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.
Bachport (Burcot & Clifton Hampden for the Protection of the River Thames) is asking for its supporters to attend this meeting. This will show community opposition to a planning application that has raised serious concerns on multiple levels, not least by the Council’s Highways Authority, which has said the quarry would cause “severe harm” to road safety, threatens air quality and risks plans for a much needed new road link and river crossing between Didcot and Culham. Continue reading
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.
Long Wittenham’s annual bonfire and fireworks display on Saturday 4th November raised more than £2,000 – up £1,000 on last year – and helped boost the village new playground equipment project.
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting this coming Thursday evening (16th November) at 7:30pm in the Village Hall.
Oxfordshire County Council now expects work at the junction of the A415 Abingdon Road and B4015 Oxford Road in Clifton Hampden to upgrade the signals mode of operation from the existing Vehicle Actuated system to MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation) to commence on Monday 13th November 2017.
A reminder that the public enquiry to hear the appeal by Kler Group for their planning application for 36 houses on the field at the corner of the Didcot Road and Fieldside will start at 10am next Tuesday 14th November at Didcot Civic Hall.
Don’t miss the St Nicholas Food Fayre on Saturday 9th December between 12noon and 3pm at St. Mary’s Church, Long Wittenham.
Local GP practices have been working with Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and patient representatives on plans for the future of GP and primary care services in Oxfordshire.