As part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, The Friends of St Mary’s will be running a Fun Dog Event in the garden of The Plough Inn on Bank Holiday Friday 3rd June starting at 2:30pm.
As well as Dog Olympics and a range of other doggy classes, teas, coffee and cakes will be available and The Plough garden bar will be open. All are welcome, with or without dogs.
More details on the flyer below. Continue reading
Gordon Rogers has stepped down as chairman of the Parish Council after five years in the post. At the council’s meeting on 12th May he also left the council after serving for eleven years.
The new chairman is Steve Brown who has been a councillor since 2014. He was chairman from 2015 to 2017 and he brings a wealth of experience to the role.
In his farewell speech, Gordon Rogers said he had enjoyed being chairman but he thought Continue reading
David Haylett writes …
Currently St Mary’s is locked and unlocked every day by a group of volunteers who take it in turns to carry this out on a daily basis for two weeks. Visitors comment that they are grateful to find the building open and accessible. From time to time people also come in to find a quiet space for reflection.
The Church is also cleaned (vacuumed, swept and dusted) by another group of volunteers Continue reading
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have come together to work on a new Joint Local Plan. The Joint Local Plan will guide the kinds of new housing and jobs needed and where they should go, informing planning application decisions for the districts.
While development has been allocated up until 2031 for the Vale and 2035 for South Oxfordshire in the current Local Plans, councils must cover a 15-year period so this new plan will cover the extra years to 2041. Continue reading
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The Parish Council has been advised by South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) of a new planning application within the village.
The application, at French’s Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, is for the erection of a garden studio to be used for entertaining and as a home office.
The details may be viewed on the SODC website: Continue reading
Here is your guide to everything that will be going on over the bank holiday weekend. It is hoped that everyone will be able to join in the activities planned, making it a memorable and fun village celebration.
All events will go ahead, come rain or shine, with marquees and gazebos laid on just in case the sun isn’t shining. Do feel free to invite your family and friends from further afield too. Continue reading
Following the public consultation on the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) at the beginning of the year, the responses were sent to the Independent Examiner for his opinion in March.
The Parish Council received his report on 10th May. The report contains some changes to be made to the published plan but these are more technical than substantive. None of the changes will affect the building of the Community Hub or any of the other policies in the plan. Continue reading
Residents will be aware that the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations on Sunday 5th June include a children’s parade from St Mary’s Church to The Plough Inn.
To make this possible and safe, the High Street will be closed to traffic on the day from 1pm to 2pm. Road Closure signs will be be displayed at the appropriate time and locations. Continue reading
The managing director of Going Forward Buses, Mike Ward, says services in the district could be at risk unless passenger numbers improve. And not helping matters is a reduction, this Autumn, in concessionary bus pass payments which are operated by Oxfordshire County Council.
Mr Ward says that the county council has confirmed that there isn’t any money for services through Long Wittenham, Clifton Hampden and Burcot. Going Forward operates Continue reading
