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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.

In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a ‘No Waiting’ restriction as detailed above to facilitate surface dressing works.

A temporary Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 15 May 2024. 

The anticipated completion date is 18 May 2024, 05:00 to 18:00 each day.

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor. 

In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a ‘No Waiting’ restriction as detailed above to facilitate surface dressing works.

A temporary Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 13 May 2024. 

The anticipated completion date is 16 May 2024, 05:00 to 18:00 each day.

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor. 

A copy of the drawing showing the extent of the closure and restrict

Oxfordshire County Council has been informed of a temporary emergency road closure on the road through Dean whilst water mains service pipe repair works are carried out for public safety reasons.  

A temporary Emergency Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 5 May 2024. 

The anticipated completion date is 9 May 2024, 24 hours per day.

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor. 

The Community Wellbeing Team at West Oxfordshire District Council are passionate about enabling people to be more active, to have the confidence to get out walking and enjoy the outdoors in a safe way. To do this we need people to share their enthusiasm for the benefits of walking with others in their community by leading walks in their local area. We want everyone to have access to a short, friendly group walk within easy reach of where they live to help them become and stay healthy.

We would like to invite you to participate in our next FREE Wellbeing Walk Leader Training on Tues 14^th May 09:00 – 12:00 starting from Witney Artificial Turf Pitch, Gordon Way, Witney OX28 4EH. It will be led by a Ramblers qualified trainer in a fun and relaxed environment. For more details and to register please contact Jenny Bennett on 01993 861564 or community.wellbeing@westoxon.gov.uk 

The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police Area

Name of candidate (surname first)	Home address	Description (if any)	Reason why no longer nominated Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated
BARBER Matthew David	Orchard View, Church Street, West Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0LW	Conservative Candidate – More Police, Safer Streets
BEARDER Tim	2a Stanley Road, Oxford, OX4 1QZ	Liberal Democrats
FOWLER Russell Douglas	(address in the Thames Valley Police Area)	Independent
HOLDEN-CROWTHER Ben	(address in the Thames Valley Polic Area)	More Police Officers for Thames Valley
STARKEY Tim	(address in the Thames Valley Police Area)	Labour and Co-operative Party

The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated.

Friday 5 April 2024

Nigel Lynn
Police Area Returning Officer

WEST OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Election of a District Councillor

The following is a statement of the the persons nominated for election as a District Councillor for the
Chadlington and Churchill Ward

Date of election: Thursday 2 May 2024

(No of seats: 1)

Name of candidate	Home address	Description (if any)	Reason why no longer nominated
MORRIS Caspar	10 Sturt Close, Charlbury, OX7 3SS	Local Conservatives
RIDPATH Nigel Simon	Post Office Cottage, Horseshoe Lane, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, OX7 3NB	Liberal Democrats
TOMLIN Chris	Flat 1, 19 Albion Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5BL	Labour Party Candidate

The persons above, where no entry is made in the last column, have been and stand validly nominated.

Friday 5 April 2024

Giles Hughes
Returning Officer