Planning Application for North Farm approved

Planning for land west of North Farm, Woodstock Road, Stonesfield was approved by West Oxfordshire District Council on 12th July This allows for erection of 5 dwellings with associated garaging and landscape work, formation of new vehicular access. Planning Ref:...

New Defibrillator at Preschool

A new defibrillator with paediatric paddles for small children has been attached to the Preschool building for emergency cardiac use. It has been registered with the Ambulance service which will give the access code on dialling 999

Another great plant sale

Stonesfield Gardening Club held their 2nd plant sale of 2018 on Saturday 7th July. In addition to the usual wide range of plants at bargain prices there was a pop up café serving cake , cream scones, coffee and teas. This was complemented by a range of secondhand...

Stonesfield Lunch Club

The Stonesfield Lunch Club provides a warm welcome and friendly day of companionship along with a home cooked 2 course meal, speakers, activities and outings. It is held at the St James Centre, High Street, Stonesfield every Wednesday 10.30am to 3.30pm. Age range 65+....

Folk evenings continue at White Horse

Wednesday 4th July saw the second of the new season of folk evenings at the White Horse. Nick and Judith were again joined by a number of friends for an evening of music, song and poetry. The evening was a great success. It will be repeated at 8pm on the first...

Highway maintenance

County councillors asked me for a briefing on highways maintenance and we thought it would be a useful for parishes and town councils too. I have attached the briefing, which is intended to explain our approach to road maintenance, with some facts and figures to show...

Have your say on the new Garden Village

Residents, businesses and organisations are being offered the chance to have their say on a proposed garden village set to be built to the north of the A40 near Eynsham. A consultation has been launched focusing on key issues such as transport, housing, jobs and the...

Citizen Advice

In addition to the office in Witney (see opening times on https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-we-provide-advice/advice/search-for-your-local-citizens-advice/local-citizens-advice-details/?serialnumber=101171) Citizens Advice services can now be accessed via...

Saturday night magic

On a beautiful summer evening Finstock was seduced by the magical music from Gordon Giltrap, Nick Hooper and Judith Henderson. Gordon and Nick returned for a second evening of duos, solos and banter. They played some old favourites and a number of ‘world premiers’ and...

News from ‘The Planner’

Some of the latest planning news in association with ‘The Planner’, the official magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute. The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government not to implement planned changes to the National Planning Policy...

July Oxford line closures

Travellers will be affected by the Oxford railway line improvements being conducted by Great Western Railways. On three weekends in July there will be no trains at all on the line between Oxford and Moreton-in-Marsh, with a replacement bus service in operation. During...

A good turnout at White Horse folk evening

Wednesday 6th June saw the start of a new season of folk evenings at the White Horse. Nick and Judith were joined by a number of friends for an evening of music, song and poetry. The evening was a great success and will be repeated at 8pm on the first Wednesday of...