As with every bank holiday, South Oxfordshire District Council’s waste crews will empty bins on different days around the Easter period. For information on revised collection days visit the bank holiday collections page on the South Oxfordshire District Council website:
Tickets for South Oxfordshire District Council’s new community lottery go on sale today (Tuesday 27th March). The online SO Charitable Lottery raises funds for local voluntary and charitable groups.
Tickets cost £1 and have to be bought via the website. The first draw will take place on 28th April and will then run weekly. There is a one in fifty chance of winning a prize, with a jackpot of £25,000. From each ticket bought, 60p will go to good causes and the local community. The rest of the money will go to the prize fund and running costs – the council will not receive any of the proceeds. 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.
Download the March edition of Oxfordshire Matters, the county council’s monthly newsletter here.
The West Waddy / Lagan Homes planning application for 29 houses on the field next to Bodkin’s has been published on the South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning website (see below).
The public consultation runs until 18th April and residents are urged to respond to the proposals. This can be done online on the website, by telephone on 01235 422600 or by email at registration@southandvale.gov.uk quoting reference P18/S0752/FUL. Continue reading
Thank you to all the speakers and residents who came to the Annual Parish Assembly on 15th March in the Village Hall. Presentations were made by a number of village groups, our county and district councillors and members of the parish council.
The meeting was opened by Gordon Rogers, chairman of the parish council, who welcomed the speakers and residents, and talked about the main issues currently facing the council.
Catherine Harrison, chair of the Preschool, said that despite staff changes over the past Continue reading
The much anticipated second Art of Culham exhibition will take place from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 28th April 2018 at St Paul’s Church, Culham.
On display will be work of fourteen artists who all live or work in Culham, their ages range from sixteen to eighty-six.
Children’s art activities will be running throughout the day where kids can make a clay pot, paint, draw, and make a mosaic. Refreshments of tea, coffee and cakes will be available. Continue reading
The March edition of the Thames Valley Police Wallingford Sector Neighbourhood Team Newsletter is available to read here.
Long Wittenham Athletics Club is seeking a grant of £750 to cover the cost of drawing up plans to improve facilities at the clubhouse in Bodkin’s Field. The club is to approach South Oxfordshire District Council which has a capital grants scheme to help community projects. The parish council may also make a contribution.
At the March meeting of the parish council club secretary Ron Carter said they were undergoing a complete make-over to tidy up and improve the clubhouse and surrounding area. He said the first phase of the project had been completed. New doors and windows and the clubhouse had been installed and the building re-wired. The main room had been Continue reading
Long Wittenham’s district councillor Sue Lawson has promised to help “fast-track” the Parish Council’s revised Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) and referendum when they go for approval to South Oxfordshire District Council.
The NDP includes plans for a Community Hub comprising thirty-five to forty homes, a new school, pre-school and village hall on land off Didcot Road. If approved by residents in a referendum then the revised NDP should give the parish council a larger measure of certainty against future attempts by developers to muscle in on land. Continue reading
