The members of the Parish Council were pleased with the response to the requests for locations for new salt bins. There is a separate report in the Chronicle about this issue written by the Chairman of the Parish Council, Peter Biggs. The salt cabinet to store the free salt offered by the County Council had …
Category: Parish news 2011
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Parish News October 2011
There was a busy meeting on 13th October; amongst the items discussed was the installation of the BMX dirt track. As the track will go around the Leylandii trees, a few have to be felled before work can start on the track. On inspection the ones to be removed are in a poor state. It …
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Parish News September 2011
Plans for the BMX Track on Forest Side has been given the go-ahead with a grant of £11,390 from Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN). Construction begins in October and will take around six weeks to complete. In agreement with the Vale, the new Simpson’s Way development will continue the existing numbering rather than being given …
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Parish News July 2011
The Clerk wrote to the County Council about the problems of the school coaches parking early in the morning at Manor Grove waiting for the Matthew Arnold School students and causing inconvenience to the local householders. An officer came out to investigate and look at suggested alterative pick up points such as The Avenue but …
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Parish News June 2011
The members of the Parish Council were given copies of the Library Service Consultation on the future of all the libraries in Oxfordshire including Kennington. The document and the background papers were available online on the County Council website www.oxfordshire.gov.uk . The consultation had a deadline of 30th September 2011. Kennington was classified as a …
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Parish News May 2011
At the first meeting of the new council, the members’ first task was to elect a Chairman and Cllr. Peter Biggs was chosen to serve for another year and Cllr. Colin Charlett was elected as Vice-Chairman again. The members co-opted two people to the vacancies following the election. There were four applicants and after a …
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Parish News April 2011
Following the close of nominations there were only twelve people elected to the fourteen seats on the Parish Council. Therefore there were two vacancies which would be filled by co-option at the May meeting. Details of how to apply for the vacancies are included in this addition of Chronicle. The members of the Parish Council …
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Parish News March 2011
The County Council’s consultation on the future of the Oxfordshire Waste Recycling Centres was available for comment until 4th April. The reason the County Council needed to look at the service was to move them nearer to the main centres of population and to respond to the reduction of use as more recycling was being …
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Parish News February 2011
The members of the Parish Council welcomed Laura Hutchins who was the Area Steward for Oxfordshire County Council’s Highways and Transport section. She talked about her new role. The Area Stewards managed teams which were based on District Council areas. They took requests from the public and local councils about issues with roads and pavements. …
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Parish News January 2011
The members of the Parish Council welcomed the Clerk and a member of Sandford Parish Council who came to support Brendan Barrow of B.Spoke eWaterpower who gave a presentation on the proposal for hydropower generation on the Thames at Sandford Weir developed from an idea by residents of Sandford. A feasibility plan had been drawn …
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