Category: News

Horse Drawn Camp at Westmill Wind Farm

There will be a horse drawn camp on the land beneath the Westmill wind turbines. Participants will be turning up from Sunday 17th August 2014 with the main event running the following weekend (23rd, 24th, 25th August). They have permission of the land owner, Adam Twine, who anticipates they will vacate the site by 27th […]

Development on Shrivenham Golf Course

Most residents have received a communication from Linden Homes regarding an exhibition of their proposed development on Shrivenham Golf Course. Many have expressed concerns about the continuing wave of over-development and the merging of Watchfield and Shrivenham. District Councillors Elaine Ware and Simon Howell have been raising these issues with the Vale of White Horse District […]

Update on Planning Department actions regarding Traveller Site

Watchfield Parish Council has received the following response from the Vale of White Horse District Council VWHDC complaint response gypsy site The Vale have admitted to making mistakes regarding their pre-application advice and promise not to enforce planning conditions. The Planning Department are going to recommend refusal of the application to amend the timescale of […]

Advice about Scams from Oxfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau

Abingdon Citizens Advice Bureau is calling for people to be on the lookout for scams conveyed by letter, telephone calls, doorstep sellers or on websites. Scams come in many different forms, but most of them aim at deceiving people into giving away sensitive information or parting with their money. Anyone targeted by suspicious advertisements or […]

A420 closure final plans from OCC

Please access the final plans and letter from OCC using the links below. These should have been sent by post to every household and business in the vicinity. A420 route map final A420 letter from OCC Updated information can be found on https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/a420-shrivenham-bypass-major-maintenance

Post Office Arrangements

The Parish Council has received the following reply to its query regarding replacement of Post Office facilities in Watchfield – post office letter They state that they would welcome applications from any potential retail partners interested in running a Post Office in Watchfield. They can be contacted on 0845 6016260. If you know of anyone […]

Watchfield Parish Council response to application to vary conditions on the Gypsy site

Please click on this link for the Parish Council’s response to application P14/V1111/FUL to vary the time limit on safety conditions from ‘prior to first occupation’ to ‘within 6 months of first occupation’ WPC response to P14V1111FUL Please click on this link to view the Parish Council’s complaint regarding the Planning Department’s handling of the […]