Residents will be aware that Kler Group’s planning application to realign the Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to their housing development on the corner of Didcot Road and Fieldside was rejected by the South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) Planning Committee on 7th November.
SODC’s formal notice of the decision can be viewed here.
Read the latest about the North East Didcot housing development from the North East Didcot Partnership, the team behind the project.
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The Plough Inn has announced this year’s annual Christmas Hamper Raffle for their customers. The prize is a stunning Classic Cabinet of chocolates from Hotel Chocolat with a bottle of Prosecco Superiore DOGC. Tickets are now on sale from the pub at £2 per ticket.
The Parish Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (6th December) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Download the agenda here.
The Primary School Favours Auction on Friday 23rd November was a great success. A total of £4,064 was raised and more than fifty people attended the event which was the first in a bid to help bolster the school’s reduced budget.
Head teacher Alison Bellingham said: “I would like to say a big thank you to all those who helped organise the auction, to those people who attended and to all Continue reading
Members of village groups attended a meeting on Monday 26th November at the Athletics Club to plan for the village Big Lunch which is lined up for Sunday 30th June next year on Bodkin’s Field.
The Wittenham Big Lunch will be an inclusive event for everyone to celebrate our whole community and also the centenary of the Womens’ Institute in 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 which is available here.
The parish council has been advised that there are spaces available on a tour around the Viridor energy recovery facility at Ardley near Bicester on Tuesday 4th December. This is where waste from the black/grey bin is sent for incineration. The tour will start at 11am and last around 2.5 hours.
The tour is open to all residents. If anyone would like to attend, please contact Eleanor Continue reading
Residents who have not received the latest edition of South Oxfordshire District Council’s newsletter, or who would prefer to read it online can view or download it here.
Another in our occasional series showing images and items of interest from Long Wittenham’s past.
Last time, this feature showed some aerial photographs of the village taken in 1959. Sharp eyed residents will have spotted that this was before the village hall was extended during the 1960s. This time, we have before and after Continue reading
