Feb 15, 2025 | Community Action news
Dear Catchment Champions. Can you believe that is it our February testing weekend already!? On Sunday 16th many of us will be heading out to sample. ❄️ As it is forecast to be so cold, please make sure that you not only wrap up warm but also remember to hold your N...
Jan 24, 2025 | Community Action news
Under the umbrella of the Environment Group, 2025 is the year we are looking to collect and record data to establish what is going in the environment of Stonesfield recording what we find onto national recording databases. This will be mainly centred on just over an...
Oct 29, 2024 | Community Action news
Sustainable Stonesfield (SUSTO) was formed in 2017 in response to the District Council’s emerging Local Plan 2031 and the potential for up to 200 houses being built in the village. We felt that residents needed a group who would watch out for planning applications and...
Sep 26, 2024 | Community Action news
Back in January 2017, Sustainable Stonesfield was formed after a meeting in the Village hall, called to alert residents to potentially catastrophic increases of inappropriate housing in Stonesfield. There was the potential for a further 200 houses being built. ...
Sep 15, 2024 | Community Action news
Over the last five months as many of you have noticed and stopped for a chat we have been steadily progressing the management of the orchard / limestone grassland site off Brook Lane. As advised by Filipe Salbany from Blenheim (see previous report) we have been...
Jul 10, 2024 | Community Action news
SUSTO promised to remain vigilant regarding the Eastwood/Oakeshott housing development proposal. At the moment there is still no formal planning application for the development, and the site is not accepted in the current Local Plan 2031 and no decision has been made...
Jul 8, 2024 | Community Action news
Steady progress is being made on the plans for the orchard. An important part is getting expert opinions and assessment on the orchard plans. These reports will then be a key element as we develop a longer term management plan. We have a vision. In the month of May...
Jun 14, 2024 | Community Action news
We remind you of the Neighbourhood Plan OPEN MEETING on Monday 24 June, at 7.30 pm in the village hall. There will be slides, explanations, and invitations for people to challenge our methods and hold us to task. We will be sharing examples of the policies we have...
May 23, 2024 | Community Action news
You may remember the article in The Slate a few months back about Riverfly. Looking at the numbers of Riverfly in the Evenlode is a key indicator of the health of the ecosystem. Monitoring the Riverfly population and reporting any changes to the Riverfly population is...
Apr 29, 2024 | Community Action news
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY IN ITS ENTIRETY. WE THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND HOPE YOU WILL AGREE. The Stonesfield Annual Parish Meeting is on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 7 p.m.in Stonesfield Primary School. For the reasons this sets out, it is of crucial importance that...
Apr 9, 2024 | Community Action news
It brings us great pleasure to share with you the most recent updates from the Garo Hills in India and the Ankarabolava-Agnakatrika forests in Madagascar. In 2022, we worked with our partner Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to raise funds for its Garo Green Spine project...
Jan 11, 2024 | Community Action news, Stonesfield news
At the Parish Council meeting on 10 January 2024, attended by more than 40 villagers, Mr Soame, a planning consultant for the Oakeshott and Eastwood families, presented a development proposal for between 25 and 31 homes with one to five bedrooms. The site of this...
Oct 10, 2023 | Community Action news, Stonesfield news
Sustainable Stonesfield came out of a meeting held in the Village Hall six years ago, called to discuss the high level of inappropriate housing that was being considered by WODC in their revised Local Plan 2031. As a result of the meeting we delivered this leaflet to...
Apr 26, 2023 | Community Action news
The Stonesfield Tree Planters have been planting native trees around our village of Stonesfield. Our aim is to plant a tree for everyone in the village – 1575 trees. We are community led and the trees have to add value to the environment in its widest sense. We...
Feb 1, 2023 | Community Action news
How are we doing and the challenges ahead. Update: 31 January 2023 The Stonesfield Tree Group has now planted 336 trees and hedging plants. This photo shows the final planting of 62 trees on the Ruddy Lane footpath off The Ridings. This is Ditchley land and they gave...
