VACANCY FOR A PARISH COUNCILLOR

The Parish Council are looking for a new member

It is your chance to make a difference by having a say about local issues, representing the views of Parishioners and getting involved for the benefit of the community.

The Parish Council need your help to keep the services in the village running.

If you would like to be considered or for further information, please contact the Clerk or Chair Jacqui Russell.

clerk@greatcoxwell.com
cllr-russell@greatcoxwell.com
https://www.greatcoxwell.com/parish-council.html

To be eligible to become a parish councillor you must be:

• At least 18 years old on the day of your nomination, and
• A British citizen, an eligible Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of any other member state of the European Union

You must also meet ONE of the following four criteria:

• You are, and will continue to be, registered as a local government elector for the parish in which you wish to stand from the day of your nomination onwards;
• You have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the parish area during the whole of the 12 months before the day of your nomination and the day of election;
• Your main or only place of work during the 12 months prior to the day of your nomination and the day of election has been in the parish area;
• You have lived in the parish area or within three miles of it during the whole of the 12 months before the day of your nomination and the day of election

Disqualifications from standing

There are certain people who are disqualified from being elected to a parish or community council in England and Wales.

You cannot be a candidate if at the time of your nomination and on the day of the election, any of the following are true:
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• You are employed by the parish council or hold a paid office under the parish/community council (including joint boards or committees),
• You are the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or interim order,
• You have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three months or more (including a suspended sentence), without the option of a fine, during the five years before polling day
• You have been disqualified under the Representation of the People Act 1983 (which covers corrupt or illegal electoral practices and offences relating to donations) or under the Audit Commission Act1998

A person may also be disqualified from election if they have been disqualified from standing for election to a local authority following a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (formerly the Adjudication Panel for England or Wales).

There will ne no leaflet delivered this year about changes to your waste collections over the Christmas and New Year period so please make a note of the details found in this document.

In summary:

Monday 26th Dec will be collected Wednesday 28th Dec
Monday 2nd Jan will be collected Wednesday 4th Jan
Monday 9th Jan will be collected Tuesday 10th Jan

Also:

Please remember that we suspend garden waste collections over the holiday period to concentrate on Christmas waste collections. Collections resume in January 2023. For more information, please see our garden waste page on our website.

Find out more about recycling tips and waste collections over Christmas and New Year on our website www.morerecycling.co.uk

We will post information about any disruption to waste collection services on our websites and social media sites.

Our call centre is open for queries from 9am – 3.30pm on 23 December, 9am - 5pm on 28, 29 and 30 December on 03000 610610.

The following documents have been added to the website:

Great Coxwell Parish Council Meeting Agenda - November 28th 2022
Reading Room Meeting Agenda - November 28th 2022
District Councillors' Report - November 28th 2022

The Act of Remembrance will take place as usual at the War Memorial at 12 noon.  Revd Maureen will officiate in the short service.

Those who are new to the village may not know that the timing of this is determined by the fact that Revd Maureen has to take a ceremony in each of the four parishes in the Benefice on this day, so she is kept very busy!

We hope to see you there.

The Vale’s conservation area appraisal of Great Coxwell is now published on the District Council’s website https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/conservationareadocuments

You can access the PDF document by clicking this link.

Please see a statement from OCC below and with 4 attachments relating to a proposed changes of speed limit in and around Little Coxwell.

Please note, that the consultation in relation to a 20mph zone in Great Coxwell is expected in 2023, but OCC have decided to combine Little Coxwell and Great Coxwell speed limits into one Schedule. For that reason Great Coxwell remains at 30mph in the Schedule attached by OCC for the purposes of Little Coxwell's consultation on speed limits.

Great Coxwell Parish Council

CONSULTATION – Little Coxwell proposed 20mph Speed Limit
 
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.
 
We're therefore asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit throughout Little Coxwell, replacing the current unrestricted national speed limit in its entirety, leading out of the village to its junction with Fernham Road. Additionally, a 40mph speed limit ‘buffer’ will be introduced on the Fernham Road, either side of the junction with the access to the village - replacing the existing 60mph national speed limit in the process. The proposals are being put forward following road safety concerns raised by the parish, and are 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.

The proposed Traffic Regulation Order is scheduled to be advertised in the Oxford Times newspaper today; Thursday 03rd November 2022, and details are also available to view on the Councils consultation portal at the address below:
 
https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/littlecoxwell_20mph2022

For the next couple of weeks extensive refurbishment of the basketball court surround is being untaken in the park.

The rest of the park should be available for use but please take care and be aware of contractors accessing the site.

This work has been possible by S106 funding from the Vale of the White Horse.

GCPC
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The following documents have been added to the website:

Great Coxwell Parish Council Meeting Agenda - September 26th 2022
Reading Room Meeting Agenda - September 26th 2022
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The following documents have been added to the website:

Great Coxwell Parish Council Meeting Minutes - July 18th 2022
Reading Room Meeting Minutes - July 18th 2022
DC Report - July 2022
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