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Parish Council News March/April

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2025 is certainly moving forward with great speed. The Council are currently working on the Willow trees in the park, planting new trees to replace any that have not made it through the winter, replacing signs on the playpark to remind people that it is a dog free zone. Cllr Clark is appealing to become a fix my street superuser. Cllr Dearman will be leaving the village at the end of the month for pastures new, so with a heavy heart we must say goodbye and thank her for the work she has put into the Parish Council.  We are now actively looking for people to come forward and apply to be a councillor.

The community speed watch poll has now closed and the results have shown that it is not something the village wants to continue at this time.

Please have a look on the Parish Council pages for updates, including from WODC, Thames Valley Police and any planning applications.

Next meeting will be held at Alvescot Village Hall on April 2nd at 7:00pm.

 

Notice of Election 2025

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Please find attached Notice of Election for the scheduled County Council elections on Thursday 1 May

The notices will remain displayed until after the 1 May 2025.

Information for the Elections can be found on our website at https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections-and-voting/current-and-future-elections/ and https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/council/about-your-council/voting-and-elections/election-2025.

2025 Notice Of Election

 

Parish Council News February/March

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Spring is beginning to show after what seems a very long winter. The Council would like to ask for help if anyone saw the vehicle that drove across the Village green demolishing one of our trees and leaving tyre tracks on the grass to please contact the Parish Council Clerk.

The Community speed watch poll is currently still live until the end of February so please get your votes in if you want your view to be heard.

The Parish Council is very much on the hunt for new councillors to join our Council, please look at the page for What is a Councillor, and put yourself forward to make a real difference in the Village.

The website is constantly being updated throughout the month with planning applications, news from WODC and Thames Valley Police so please have a look over the website in between the newsletters.

Our next meeting will be held in Alvescot Village Hall on the 5th March at 7:00pm, so please do come along to stay up to date with all Village news.

Health Service Survey

Local MP Charlie Maynard has recently released a survey to gain a better understanding of the Health Service problems in the Witney constituency area.

Please follow this link to the survey and a spare few minutes to complete it.

Local MP Charlie Maynard launches survey for local health services

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Charlie Maynard has recently released a survey to gain a better understanding of the Health Service problems in the Witney constituency area.

Please find the survey below if you have a spare 5 minutes please complete it.

 

Your local MP Charlie Maynard is compiling local data to understand and improve our health services. Please could take a few minutes to fill out the survey below.

I’d be very grateful if you could take five minutes to fill it out.  It will help me to campaign better to improve our health services in the constituency.

 

TAKE THE SURVEY

 
Best wishes,

 

Charlie Maynard 

MP for Witney

Liberal Democrats

Parish Council December/January Post

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Parish Council Update December 2024

The Council would like to wish all the parish a Merry Christmas and Happy new year, we wish you all health and happiness for the year ahead. As always we have vulnerable people in the village so please keep a close eye on your neighbours, and if possible help out where you can.

Looking forward into the new year we have a quote for a replacement climbing frame more information to come at the next meeting in January the 8th at Alvescot Village hall from 7.00pm.

The Council is also looking into applying for a community speed watch status, were if successful we will have the equipment to monitor the speed within the Village, if anyone is interested in helping to make our Village a safer and slower place to live please contact bbparishclerk@gmail.com.

Finally we have the following announcement.

It is with some regret that the Parish Council has to announce the resignation of Charlotte the long serving Parish Clerk.
I am sure we would all like to show our appreciation and thanks for the hard work, dedication and commitment that Lottie has shown as Parish Clerk over the last 5+ years.
She has played an integral and important role within the Parish Council and has helped enormously in developing the Council to where it is now.
The Parish Council would like to extend a huge thankyou to Lottie for all her help and support, and we wish her all the best in any future endeavors.
If you are interested in applying for the position of Parish clerk/RFO, please do not hesitate to contact Andrew Lanham. Please click here to view the job advert and description.

URGENT Storm Bert UPDATE

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You may be aware that Storm Bert will be hitting the United Kingdom this weekend.
Nationally, the storm will bring very strong winds, heavy rain and, for a time, snow
and blizzards.

The Environment Agency has warned that the heavy rain could lead to some
localised flooding. Temperatures are also set to rise.

There is a yellow Met Office warning for rain that reaches the south and south-west
of Oxfordshire and parts of Oxford. The Environment Agency expects there to be a
number of flood alerts and warnings affecting parts of Oxfordshire over the weekend
and into Monday.

A reminder below of advice you can give to residents:
Residents can:

  • Check their flood risk on X (follow @EnvAgencySE) and sign up for free flood
    warnings from the Environment Agency.
  • Keep in touch with the Environment Agency’s regularly updated information
    relating to current flood alerts and flood warnings and the five-day flood risk
    for Oxfordshire.
  • Call the Environment Agency’s flooding hotline for advice and support at any
    time on 0345 988 1188.
  • Monitor online information from The Met Office, which issues weather
    warnings when severe weather is expected.
  • Read our flooding newspage and flooding toolkit, which provides advice and
    support for residents and businesses, including on preparing for instances of
    flooding.
  • Check X at @OxonTravel for road and travel updates. There is more information available in the guidance note attached from emergency planning, including links to the various sandbag policies across the county.

Together with partners across the Thames Valley we will monitor the situation as it
unfolds. We hope that the impact of the heavy rain will be low but in the event of any
flooding, please can we urge members to support frontline services, who will be busy
responding to help residents, by signposting constituents as above.

2024.11.22 Storm Bert Met Office

2024.11.22 Storm Bert

Black Bourton Remembrance Sunday War Memorial Parade

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We would like to invite you all to join us in the parade down to the War Memorial to lay the wreaths and for a short service of Remembrance on Sunday the 10th November.

Please click the link below to view the order of service.

Also a gentle reminder that the road through the village will be restricted for a short time while the service takes place.

2024.11.10 Order Of Service