Cllr Peter Rose, the Chairman of the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Steering Committee, writes:
Although we have not been able to report any progress on the Neighbourhood Plan for several months, we have been busy behind the scenes.
The current Plan was submitted to the examiner a year ago. Following the most recent public consultation, the examiner asked for some clarification about the archaeology on Continue reading
Many residents have expressed concerns about Vanderbilt Homes’ proposals to re-align the Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to its housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road.
The company does not own the land required to create the appropriate safety ‘vision splays’ either side of the entrance and its solution to this problem is the road re-alignment. This would potentially lead to months of delays.
However, the Parish Council now hopes that talks in the near future between Vanderbilt, Continue reading
Historic England (HE) has decided to protect an archaeologically important part of the site proposed for the Community Hub. The Hub includes plans for a new school, pre-school, village hall and forty homes.
Following an archaeological survey, some of the land specified in the revised Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) has been scheduled by HE, including an area upon which the Parish Council wants to build the Hub. This process has taken over six Continue reading
Vanderbilt Homes has submitted another amendment to its planning application for the housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road.
This is another ‘discharge of conditions’ which means it deals with one of the conditions specified by the planning inspector when the outline planning permission was granted for the site in January 2018.
Specifically, Vanderbilt has provided an “Arboricultural Method Statement” which details Continue reading
Three village events have become casualties in the drive to slow down the spread of Coronavirus.
The Annual Parish Assembly at which village groups and organisations present reports was cancelled yesterday (12th March). The Good Neighbours Group meeting on the same day was postponed. The Lunch Club called off the March meeting and all future lunches until further notice.
The Chairman of the Parish Council Gordon Rogers said: “Reluctantly the council decided Continue reading
In view of the likely announcement by the Government of further measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus, tonight’s Annual Parish Assembly has been cancelled.
It is hoped that it will be re-scheduled later in the year when the current crisis has passed.
For more information, contact the Parish Clerk at longwittpc@hotmail.co.uk.
Would you like your village to be a clean and tidier place? Do you have items you no longer need that are clean and reusable? Are there items that you would find useful to have? Then come along to the Village Litter Pick and Swapshop on Saturday 28th March at the Village Hall from 10am till noon.
Litter Pick:
You will be provided with Hi Viz jackets, gloves, rubbish bags and litter picking tool. You Continue reading
Vanderbilt Homes submitted the ‘Reserved Matters’ planning application for its housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road in November last year. The application covered issues such as landscaping, layout and design, scale, and market and affordable housing mix.
Following a wealth of adverse comments by statuary bodies, the Parish Council and many residents, Vanderbilt has now submitted revised plans. These can be view on the South Continue reading
Here’s the latest on the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) Local Plan from our District Councillor Sam Casey-Rerhaye:
You may have seen the latest letter from the Secretary of State for Housing to SODC. It is on the council website here:
www.southoxon.gov.uk/news/2020/2020-03/south-oxfordshire-local-plan-update
He has for a second time prevented South Oxfordshire from debating issues on the Local Continue reading
With the longer days and better weather, the village’s Community Speedwatch team hopes to be out in the village with the Community Speedwatch equipment over the coming few weeks.
The data that is collected, on vehicle speeds in general, will support the case for more direct measures, such as siting a mobile camera van in the village. But more volunteers are needed to operate the Speedwatch.
If you are concerned about speeding in Long Wittenham, please consider helping out. For Continue reading
