The village’s FixMyStreet SuperUser, Andy Mortimer, has been working behind the scenes to get Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) to fix the potholes on the road to Clifton Hampden.
Andy writes …
The worst of the potholes on the road were patched on Monday (15th April) as urgent repairs by OCC. The remaining issues will be scheduled for repair on the normal 28-day Continue reading
The Parish Council has been advised by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) of a new planning application within the village.
The application, at 8 Wessex Way, Long Wittenham, is for a Garden Shed (retrospective).
The details may be viewed on the SODC website: Continue reading
The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th April.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Residents who are signed up with South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) for brown bin collections can have extra garden waste collected on Friday 19th April.
Householders will be able to put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden waste, per brown bin subscription, next to their brown bin. Continue reading
On Thursday 2nd May, residents will be able to vote for the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, the elected representative who oversees how crime is tackled across the area.
As the 16th April voter registration deadline approaches, the candidates’ manifestos are now available on the Choose My PCC website. Continue reading
The pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 17th April from 10am to 12:30pm.
This is a free drop-in event, with just a small charge for drinks and cake to cover the costs. All donations from the cakes go to support a local group, so please go along and support it if you can.
The café is friendly to dog walkers, but they will need to have their refreshment outside Continue reading
A big thank you to everyone who turned out for the Litter Pick last Saturday (6th April) morning to help keep our village looking beautiful.
About twenty sacks of rubbish were collected, along with assorted detritus, including car tyres, hub caps and a registration plate. The intrepid pickers enjoyed delicious lemon drizzle cake with tea and coffee in the Village Hall Continue reading
The Parish Council has received the results of the speed survey it recently commissioned at the eastern end of the High Street near the post box.
The survey ran from Sunday 3rd to Thursday 14th March and data was collected on vehicles travelling in both directions. The “85%ile Speed” in the data refers to the speed at or below which 85% of vehicles were travelling. Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is proposing to introduce new lower speed limits on the approaches to the village.
Specifically, the proposals comprise a short extension to the existing 30mph speed limit on the High Street at the northern end of the village, to then be accompanied by a new 40mph speed limit to run northwards to meet the existing 30mph speed limit at Clifton Hampden. Additionally, on Continue reading
