The Parish Council has been advised by Oxfordshire Council Council (OCC) Highways Department that carriageway resurfacing will necessitate temporary road closures and “no waiting” restrictions on Westfield Road from 10th October 2018 to 14th October 2018 and Sinodun Close from 12th October to 16th October 2018.
See the OCC Notice and maps showing the affected roads (in red). Apologies for the poor Continue reading
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 Autumn Litter Pick and Swapshop on Saturday 6th October at the Village Hall from 10am till noon. Residents are also urged to bring along any unwanted socks for the homeless (see below). Continue reading
Some concern has been raised by a very small number of residents that the revised Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) allocates a site for the Community Hub development which looks much larger than the original plans.
The latest plan on the website sets out a DRAFT plan which will be subject to further Continue reading
There are plans afoot to start an informal running group in Long Wittenham.
Whether you can plod, do 5Ks, 10Ks or marathons you are invited to come along to the group, which hopefully will meet every Wednesday evening. The main idea to keep safe as the nights draw in. Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its regular monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (13th September) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Download the agenda here.
Some residents may have noticed that the Long Wittenham War Memorial in front of the primary school has undergone an Autumn-clean.
With the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War coming up in November, the Parish Council thought it an appropriate time to have Continue reading
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) now provides a cooking oil recycling service for residents. Oil is collected every week as part of the food waste collections.
After cooking, any leftover oil should be allowed to cool before being poured into a plastic bottle no bigger than a 1 litre size. The bottle and its contents can Continue reading
A quick reminder that the public consultation on the revised Neighbourhood Development Plan closes on Tuesday 11th September 2018 and residents have until then to comment.
All the documents can be viewed here:
https://www.longwittenham.com/revised-ndp-reg-14-draft-july-2018/ Continue reading
The Friends of St Mary’s Church Long Wittenham will be holding the annual Harvest Supper at the Village Hall on Saturday 6th October starting at 7pm.
The evening will include live music and a donations bar will be provided. Proceeds will go towards the multi-access toilet & improved catering facilities at Continue reading
Kler have made a number of amendments to their planning application to re-align the Didcot Road to facilitate the entrance to the site of their housing development on the corner of Fieldside and Didcot Road.
These amendments are in response to problems raised by Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) about the application. Continue reading
