Neighbourhood Plan analysis

The Neighbourhood Plan steering group is now analysing the feedback from residents, landowners and statutory consultees following our public consultation process. The feedback has been largely positive, with great appreciation shown for the hard work and...

Safer Roads Unit Q1 Report

We would now like to share our next Quarterly reports of road safety statistics with you. This is Quarter 1, Jan – March 2025 We prioritise enforcement and education for drink and drug driving, the non wearing of seatbelts, excessive speed and driving whilst...

Hosepipe ban – 22 July onwards

This year, the UK experienced one of its warmest and driest springs in over a century. June was also England’s warmest on record. The Environment Agency has put our area into the prolonged dry weather category. To help protect our rivers and to make sure there’s...

WODC collecting in recycling bin – update

This an official update from WODC (dated 15 July 2025 and reference number 0211880) for what you can put in your blue lidded recycling bin. This now includes flexible plastics i.e. plastic bags etc. Please read below for the details.  PLEASE NOTE...

Temporary Road Closure, Fawler : 24 – 26 July

Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Fawler, Main Street In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a...

May update from Police and Crime Commissioner

At the start of this month, the Chief Constable and I presented awards to community groups across Thames Valley as part of our Community Fund at an event in Milton Keynes. As well as being an opportunity to provide over £200,000 of cash taken from criminals to...

White Horse Community Pub – May update

AGM Reminder A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Stonesfield Community Pub Ltd will be held at 5pm at Stonesfield Village Hall on Sunday 18 May. Please do send any questions in advance to me at steve@backthewhitehorse.com for consideration. Knowing the...

White Horse Community Pub – April update

Now that the evenings are longer and the temperatures are nudging up, it’s great to see the pub garden begin to fill again on the warmer days. We’re fortunate to have such a large and welcoming outdoor space and the tables that you kindly sponsored last year will soon...

County Councillor report for March 2025

Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation The government has produced the White Paper whereby changes to Local Government will take place leading to a combine mayoral authority being put in place across the country together with the end of two-tier authorities...

Stonesfield Players: March 27 – 29 POSTPONED

The Stonesfield Players apologise for the postponement of the March performances of Cold Comfort Farm following the sad loss of a dearly loved member and friend, Andy Tacon.  If anyone wishes to contact us, please use this new email address...

New steering group

Steering group On 5 March 2025 SAFER’s steering group stood down. The SAFER steering group had been working on a range of road safety initiatives since it was formed by the Parish Council at the start of 2019 and had achieved most of the goals initially set by the...