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...