The White Horse is back

On behalf of all the residents of Stonesfield we would like to congratulate the Stonesfield Community Pub Ltd on their acquisition of The White Horse today (8 September 2023). We would like to thank the whole committee for all their hard work and dedication over the...

WODC ‘Ideas and Objectives’

The West Oxfordshire District Council’s ‘Ideas and Objectives’ consultation is now live West Oxfordshire District Council has today launched an 8-week public consultation to help shape the development of the new West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2041. The consultation runs...

Stop Botley West campaign – New Co-Chair

Over the summer, the campaign has been examining what is being done well, what could be improved and what the future campaign priorities should be, to make any action effective.  A new Co-Chair, Alex Rogers, has been appointed and his...

Railway closed for nine days: 29 July – 6 August

In order to upgrade the signalling and tracks, all lines through Oxford will be closed for nine days from Saturday 29 July through to Sunday 6 August. In addition, there will also be a number of overnight and one-day closures before and after the core works. This will...

Attempted break in

There was an attempt to break into a garage on the night of 6 July between 1.40 and 1.48 am at a home on The Ridings. The owner heard them as the drive is gravelled. The owner went out with a bright light, shouting at them causing them to run away. There were 3 of...

Presentation from 19 June meeting

Here is the powerpoint presentation given to the public meeting in the village hall on 19 June 2023 by the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group, together with the script of what was said and notes on the Q&A session at the end. SNP Village Meeting 19 June materials ...

Police’s Neighbourhood Teams to double

The number of police constables in Thames Valley Police’s Neighbourhood Teams is set to double, increasing the number of officers available to deal with local crime across the region. The increase is through bringing in 80 additional neighbourhood officers, funded by...

Introduction to the Survey results

The links below are to PDF files containing all of the data received from the Stonesfield Neighbourhood Plan Survey – both the Household and the Individual surveys. There is also a PDF file with all the free text comments which appeared at the end of the survey. ...

Stonesfield Village Survey: The results are in!

Stonesfield Village Survey: The results are in! Now what? Come and hear about the results and next steps at 7.30pm, Monday 19 June in Stonesfield Village Hall. Join us to find out: How we will turn your responses in to Neighbourhood Plan policies; When this will be...

Thames Valley Police urges ‘Slow down this summer’

Thames Valley Police is investigating nine fatal road traffic collisions this May and the Fatal 4 offences are suspected to have been involved in the vast majority of them. In just 19 days between the 9 and 28 May, Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit officers from...

Big Help Out thank you

Dear people, Thank you all so much for contributing to our event on Monday 8 May – most of you were there and everyone worked so hard to make it such a success. We estimate that about a hundred people were there all told and there was such a lovely atmosphere; I...

Election results for Stonesfield & Tackley

All the Election Results are now available on the Council’s website at https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections-and-voting/election-results/ Results for Stonesfield & Tackley are available using these links Click to access...

Abingdon among latest areas to get approval

Abingdon has become the latest major Oxfordshire town to adopt 20mph speed limits in residential areas to create safer, healthier and quieter streets. It was one of seven communities to have applications for 20mph limits approved by Oxfordshire County Council’s...

Woodstock on-street parking charges

A new approach to how parking is managed in Woodstock was approved by Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for Highways Management in May 2022. The changes that are effective from 1st June 2023, will see a number of changes including: The issue of permits for...