The Village Hall Committee held its Annual General Meeting on 22nd May. Chairman Barrie Henderson, Treasurer Martin Mellor and Bookings Secretary Jill Mellor were re-elected for another term.
Martin and Jill Mellor both announced that next year, they intend to stand down from their posts which they have held for many years. These are very important roles on the committee and the success of the Village Hall is dependent upon them. Continue reading
Residents will be disappointed to learn that the fight to stop Kler Group from changing the alignment of Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to its prospective housing site has been lost.
The Parish Council, residents and South Oxfordshire District Council opposed plans by Kler arguing that it would impact on residents living opposite the entrance and harm the rural appearance of the village.
Kler appealed to the Planning Inspectorate and now independent inspector Veronica Bond Continue reading
Long Wittenham artist Tim Widdowson will be exhibiting his work at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot in June and July. The exhibition, entitled WiddowsonArt, is actually a Widdowson family showcase as it will feature not only works by Tim, but also his daughters Liza and Emma.
Tim’s work is well known in the village and through his recently published book Putting Art Into Perspective. Liza is a specialist in Nuclear Medicine Technology and works at the Continue reading
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There’s been yet another delay to the long awaited decision on the application for the proposed quarry near Clifton Hampden.
Oxfordshire County Council’s planning committee was due to have considered the application by Hills Quarry Products on 3rd June but this has been postponed because of significant issues identified in the latest proposals from Hills.
The company had proposed a reduction in the height of a bund needed to protect Continue reading
Read all the latest news, and details of courses and upcoming events for the House of Wessex project at the Sylva Wood Centre in its latest newsletter here.
More information on the House of Wessex website.
Parents are being urged to encourage their children to use Acklings Playground for ball games.
The plea is from residents living in Saxons Heath who are concerned about children playing in the road, causing a nuisance and putting themselves and the drivers of cars and vans at risk of injury.
Acklings Playground was given a makeover in 2011 by the Parish Council and has recently Continue reading
A reminder that residents who are signed up for brown bin collections can put out twice as much garden waste this week.
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) is giving those who are part of the paid-for service the opportunity to put out the equivalent of one extra bin’s worth of garden waste (around three large bin bags).
Residents should leave their extra garden waste out in bin liners or sacks beside their Continue reading
It has been confirmed that the proposed quarry at Clifton Hampden will be discussed by Oxfordshire County Council’s planning committee on 3rd June – nineteen months after the original plans were thrown out.
The deadline for public comments on the revised plans by Hills Quarry Products relating to the height of bunds to screen the workings of the proposed Continue reading
The Village Fun Run will take place on 2nd June and it’s time to fill in the spaces on the organisers’ volunteers list. Some residents will have helped in the past and it is hoped you will want to help again. If you are not taking part in the run/walk but would like to be a part of this great village tradition, please get in touch now!
Below is the table of volunteers. The yellow boxes show that the job is suitable for older teenagers. There will be a special certificate awarded to young people who volunteer – the Continue reading
