Parish News
Reptile survey at North Leigh Common
A recent reptile survey was done at North Leigh Common. For more information, click here.
This survey will be most useful and will help guide the work the Friends of North Leigh Common do over the winter months. All are welcome to join the working parties which have started again – they are largely on Friday mornings once or twice a month.
For more information, contact Harry St John at Harry St John harry.stjohn@westoxon.gov.uk.
School Admissions
As part of the application process for Reception entry to infant and primary school, Oxfordshire County Council is advertising the need for parents and carers of children born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 to apply for a school place.
If you have any questions, please visit the primary application web page which has all the information y needed plus a link to the online application form at: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/primaryadmissions
The School Admissions Team can be contacted direct on 0345 241 2487 or at admissions.schools@oxfordshire.gov.uk
The deadline for receipt of completed school applications for Reception is 15 January 2024.
Three weeks of collection changes ahead for West Oxfordshire households
Three weeks of collection changes ahead for West Oxfordshire households
Road works
There are upcoming road works in January.
Response to the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2041
North Leigh Parish Council responded to the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2041 (WOLP 2041) submitting a comment on 29th November 2023.
Winter Hub: Please help us support older people in Oxfordshire this winter
A message from Age UK Oxfordshire
Revised housing targets mean Council regains greater control of planning process
| Due to a revision in the way the Council’s is able to calculate housing targets, West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) can now demonstrate a ‘five-year housing land supply’ which will mean it has greater control over the planning process. |
| WODC’s adopted Local Plan recently passed its fifth anniversary and because housing policies need updating, the Council is now able to calculate its housing land supply using the Government’s alternative ‘standard method’. Carl Rylett, Executive Member for Planning and Sustainable Development stated, “This is highly significant news. We remain committed to building the right number of houses in the right places, but the fact that we have not been able to demonstrate a full five-year supply of housing sites over the last 12 months has put us at risk from speculative development in unsuitable locations. “Revising our calculation reduces this risk and allows us to concentrate on making swift progress with our new Local Plan, setting a new housing target to 2041 and identifying a pipeline of suitable sites, supported by the right investment in infrastructure.” For West Oxfordshire, this is much lower than stated in the current Local Plan. The result is that the Council can now demonstrate a 5.4-year supply of deliverable housing sites, meaning it has a greater degree of control when determining speculative planning applications for housing. |
Removal of skate park equipment
In order to make the play area safe, the Council will be removing the existing skate equipment.
Age UK offers support for older people this winter
| As we move into the colder and darker months, we become acutely aware of the role we all have in looking out for vulnerable older people in our communities. Winter can be tough at any age, but it’s particularly challenging for older people who face additional health risks, and increased feelings of loneliness and isolation. In addition, the cost-of-living crisis with rises in food and energy prices, is causing many local older people to worry about staying healthy and keeping their homes warm. We are asking please for your support in supporting older people in Oxfordshire this winter. We have brought together some useful information and resources in the form of an online Winter Hub – please share this resource with both older people and those supporting them this winter. https://www.ageuk.org.uk/oxfordshire/about-us/winter-hub/ We are also aware that not everyone has or wants access to the internet so we have created physical Winter Wellbeing packs which we can post out to you for any older people or groups you support / connect with (photo attached of contents).  These contain: An introductory letter Our ‘Little Handbook of our Services’ A Live Well Oxfordshire bookmark A Winter Wrapped up Guide (from Age UK) An Oxfordshire Talking Therapies leaflet Our Cost-of-Living Payment Grid Please get in touch via contactus@ageukoxfordshire.org.uk or 0345 450 1276 if it would be helpful to receive some packs, or any of these items individually. Just a reminder too that we have a Cost-of-Living Hub on our website with lots of useful information – https://www.ageuk.org.uk/oxfordshire/about-us/cost-of-living-hub/ |