| August 2006 | Series 31 No 4 |
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PLANNING Cherwell District Council has just released its Local Development Framework, which replaces the Local Plan. This document contains details of several sites allocated within the village for development over the next 20 years either for new housing or for commercial activities. We have until 18 August to submit comments and the Parish Council has therefore decided to hold an Open Meeting in the Memorial Hall on Thursday 10 August 2006 starting at 7pm so that parishioners can hear more about the proposals and express their views to councillors. The document will be available in the library for perusal. |
RECYCLING As reported in the last Newsletter Cherwell District Council is keen to continue building on the success of its recycling scheme and believes that some households can still do more to recycle plastic and paper products. The small blue boxes are somewhat limited and residents can buy the more efficient blue “wheelie” bins. These cost £20 each but, if you order through the Parish Council, 25% of the cost will be returned to the PC as a commission, thus helping us to fund projects within the village. Applications for the blue wheeled bins can be made through the clerk, Ken Porter, on 01295 758352 or kenneth_i.porter@virgin.net. | ||
| TREES As reported in June it is with regret that the Parish Council has had to take down a number of diseased trees within the village. Whilst we are planning to replace some of these in time, as usual finance dictates how much we can do. As such, as the response last time was under-whelming to say the least, we are repeating our request to those of you who would like to sponsor a tree to please contact the Parish Clerk, Ken Porter [01295 758352] or any of the councillors. | CEMETERY WALL As parishioners will know by now work has started on re-building the cemetery wall. However all efforts to obtain grant aid for the work have proved unsuccessful and we are now looking at whether it is feasible to obtain a loan to enable us to complete the renovation at one stroke. At present Tite Lane has been closed for a period of sixteen weeks but if the finance is not available we may have to make do with building the backing wall and then completing the project by facing it with local stone at a later date. If we are unable to complete this year Tite Lane should re-open in early September. We will keep you informed of progress. | ||
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SHOPPERS' BUS As reported in the last Newsletter this service is heavily subsidised by the Parish Council and numbers making use of it are still falling. Reluctantly we have decided that we can no longer continue to subsidise this service and notice has therefore been given to the bus company. The last such bus will run on Thursday 28th September. We thank everyone who has supported the service over the years and apologise to those who will be inconvenienced, but we feel sure that you will understand that the economics of operation have forced this decision upon us. |
TRIANGLE AT MEMORIAL HALL Previously local residents have maintained the triangle of land at the top of Bells Lane. It is the responsibility of OCC but if anyone in the village would like to take it “under their wing” and keep it looking beautiful, as it has in the past, please notify the clerk or any of the parish councillors. | ||
| SMALL PADDOCK The Parish Council has a small grass paddock available off Burycroft Road, behind the allotments. Anybody interested in renting it should contact the clerk, Ken Porter, on 01295 758352 or kenneth_i.porter@virgin.net. |
MEMORIAL HALL As we informed you earlier in the year our planning application for an extension to provide a new kitchen to further improve the facilities at the Hall has been successful and we now have grants available to allow us to proceed with the work, which will probably start in mid-September. We hope that we can complete this with the minimum of disruption to regular users and, in the meantime, as so often said in the past, it is your Hall please make use of it. For details of availability please contact the Parish Clerk, Ken Porter, 01295 758352. |
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| TRANSPORT Free buses to Chippy. Further to the report in the last issue, Cherwell DC has bowed to public pressure and has extended the availability of the Cherwell bus pass to include all journeys starting or ending in its area. This means that holders of the pass will be able to travel free to Chipping Norton from 1 August.. | There is still a vacancy for Parish Transport Representative. Anyone interested please contact the Parish Clerk, Ken Porter, on 01295 758352. | ||
