Clifton Hampden surgery, used by many people in Long Wittenham, looks set to be moved to a new Culham Science Village within the next few years.
The Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) is drawing up draft plans for GP practices, hospitals and health providers as it identifies priorities and outline ways to make services “more sustainable and responsive to patients’ needs.”
A report says that health care services are under significant pressures as the population grows and there are more elderly people needing care. By 2026 the OCCG forecasts the county will be short of 109 GPs and recruitment is unlikely to meet demand. Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (7th December) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
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Yesterday afternoon Oxfordshire County Council’s Planning Committee voted against the proposals from Hills Quarry Products for a quarry on land at Clifton Hampden. The committee voted by 11 votes to reject the application. There were no votes in favour, with only one councillor abstaining.
A reminder that St Nicholas himself will be opening the Friends of St Mary’s Christmas Food Fayre at St Mary’s Church at noon on Saturday 9th December.
The Long Wittenham 200 Club is pleased to announce the November winners.
The planning application for the quarry near Clifton Hampden is set to go to the Oxfordshire County Council Planning Committee, which meets on Monday 27th November at 2pm at County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND.
The four-day public enquiry into plans by the Kler Group to build 36 houses on the field at the corner of the Didcot Road and Fieldside ended at lunchtime on Friday 17th November following a morning site visit and tour of the village by the inspector heading the enquiry, Phillip Lewis. His report and conclusion is expected early in the New Year.
A new online community lottery to raise cash for good causes is to be set up early next year by South Oxfordshire District Council.
Last Saturday, Remembrance Day, a gathering of Long Wittenham residents remembered soldiers from the village killed in the First World War. More than thirty people assembled around the memorial outside the village school to pay their respects to the dead of all world conflicts. Fourteen men from Long Wittenham were killed in action or died from wounds in France, England and Palestine in the First World War.