Fire and rescue service consultation
How fire and rescue service keep us safe and well over the next four years is being planned right now. Changing how safety advice is delivered, reducing call outs and working more with businesses to reduce risk are just three of the things the fire service is looking at. Take a look at what’s planned […]
Laughing gas is #NoLaughingMatter
A new campaign has started across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse to highlight the issues and dangers of Nitrous Oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. The campaign will see #NoLaughingMatter stencils painted across the districts and there will also be a short online quiz, with a £25 Nando’s or Costa voucher […]
Parking enforcement
Just a reminder that parking enforcement in Oxfordshire is now run by the county council and a contractor rather than the police. See the attached for what is and is not permitted.
Garden waste service to resume
The normal garden waste collection schedule in South Oxfordshire will resume on 1 November and so from that day onwards, residents can put their brown garden waste bins out on their normal collection day in their recycling week every fortnight. As this coincides with the scheduled Extra Garden Waste Week residents are entitled to put out […]
Household waste recycling centres to close for cleaning
During November Oxfordshire County Councils household waste recycling centres will be closing for two days to carry out a deep clean and essential maintenance. This includes jet washing the sites and structures, repainting lines and safety areas as well as other general works. Oxfordshire County Council will be shutting each of its recycling centres for […]
Smart doorbells and cameras
Following a court ruling yesterday, the parish council is urging residents with CCTV to use caution so that only their properties are surveilled and that the privacy of others is maintained. The detail of the ruling is on the BBC here.
County-wide 20mph zones?
Next week a decision will be made by Oxfordshire County Council on whether to lower the speed limit in urban areas and village streets across the county. Pilots are already underway, but taking this step in other parts of the county would, says the council, help make roads safer and more pleasant for those who are […]
Council launches Halloween reuse competition
South Oxfordshire district council has launched a reuse competition for children and adults to help make Halloween more environmentally-friendly. Ten winners will receive books on zero waste recipes and ideas. The council says: “With the right imagination, toilet roll cardboard inner tubes can become flying bats, empty plastic milk containers become ghosts or monsters and pine cones can be transformed […]
Traffic calming
Oxfordshire County Council has approved the parish council’s traffic calming applications – to lower the speed limit in Aston Rowant (excluding the B4009) to 20mph, and also for the chicane on the B4009 by the turn in Aston Rowant village.