Please use the salt bins
There are numerous salt bins that the parish council has provided, with five more on the way. Each has, or should have, a shovel and gloves and is refilled once a year free of charge by Oxfordshire County Council and when necessary, by the parish council. It would help the parish council if residents could […]
Help for food and energy bills
The Household Support Fund scheme has opened again for people finding it hard to cope with the rising cost of food and energy bills. South Oxfordshire has reopened the scheme to help households meet the costs of life’s essentials. The fund is initially open for applications to help eligible households that have not received any […]
Large scale planning application
Residents may want to read about an application for 150 houses in Chinnor on the Thame Road. The detail is at https://data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P22/S4643/O. SODC are taking comments until 2 February.
Car parking fees to change
Parking fees will increase in South Oxfordshire from 1 April this year. Residents using car parks, run by South Oxfordshire District Council, in Didcot, Goring, Henley, Thame and Wallingford will see between 20p and 60p added to charges for users parking their vehicle depending on how long they park for. The rise to parking fees […]
Walk off those Christmas and New Year excesses
New Year Circular Parish Walk on Sunday 8 January starting at 10.00 promptly from Kingston Blount Village Hall – 6.75 miles We will use the New Permissive Path to Crowell and after that the Ridgeway to reach Woodway Farm. Then Aston Rowant village, Church Lane, Fiveways and the Olde London Weye, before crossing fields to […]
Residents who pay for the garden waste service can put out Christmas trees for collection for composting with their brown bins. However all residents can drop off real Christmas trees at various locations. See here for more detail.
Rambling programme to March ’23
Below is the first quarter’s programme of walks organised by Thame and Wheatley Ramblers. Feel free to join them…
Costs of parish council elections
The attachment below details what the parish will pay for elections in 2023 whether contested or not.
2023 precept
The December parish council meeting is where the precept and budget for the coming financial year is discussed and agreed. The councillors recognised that the cost of living has increased substantially over the past six months and so agreed not to increase the precept (the charge levied by the council to allow it to operate) […]