The Clerk had written to ask for an estimate of the cost of adding the name of the Parish Council to all the bus shelters. The final replacement bus shelters should be installed on 18th December at the Upper Road stop in Kennington Road and the Sandford Lane stop in The Avenue. It had been …
Category: Parish news 2008
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Parish News November 2008
The members of the Parish Council approved the model Publication Scheme and the Guide to Information and Charging Policy as approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Guide will be displayed on the Parish Council notice board inside the Village Hall from December. It will show the documents and information that are held by the …
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Parish News October 2008
The members of the Parish Council discussed the Secretary of State’s proposed changes in the South East Plan for Central Oxfordshire. They were concerned that the alteration to the Green Belt around Oxford to allow house building in the area south of Grenoble Road would not have an impact on any other part of the …
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Parish News September 2008
The Parish Council discussed the condition of the surface at the play area in Forest Side. The Clerk had investigated with two playground contractors whether it was possible to install either wet pour surfacing or rubber matting. The costs for both options were very high so it was agreed to renew the surface with Cushionfall® …
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Parish News July 2008
The Clerk had met four play equipment suppliers to show them the area in Playfield Road Playing Fields that was planned to be upgraded. They would produce quotations for consideration by the Play Areas Working Group in September. Oxfordshire County Council had received about £1million from Central Government under their Playbuilder initiative for a three …
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Parish News June 2008
Following a request by a resident at the Annual Parish Meeting, a resolution was passed at the Parish Council meeting to try to achieve Fairtrade status for Kennington as detailed in the Fairtrade Foundation’s Fairtrade Towns Initiative. It was hoped to set up a steering group to work through the stages of becoming a Fairtrade …
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Parish News May 2008
Before the formal part of the meeting, Cllr. Hudspeth, County Council Cabinet member for Transport Implementation spoke to the meeting about the traffic situation in Abingdon. He said that the County Council had commissioned a report on the working of the traffic lights system called SCOOT which should control the flow of traffic through the …
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Parish News April 2008
The Litter Blitz was held on the morning of Sunday 30th March and was very successful. Twenty five people took part including a few children. The members of the Parish Council thanked them for their efforts. The Vale provided the equipment and local people collected over 40 bags of rubbish and other waste. Three items …
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Parish News March 2008
The County Council had published the amendments requested by the Parish Council to the “no waiting at any time order” in Poplar Grove. This would mean the reduction in the length of the double yellow lines in Poplar Grove at the junction with The Avenue. This was welcomed by the members of the Parish Council …
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Parish News February 2008
The members of the Parish Council would like to thank all those families that completed the questionnaire about the village play areas. They particularly liked the children’s designs. The final total of questionnaires received was 45. The number of children and grandchildren represented by the responses was 98. This was about 10% of the number …
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Parish News January 2008
The Parish Council decided its budget for 2008/9 in January. The Parish Precept, which was the money that the Parish Council gets as its proportion from the total Council Tax bill, would be £71,877. This would cost a Band ‘D’ property owner £41.74 per year. This was an 86p or 2.1% increase on the previous …
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