May 5, 2019 | Stonesfield news
The UK was due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, which would have meant no further elections to the European parliament. However, as the UK remains a member, the next European Parliamentary election will take place on Thursday 23 May 2019, unless the UK...
May 3, 2019 | Stonesfield news
The Conservatives lose seats but remain in control of West Oxfordshire District Council. The Conservative party lost several seats in the local elections on 3rd May 2019, with their total in the chamber falling from 32 to 28. Labour were the big winners, gaining in...
Apr 27, 2019 | Stonesfield news
Stonesfield Gardening Club held their plant sale on Saturday 27th April. It was a very cold and windy morning… thanks Storm Hannah! In spite of that we had a huge turnout of residents who came prepared for both the weather and to take away their purchases. Thanks to...
Mar 31, 2019 | Stonesfield news
Bird Aid, a West Oxfordshire based charity, and part of The Wychwood Project, helps to feed our declining farmland birds during the ‘hunger gap’ from January to early May. Farmland bird populations have declined by almost half since 1970, due to a variety of factors,...
Mar 28, 2019 | Stonesfield news
A message was received about a theft of car number plates on 28th March as follows. “I parked at Stonesfield common, which I do on a regular basis, to walk my dog. I live in Freeland. On return to the car after about an hour I discovered that both plates had been...
Mar 24, 2019 | Stonesfield news
Sunday morning and the sun shone over Stonesfield. About 40 Stonesfield residents turned out for the Great British Spring Clean, assembling at the Sports & Social Club. After a short Health and Safety briefing from Jess Hubard we divided ourselves into five...
Mar 23, 2019 | Stonesfield news
A large number of Stonesfield residents travelled to London on Saturday morning to join over one million other people on the ‘People’s Vote’ march on 23rd March. Trains from Oxford were packed with Oxfordshire residents who wanted to make their voices heard in London....
Mar 20, 2019 | Stonesfield news
Plastics are valuable materials and for most people becoming “plastic free” is not completely realistic. Therefore the aim has to be to move towards a circular economy, where materials are used sparingly, over and over again without losing their value. At the same...
Mar 6, 2019 | Stonesfield news
There’s still time to comment on the Introducing the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 public consultation. The Plan is part of the £215m Housing & Growth Deal agreed by the Oxfordshire Growth Board with the Government, and is being formed by all Oxfordshire’s authorities. It...
Mar 4, 2019 | Stonesfield news
February 2019 Welcome to our latest newsletter We hope you enjoyed reading last month’s edition of Oxfordshire Matters, thecounty council’s newsletter for our stakeholders. In this edition: LGA Peer Review for Oxfordshire Council sets budget Parliamentary...
Feb 28, 2019 | Stonesfield news
After raising over £3000 in pledges from allotment holders and a donation from the Parish Council works started last weekend to bring water to Churchfield Allotments. While the trench was being dug, allotment holders and their families toiled all day getting in the...
Feb 28, 2019 | Stonesfield news
House prices in rural counties are 10 times higher than average annual earnings, according to analysis by the County Councils Network (CCN). Based on the UK Housing Price Index for December 2018, the analysis suggests that in some shire counties house prices are 14.5...
Feb 27, 2019 | Stonesfield news
The Parish Council have finally been sent a schedule of work by Gigaclear ACTIVITY START DATE PLAN DURATION END DATE PERCENT COMPLETE High Street 25/02/2019 10 11/03/2019 50% Woodlands Rise 25/02/2019 5 06/03/2019 50% Iris Lane 04/03/2019 5 11/03/2019 0% Boot Street...
Feb 19, 2019 | Stonesfield news
The Full Moon on 19th February was a ‘Supermoon’. Unfortunately it was not a cloudless night but, in the early evening, it was visible over Stonesfield Now it’s a wait until 9th March 2020 for the next one! A Supermoon is a Full Moon that nearly coincides...
Feb 10, 2019 | Stonesfield news
A bus roadshow will soon be touring the county seeking the views of Oxfordshire. For five days from Monday 18 February, the Oxford Bus Company vehicle will be visiting towns and villages to encourage people to have their say on the Oxfordshire Plan 2050. The Plan is...