The meeting of the Parish Council was held in the Main Hall as it was expected that a large number of people would wish to attend which proved correct as over 100 people came to the meeting. The reason was that Cllr. Fatemian, County Councillor for Kennington had asked if he could invite Cllr. Judith …
Category: Parish news 2010
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Parish News November 2010
The work was underway to replace the railway bridge at the north of the village. At present the bridge was open for cyclists and pedestrians only. Network Rail would be building a temporary footbridge so the route to Oxford was accessible during the whole project. It would be relatively easy access but narrow so cyclists …
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Parish News October 2010
The Clerk and the Village Warden met two representatives of Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) on 15th September at the Kennington Pool. BBOWT was concerned to monitor its condition as a wildlife resource following a survey BBOWT undertook in 2002. The Pool was owned by the Vale and BBOWT had contacted the Vale …
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Parish News September 2010
The new play warden started work on 26th July. He would be responsible for ensuring the Links and the Forest Side play areas were litter free and the bark and sand was raked and the equipment safe. Already there was a marked improvement at both sites. The mechanism at the top of Twinfly had become …
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Parish News July 2010
The members of the Parish Council were saddened to hear of the death of one of their longest serving councillors Michael Holland in June. He had been a councillor since 1976 with one break of service from 1991 to 1998. The Chairman paid tribute to his work as a councillor and led a minute’s silence …
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Parish News June 2010
The Chairman, Vice-chairman and Clerk met the account manager of the grass cutting contractor on 19th May. He apologised for the poor performance in April and said their regular team were unable to complete their work on a two week cycle. He would be bringing in a separate mobile team to do the cutting in …
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Parish News May 2010
At the Annual Meeting, Cllr. Peter Biggs was elected as Chairman of the Parish Council. It would be his nineteenth year as Chairman. Cllr. Colin Charlett was re-elected as Vice-Chairman. The Statement of Accounts and the summary income and expenditure financial statement were considered and approved. They had been audited and the documents would be …
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Parish News April 2010
It was reported that there was a great deal of progress on the Links Play Area in the days before 31st March 2010. Everything had been installed and the area for the older children had its post installation check by ROSPA which would allow it to be opened. The other side for the younger age …
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Parish News March 2010
At the start of the meeting, the members of the Parish Council had a question and answer session with two officers from the Environment Agency. They wanted to inform the council about their plans to replace the deck on the access bridge to Sandford Lock. The closure of the access to the Lock from Sandford …
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Parish News February 2010
There was a further discussion on purchasing salt bins from the County Council. It seemed that it might not be possible to be able to buy as many bins as was hoped. So the Clerk was asked to request five bins in the following locations; two to be located in Upper Road at the corners …
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Parish News January 2010
The main topic for discussion was the on-going difficulty of the snow and ice on the village roads and pavements. There had been many comments and complaints from local residents about the lack of grit either delivered by vehicles or in grit bins. The Clerk had investigated the Parish Council’s ability in law to be …
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