A reminder that this year’s Annual Parish Assembly will take place on Thursday 12th March at 7:30pm in the Village Hall and all residents are invited.
This is an opportunity to hear from the Chairman of the Parish Council, District and County Councillors, community groups and other organisations in the village about their achievements over the past year and plans for the next twelve months. Continue reading
The Parish Council has been asked to distribute the following information to residents.
In May 2020, Oxfordshire Youth, the county’s leading Youth Organisation, will be hosting a spectacular event not to be missed. Sponsored by BLENHEIM, it will shine a light on Oxfordshire’s outstanding, hard-working and talented children and young people (age 8-21) who deserve to be celebrated. 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 that 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. Continue reading
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.
This time, a postcard which shows the Three Poplars Inn at the end of the High Street, sometime between 1901 and 1911. This is now the Pendon Museum.
Mark Sunday the 10th May in your diaries for the Charity Treasure Hunt in aid of Beagle Welfare at the Athletics Club on Bodkins Field from 10:30am.
The Treasure Hunt is a walkies of about 3 miles, with clues to solve along the way. The team with the most correct answers in the fastest time wins a £50 voucher of their choice. Entry is £10 per team. The first fifty teams will receive a goody bag at the finish, and there will be a prize for the best team name. Continue reading
Did you know that the Village Hall, the hub of our community, is run by a small committee of volunteers? The present committee is made up of elected members and representatives from hall users.
The hall is home to the Pre-school, Lunch Club, Good Neighbours Group, Brownies, Yoga, Pilates, Strength and Balance Class, Karate, WI, Parish Council meetings, polling at elections, plus various village events and casual hire by residents and others. Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to South Oxfordshire District Council’s digital newsletter “South News” may like to download the latest edition here.
Vanderbilt Homes, the developers of the housing site on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road, plans to exhibit findings from its archaeological dig at an exhibition for the school and villagers.
As part of its obligations in developing the site, the company was required to carry out a detailed archaeological dig. This revealed several very early post Roman burials and an emerging Anglo Saxon community, possibly based on German allied troops who served with the late Roman army. Continue reading
With Storm Dennis looming, the Emergency Planning Department at Oxfordshire County Council has asked the Parish Council to share the following information with residents:
As you will have seen on the news we are due some wet and windy weather again this weekend. The latest reports indicate that wind speeds will be slightly lower than last week but rainfall is likely to be heavier so there is an increased chance of flooding. Continue reading
Our District Councillor Sam Casey-Rerhaye sent this report of the Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) meeting at which the motion to accept South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) planning powers was debated:
Local democracy means nothing to County Councillors it seems. An election mandate gets in their way and the County Councillors voted to energetically collude with the Minster to remove planning powers from South Oxfordshire. Continue reading
