A new website has been launched to provide information about the Oxfordshire Plan 2050.
The Oxfordshire Plan 2050 is one of the commitments made by the six Oxfordshire authorities as part of the £215m Housing & Growth Deal, which will help deliver new homes, including affordable and social housing, and infrastructure to the county.
The Plan will ask residents about what is important to them for the future. It will then Continue reading
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has been working on a new Local Plan to shape the future of the district. Following extensive consultation and gathering of evidence, the plan is now available for public consultation (formally known as a “Regulation 19 publicity period”). The Regulation 19 publicity period is open from today until 5pm on Monday 18th February 2019.
The emerging Local Plan and its supporting studies set out a vision for South Oxfordshire Continue reading
Do you enjoy The Antiques Roadshow, Cash in the Attic or Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is? Then you won’t want to miss So What’s It Worth? – An evening with Jonty Hearnden, in Long Wittenham Village Hall on Friday 8th March.
Presented by The Friends of St Mary’s, this promises to be a light-hearted and entertaining
evening with one of the most recognisable faces on television when it comes to antiques. Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (10th January) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Download the agenda here.
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) have arranged for Christmas Trees to be collected from Bodkins Recreation Ground car park on Thursday 17th January 2017. Leave trees there by Wednesday 16th January.
Residents with brown recycling bins can leave their tree next to their brown bin for collection on 17th January. Please don’t put it in the bin as it’s often difficult Continue reading
Long Wittenham artist Tim Widdowson has just published his first book. Putting Art Into Perspective is mainly about his lifetime’s involvement with design, architecture and artwork, internationally, as well as in the UK.
For more than forty years a large proportion of his work has been carried out from his Continue reading
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The Regulation 16 consultation on the revised Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) ended on 13th December. There were over thirty responses but the majority were letters of support from residents. Parish Councillor Peter Rose, the Chairman of the NDP Steering Committee, thanks all the people who responded.
The responses can be viewed on the South Oxfordshire District Council website: Continue reading
Residents may have noticed that the hedge along the front of Bodkin’s Field on Northfield Lane has undergone substantial work. Parish Councillor Steve Brown explains what’s been done:
“Following the very successful upgrade of the play equipment at Bodkins Field, which was organised for the Parish Council by Catherine Harrison, it was very noticeable that the hedge needed attention to bring it back Continue reading
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, Anthony Stansfeld, has launched a survey seeking the public’s view on an increase in the police element of the council tax by £2 a month.
On Thursday 13th December the Home Secretary announced the provisional police funding settlement for 2019/20. In response to the exceptional Continue reading
