Category: News

The next Council Meeting is on Monday 13th January, 7.30 pm, at Chadlington Memorial Hall.

The public are welcome to attend and there is the opportunity to comment on any item on the agenda or bring any matters to the attention of the Council.

Our WODC and OCC Councillors are invited, and you have the opportunity to ask them questions.

During this meeting the Council will be considering deciding the budget and precept for 2025-2026, and discussing playground maintenance matters.

The agenda can be found on the Parish Council Meeting page.

The Night-Time Safety Survey aims to explore what makes people feel unsafe when walking after dark and to identify ways we can improve safety across West Oxfordshire.

The survey is quick and easy to complete, and the feedback we receive will help shape efforts to create safer and more welcoming spaces for everyone.

We’re particularly keen to hear views on:

• Improvements needed around bus stops and along the routes to and from them.
• How safe people feel when travelling on foot after dark.

The survey can be completed online at: https://yourvoice.westoxon.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/night-safety 

You may have seen we have launched our budget consultation which gives residents the opportunity to express their views to help shape our budget for the 2025/26 financial year. 

It is open until 15 December and we would like to get as many responses as possible. Our press release launching the budget can be found here – https://news.westoxon.gov.uk/news/your-views-count-residents-asked-to-help-shape-the-councils-budget

To complete the survey residents simply need to visit www.westoxon.gov.uk/budget     

Physical copies of the consultation are also available in the WODC Woodgreen office and the Town Centre Shop in Witney for anyone who is not able to complete the online survey.  

The next Council Meeting is on Monday 11th November, 7.30 pm, at Chadlington Memorial Hall.

The public are welcome to attend and there is the opportunity to comment on any item on the agenda or bring any matters to the attention of the Council.

Our WODC and OCC Councillors are invited, and you have the opportunity to ask them questions.

During this meeting the Council will be considering quotations for phase two of the playground refurbishment, and working on the budget for 2025-2026.

The agenda can be found on the Parish Council Meeting page.

Councillor Vacancy

Are you interested in influencing what happens in the Parish?

Do you want to be a voice for the community?

Chadlington Parish Council is looking for a Councillor to fill a current vacancy.

We are a small Council of six Councillors and a part-time Clerk, looking after Chadlington Parish.

The term of office will run until the next ordinary election in May 2028.

The position is open to people over 18, who live in the Parish or within three miles of the Parish boundary, or work or own land in the Parish.
(See the Co-option Eligibility Form for more details)

To find out more, contact a Councillor or the Clerk for an informal chat.

For more details, application form and a Councillor job description, please contact the Clerk:
clerk@chadlingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
07712 003627

or visit our website, chadlington-pc.org.uk

Closing date for applications – 04 December 2024

Councillor job description
Application form and eligibility

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

Oxfordshire County Council wants to make our built environments safer and more attractive places to walk and cycle. To enable this, 20mph speed restrictions are being used to help promote alternative modes of transport for local travel. Further details on how the council is considering making 20mph the new 30mph for Oxfordshire communities can be found here.

OCC are therefore asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit throughout Chadlington, replacing the existing 30mph speed limit in its entirety in the process. The proposals are being put forward following concerns raised by the parish over road safety, and form part of a countywide programme of works that seeks to deliver ‘a safer place with a safer pace’ for the residents of Oxfordshire. In light of this please find the following consultation documents attached:

• Public Notice,
• Statement of Reasons,
• Consultation Plan(s), and
• Draft Traffic Regulation Order(s).

The proposed Traffic Regulation Order is scheduled to be advertised in the Oxford Times newspaper today; Thursday 04th July 2024, and details are also available to view on the Council’s consultation portal at the address below:

https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/chadlington_20mph2024

As stated on the notice, any objections or other representations on the proposal should be submitted by Friday 26th July 2024.

Public Notice – Chadlington 20 mph speed limit

Statement of Reasons – Chadlington 20 mph speed limit

Consultation plan – Chadlington 20 mph speed limit

Draft order – Chadlington 20 mph speed limit

The next Parish Council meeting is on Monday 10th June, 7.30 pm at the Memorial Hall.

At this meeting Council will consider the co-option applications to fill the remaining councillor vacancy, and consider the recent planning application.

The agenda and papers can be found on the Parish Council Meetings page.