Month: September 2024

West Oxfordshire District Council (the Council) is conducting a review of polling district and polling places within West Oxfordshire.
A polling district is a geographical area created by the sub-division of an electoral area. A polling place is the building or area in which polling stations are located.
Written comments and representations are invited from any electors and other interested persons and bodies, including elected representatives and those with expertise in relation to access to premises or facilities for disabled people.
Although the review is of polling districts and polling places it is accepted that polling stations are linked to the review and representations and comments are invited regarding those polling stations currently used.
Persons or bodies making representations should if possible, give alternative buildings/venues that may be used as polling places.
In conducting the review, the Council will request submissions from the (Acting) Returning Officer for the parliamentary constituency of Witney and the part of the Banbury; Bicester and Woodstock Constituencies within the West Oxfordshire District Council authority area. These submissions will be published on the Council’s website.

Comments and representations may be submitted as follows:
By post:
Electoral Services, West Oxfordshire District Council, Council Offices, Woodgreen, Witney, Oxon OX28 1NB
By email: elections@westoxon.gov.uk
Online: https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections-and-voting/polling-districts-and-places/
The deadline for submissions is Monday 4 November 2024
Documents relating to the review can be inspected on the council’s website at https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/about-the-council/elections-and-voting/polling
districts-and-places/ as the review progresses or at the Council Offices.

Timetable for the review:

• Notice of review and start of the public consultation: Tuesday 24 September 2024
• Public consultation period closes: Monday 4 November 2024
• Final proposals will be considered at the Council meeting: Wednesday 27 November 2024
  
  
  Giles Hughes
  Chief Executive / Returning Officer
  Dated: 24 September 2024

Oxfordshire County Council’s Tree Service is planning to plant trees in the local area.
Their reasons for planting trees include:
– To improve air quality;
– To improve urban cooling;
– To enhance biodiversity;
– To improve health & wellbeing;
– To enhance the visual amenity of the area;
– To contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

To keep you informed, they are sharing their proposed plan, which can be viewed here:
tinyurl.com/TreePlotterOCC

To see the plan, you will need to login with these details:
Username: Tree Planting
Password: oxontrees

They welcome any feedback you may have regarding the tree planting proposals.
Feedback can be shared by emailing tree.planting@oxfordshire.gov.uk