West Oxfordshire Community Choir is back from 6th Feb

After taking a short break over the winter, the W.O.C. Choir is back on the Wednesday 6th February in the St. James Centre. Open to everyone who enjoys singing and would love to experience singing in a group! The structure has changed slightly as to how the choir will...

Sign up now for garden waste collections

Letters are being sent to householders in West Oxfordshire encouraging them to sign up, or to renew their subscription, for the garden waste collection service. The new subscription year starts from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 and costs £30 per bin a year for a...

Homeseekers urged to keep their details updated

Residents who are registered with the Homeseeker Plus housing service are being reminded to keep their details updated in a bid to ensure their needs are met. The service, which is operated by West Oxfordshire District Council, aims to match applicants with the...

Another email scam

Some TV Licensing customers are receiving scam email messages saying they are due a refund or need to keep up their payments. A link directs customers to a fake version of the official TV Licensing website which asks them to enter personal information and bank...

Temporary Road Closure – Peaks Lane

Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure at Stonesfield, Peaks Lane A request has been received from A Plant Lux Traffic Control for a temporary road closure to apply to a section of Peaks Lane whilst Overhead...

Blenheim Estates buy Pye Homes

Blenheim Estate has acquired its long-standing development partner Pye Homes along with its management team. Pye Homes is currently working with the Blenheim Estate on building 169 homes at Hanborough Gate and has just started work on 300 homes at Park View, east of...

Stonesfield Stumble 2019

Another New Year’s Day… another Stonesfield Stumble. We started at the Cross 11.15 and, as river levels were low enough to attempt the Evenlode ring, we headed out south to the Evenlode bridge. Then passing the scene of the Battle of Bags Bottom which older walkers...

Christmas Tree recycling

West Oxfordshire District Council is encouraging residents to recycle their real Christmas trees. Householders already signed up for garden waste collections can simply put them out on their next scheduled garden collection when the service re-starts from Wednesday 9...

Seen a suspicious vehicle?

If you see a suspicious vehicle (or people) the phone Thames Valley Police on 101. Make sure you have the vehicle’s registration number description (make / model / colour ) Thames Valley Police will get a patrol out. They can run the details through their systems and...

Oxfordshire Matters Dec 2018

December 2018 Welcome to our latest newsletter We hope you enjoyed reading last month’s edition of Oxfordshire Matters, thecounty council’s newsletter for our stakeholders. 1. Daytime Support Sustainability Grant Awards Twenty-nine organisations have been...

Thames Water fined for polluting Milton under Wychwood

In December 2018 Thames Water has been handed a £2m fine for a “reckless failure” that led to the polluting of a tributary of the Thames with raw sewage. The £2bn-turnover utilities firm admitted breaching environmental regulations in relation to untreated sewage...

Improving transport along the A40 corridor

This consultation runs from 00:00, 30 November 2018 to 23:59, 6 January 2019. More information https://consultations.oxfordshire.gov.uk/consult.ti/ImprovingtheA40corridor/consultationHome In July 2015, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet agreed to an infrastructure...

Laughton Hill fountain

The ‘fountain’ on Laughton Hill was caused by the drain coming down the hill being blocked. This had been reported on 7th December via Oxfordshire Highways website. The Highways guys who came today (18th December) to sort the problem were very frustrated as the...

The Woodland Trust

Help protect our valuable tree heritage. Let us know if you see any ancient or old trees and put them on the map. There are already 160,000 trees listed but there are thousands more to add. We need your help to find them. https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ To sign up...