Residents who missed the village meeting on 19th January to discuss the revised version of the Neighbourhood Plan that was published on 6th January can read a report of the meeting here.
The February edition of the Thames Valley Police Wallingford Sector Neighbourhood Team Newsletter is available to read here.
In response to a request by Oxfordshire County Council for more information, Hills Quarry Products have recently submitted revised plans for the sand and gravel quarry between Clifton Hampden and Culham.
The details of the plan can be seen on the OCC e-Planning System, and for the latest news about fighting the plan go to the BACHPORT website.
If you wish to comment, send your views to the Planning Department, Oxfordshire County Council, Speedwell House, Speedwell Street, Oxford, OX1 1NE or email Gemma.Crossley@Oxfordshire.gov.uk quoting OCC application number: MW.0039/16.
The deadline for comments is 16th February 2017.
Over the past few months, town and parish councillors, schools, businesses, landowners, partners and residents from Didcot and the surrounding villages have all given their thoughts on what the new Garden Town should include.
Draft plans have now been published on the Didcot Garden Town website www.didcotgardentown.org and South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse councils are urging everyone who lives, works and visits Didcot and the surrounding villages to comment on these initial proposals by Friday 24 February 2017.
The deadline for comments on the latest amendments by Kler to their planning application for up to 36 houses on the field at the corner of Fieldside and the Didcot Road has been and gone.
The Parish Council’s letter to the planning officer in response to those amendments can be viewed here. Comments by other interested parties can be viewed on the SODC Planning website:
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P16/S1124/O
It is expected that the earliest that the application will be considered by the SODC Planning Committee is 1st March 2017.
You may have read about proposals to create one unitary authority in Oxfordshire to replace the current six councils – one county council, four district councils and one city council.
A website – One Oxfordshire – has been created by Oxfordshire County Council to provide information about the proposed changes and to allow residents, businesses and stakeholders to have a say before before any decision is made later in the year.
Visit the One Oxfordshire website at http://www.oneoxfordshire.org
Together with their partner council, Vale of the White Horse, South Oxfordshire District Council are sponsors of a new competition for businesses which are less than two years old.
Southern Oxfordshire New Business Competition 2017 (SONBC ‘17) is accepting applications until 28th February 2017. The judges are looking for the brightest rising stars in local business, whatever the trade or industry.
The winner will receive a serviced office rent free for a year, plus a host of other prizes to help boost their business including expert branding and website advice, social media Continue reading
Put Saturday 10th June in your diary so as not to miss this year’s Safari Supper organised by The Wittenham Warriors. If previous Safari Suppers are anything to go by, the evening is sure to be a great mixture of fun, food and frivolity with a chance to meet old friends and make new ones.
More details will follow.
The Bell Ringers of Long and Little Wittenham would like to recruit new ringers from the villages. A good bell ringer can be young or old, male or female, because strength is unimportant as is musical ability. Ringing is well within the capabilities of most people. The initial teaching takes several weeks, after which a learner can begin to ring with the rest of the band.
Ringing practices take place at St Mary’s, Long Wittenham from 7.30-8.30pm on Monday evenings except for the fifth Monday in a month when the practice is at St Peters, Little Wittenham. The practices are usually light-hearted ending in a visit to the local pub, although this is not mandatory.
For more details and contact information see the Bell Ringers page.
The deadline for responses to the latest set of amendments to Kler’s planning application for up to 36 houses at the corner of Fieldside and the Didcot Road is Thursday 19th January. You may make as many comments as you wish, so even if you have commented before, please do so again as this will add weight when it goes before the planning committee.
A reminder of the key concerns:
