For anyone who has not yet completed the yes/no survey in relation to a 20mph zone in the village, please use the link below. Deadline for responses has been extended to 10pm on Friday (the previous survey link is now closed).
 
https://forms.gle/N9bqib8Kywp4S74SA
 
(Please note you do not need to sign into google for the response to be collated, although it may try to persuade you to do so).
 
Joanna Farrant
Clerk to Great Coxwell Parish Council
Tel: 079 89 75 1950
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It was so nice to see so many people at the Sunday Teas.

Thank you all for your support it was a great success and we raised £310 for UNICEF Ukraine.

Dear all,
 
Please find the flyer for our next concert.  It is really wonderful to have Aleksei Demchenko back, especially under these circumstances.  The plan is to livestream this concert as well.  Understandably there has been a lot of interest in this one, so make sure you book a seat.
 
Best wishes,
Lynette

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) will be held in the Reading Room next Tuesday, 29th March at 7.30pm. 

The agenda will include the following:

Election of the Churchwarden for the coming year. 
Minutes of the previous year's meeting and any matters arising
Presentation of the Annual Report of the PCC
Presentation of the Financial Statement for the year and the Annual Financial Report. 
Report of the Deanery Synod Representative
Election of PCC members
Appointment of auditor
Appointment of sidesmen

Everyone is welcome to come and refreshments will be served.  We hope to see you there.
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Would you support a 20mph zone in Great Coxwell? – Please respond within 5 days

Last October the Parish Council asked residents to raise any particular traffic concerns they had in the Village.

One suggestion that has been raised on a number of occasions is the introduction of a 20mph zone through the Village.

Ordinarily this would cost residents in the region of £4,500 to achieve, however, the Parish Council was aware that OCC intended to change its policy to make implementation of 20mph zones free to residents. OCC have now budgeted for this change.

The Parish Council has therefore made an ‘expression of interest’ application to OCC for a 20mph zone in the Village. Please note a full consultation with residents will be carried out by OCC and therefore nothing has been decided at this stage.

Inevitably the uptake across the County will be high and OCC’s budget is limited, therefore OCC have asked the Parish Council to demonstrate initial support from the community.

OCC have said they “anticipate strong demand and the better communities can demonstrate that they’ve consulted their residents the easier it is for us to factor that into the decision-making process”.

Please therefore take a minute to complete the Yes/No survey on the link below.

The survey will be open until the end of Wednesday 30th March 2022.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9JQMZPN
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It is good to report that plans to develop and revitalise the Contemplation Garden are going well. We have received some generous donations from villagers, including the wooden benches and various hedging and bushes required for this project.

We are also delighted with the response for volunteers to help with the various practical tasks such as:

• Planting additional wildflowers – to attract insects and birds
• Planting up further wildlife friendly species, such as hawthorn, blackthorn, crab apple, and wayfaring trees
• Making nest boxes for birds, bats, and insects
• Installing nest boxes
• Planting a Tree for the Queen’s Jubilee (to be dedicated on Friday 3rd June at 11am).

 
Lindsay is organising the volunteers and they meet for the first time this Saturday 26th March in the Garden at 9.30 am – 12.30. More volunteers are welcome to come along to this or at a future date. Please contact Lindsay if you would like to volunteer.
 
The Committee are happy to receive further donations for the purchase of plants and other items for the garden, including: information boards and nest boxes for birds, bats and bees. Contact Pat if you wish to donate.
 
We would like to thank everyone who has supported this development which will be of benefit to villagers and visitors alike for years to come.
 
Committee Contact Details
Volunteers                            -           Lindsay O’Kelly
[email protected]
 
Donations                             -           Pat Cook
[email protected]
 
Planning                                -           Anne Hamling (formerly Hardcastle)
[email protected]
 
Rev Maureen Turner
[email protected]
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1. Greener Great Coxwell featured in the Oxford Low Carbon Hub Community Newsletter - 'Groups in the News'
 
Greener Great Coxwell Awarded £33k for Community Heat and Hot Water Feasibility Study

It’s fantastic to report that one of our more recent Low Carbon Hub community groups, Greener Great Coxwell, has been successful in its application to the Rural Community Energy Fund for the Phase 1 Community Heat and Hot Water Project feasibility study. With the help of similar projects, especially Heating Upper Heyford and the Greater SouthEast Energy Hub, and the support of a large number of their residents, an ambitious project to make sustainable and reliable heat available to the whole village has taken a significant step forward. The grant will enable their selected energy consultants, Locogen, to carry out the initial study and recommend the next steps. They commented: 

"It is early days yet but we are very excited to receive this grant award for our village. The government has identified Heat Networks as an important option for decarbonising heat and hot water and we are keen to see if we could be early adopters with our community-based proposal. The project would deliver low-carbon, reliable and reduced-cost heat to the village and potentially provide a revenue stream to help us fight fuel poverty and support a range of green projects locally."

2. Village Pump/Well update

GGC have spoken to both the Parish Council and Oxfordshire County Council about the ownership of our well and pump. Neither have ownership of the well or pump and both have given their approval for us to explore the possibility of restoring it to working order.
GGC has emailed two well restorers. One got back to them. Well Masters are a family run business from Liss, Hampshire. They are coming to look at the well on Wednesday 23 March. It will cost £82.60 for the visit and an initial assessment of it. If you have any comments, suggestions or historic information please be in contact with us via our email address below.
 
3. Progress on Great Coxwell Community Energy Project

Work on phase 1 of the project, the desktop feasibility study, is now underway. Locogen will be updating us bi-weekly and we will keep everyone informed of progress. If this phase is successful we will be working with them and will involve as many people in the village as we can.

4. Visit to North Aston.

Greener Great Coxwell energy group were invited to visit a fully operational ground source heat pump installation in North Aston about 12 miles north of Oxford. See photographs of the field containing buried loops, the Energy Centre, and the Heat Transfer unit each house needs to transfer heat to the existing central heating fluid.
Properties in NA are stone estate properties having no cavity walls, poor insulation (EPC F-G) and generally no double glazing. The NA estate is experimenting to see how well the system performs with various amounts of extra insulation - or none. They report good results, even with a low temperature network. The system went live last year.
Further technical details and more photographs can be seen on the Energy Project Web Site under Bulletins.
https://greenergreatcoxwell.com/great-coxwell-community-energy-bulletins/
 
Thank you,
Greener Great Coxwell
web: www.greenergreatcoxwell.com
mail: [email protected]
 
Greener Great Coxwell Limited is registered in England as a registered society under the Co‑operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
Registration number: 8761
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I will be going to Asylum Welcome, on Friday morning, if you would like to donate please leave at Clayton Villa Thursday.
Thank you,
Sally
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We look forward to seeing you on Sunday 27th March for a special Mothers Day Teas

2.30 till 5.00.pm

All proceeds from the teas will go to the UNICEF Ukraine Appeal.
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