​The following documents have been added to the website:

Parish Council Meeting Agenda - 20th November 2023
Reading Room Meeting Agenda - 20th November 2023

Last month the village Women's Institute planted a selection of bulbs near the telephone box. Keep an eye out for them in spring!
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Eaton Hastings - 9.00am (Village Green)
Buscot - 9.40am (Church)
Coleshill - 11.00am (Village Green)
Great Coxwell - 12.00 (Village War Memorial)
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Dear all,
 
As you know, Stonevale Concerts start to host concerts in St Giles Church, as we now have a lovely new piano in that space. I am trying to advertise broader, as it would be wonderful to not only make some money for the performers, but also for the church.  
 
I decided to start selling tickets on Ticketsource, for people from outside the village.  However, I would like to continue to keep the same wonderful audience who supported me for so many years, by still offering the option of donations, at the venue.  If you want to buy tickets, great, if you want to give donations at the venue,  also wonderful, and if you just want to come and support the performers, without giving anything, that is also fine too.  
 
Please have a look at our website, we are part of three venues who are now working together.  The Christmas Concert is a benefit concert for the church, so we are selling the tickets, either here or through Pam (240233) and Pauline (243140).  
 
For more information about all of our concerts please visit:
https://www.whitehorseconcerts.co.uk/
 
Best wishes,
Lynette
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Please see the update (link below) regarding a new planning application and consultation process concerning Wicklesham Quarry SSSI. I would be very grateful if you could send this to villagers. The deadline for comments is 7th December. A meeting will be held at Lt. Coxwell on 15 November. All welcome!

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Dear all,
 
As you know, Stonevale Concerts are starting to host concerts in St Giles Church, as we now have a lovely new piano in that space. I am trying to advertise broader, as it would be wonderful to not only make some money for the performers, but also for the church.  
 
I decided to start selling tickets on Ticketsource, for people from outside the village.  However, I would like to continue to keep the same wonderful audience who supported me for so many years, by still offering the option of donations, at the venue.  If you want to buy tickets, great, if you want to give donations at the venue,  also wonderful, and if you just want to come and support the performers, without giving anything, that is also fine too.  
 
Please have a look at our website, we are part of three venues who are now working together.  The Christmas Concert is a benefit concert for the church, so we are selling the tickets, either on Ticketsource, or through Pam (240233) and Pauline (243140).  
 
 
https://www.whitehorseconcerts.co.uk/
 
Best wishes,
Lynette

The proposed development at Wicklesham Quarry is a county matter by virtue of paragraph 1(1)(h) of Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended, as the site is in its aftercare period on the previous mineral permission. It is now for the prospective applicant to submit a planning application for their proposed development to the County Council for determination. They have not yet done so although they have sought pre-application advice. As part of the pre-application stage the applicant sought an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion under the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.
 
Having assessed the information submitted, the County Council determined that the proposed development would not be EIA development. Based on the information presented, the County Council determined the impacts that would arise would be localised to the site and immediate surrounds and therefore not at a scale that requires an EIA process to be undertaken. This included assessment of information provided by the applicant that set out how impacts on the geological SSSI would be mitigated. The Vale of White Horse also reached the same decision that the proposal would not be EIA development when they dealt with a previous screening opinion request from the applicant when they had thought the proposal was a district rather than county matter. Anybody who disagrees with the Screening Opinion can seek a Screening Direction from the Secretary of State and so this would be recourse for any party who disagrees with the decisions by both the district and county councils on this matter.  
 
Whilst it has been determined the proposed development does not require EIA, environmental impacts will of course be rigorously assessed through any future planning application by the County Council’s planning team. The application would need to be accompanied by environmental information and subject to consultation with statutory environmental bodies as well as residents and other interested parties. The application information and consultation responses will then be assessed by the planning team and a recommendation made having weighed up all the considerations, including those concerned with the environmental impacts. The planning application process will also assess the proposal against all relevant development plan policy, which will include those contained in the County Council’s Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Part 1, the Vale of White Horse Local Plan and Faringdon Neighbourhood Plan.
 
In summary, due process has been followed with the EIA screening process in respect of the proposed development at Wicklesham Quarry. The next step would be for a planning application to be submitted, which once received will be subject to statutory consultation and assessment against all relevant policies and material considerations that will include rigorous review of environmental and all other impacts.

Full details here.