13th July. Some Registration Offices also open from that date.
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is planning a phased approach to the reopening of such public buildings with every precaution being taken to make sure that this happens safely for those staff who will work in them and members of the public who Continue reading
Read the second edition of the Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale quarterly newsletter. This issue looks at the unemployment situation in Oxfordshire, provides an update on the reopening of Citizens Advice offices, and an interview with one of the many dedicated volunteers.
Residents who are not already subscribers may like to read the latest edition of the Didcot Garden Town Newsletter.
See the SODC website for more information about the Didcot Garden Town project.
The Parish Council has been advised by the Traffic Regulations Team at Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) that it will be necessary to close the unnamed road between Hill farm and the junction with Little Wittenham Road whilst fire hydrant repair and maintenance works are carried out.
The temporary closure and will operate from the 10th August 2020 up to and including the 12th August 2020. This is a 24 hour per day closure.
Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within Continue reading
Residents will no doubt be aware that from today, pubs and restaurants can re-open under Government guidelines.
The Plough Inn and the Vine and Spice re-open today (4th July) and The Barley Mow resumes business on Monday (6th July).
The measure forms part of Government plans to ease the Covid-19 emergency lockdown and kick-start the economy. Pubs and restaurants closed their doors on 23rd March.
The Plough will operate in the garden only because the passages in the old building do not Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting via Zoom video conferencing at 7:30pm on Thursday 9th July.
Download the agenda here.
If members of the public have any comments they wish to make on items on the agenda, they should email the Parish Clerk at longwittpc@hotmail.co.uk.
Any members of the public wishing to attend the meeting remotely should also contact the Continue reading
Residents will have seen the Government announcement that playgrounds can re-open on 4th July. However, the guidelines for how the playgrounds should be managed to reduce the possibilities of Covid-19 being passed between users are still very strict.
The Parish Council has taken advice from its insurers who have stated that unless the Government guidelines can be implemented in full, playgrounds should remain closed. The council’s limited resources makes adherence to the guidelines Continue reading
