Month: November 2017

Testing Times in the Church!

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Even though we may never need it, it’s good to know we’ve got it.

The new generator installed in the church earlier this year was put through it’s paces by the Parish Council in order to ensure that in the event of a major power cut, the Church will be able to act as a refuge for the community.

The generator was switched on and the test was a success. It means that we can be confident there is somewhere to go to keep warm and have a cup of tea with the lights on in the event of an emergency.

The generator was purchased as a result of the Parish Council obtaining a resilience grant from Scottish & Southern in 2016 which  also paid for a defibrillator to be installed inside the church porch and various other emergency and first aid equipment.

   

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Another Clean Sweep for the Village

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Thanks go to Cherwell District Council for sending Harry in his sweeper backed up by Paul with the blower, to clear our streets of Autumn debris. There’s nothing like a clean sweep and thanks to everyone who moved their cars that is precisely what was achieved. We are one of the few villages who co-ordinate the timings with the District Council in this way three times a year.

Once again thanks to all involved.

 

Planning Approval to rebuild wall on Church St

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Planning approval to rebuild the wall of the Mallories property on Church street to erect two small cottages has been granted by Cherwell District Council. The wall is to be taken down stone by stone to enable new foots to be put in and then all the old stone is to be reused and assembled in the same order so as to go some way to preserve the look and feel of the current wall.

The Parish Council agreed at the last meeting, that because of the interest shown  by the community in this application, that the details of the approval would be posted onto the website for all to read. However, rather than scan in the whole document, if you follow the detailed instructions below you will be able to view the full report on the District website very easily.

Planning Application no 17/01710/F – Removal of condition 7 (plan of wall, method of joining stonework) of 16/02631/F | Plot 2 Mallories Cherry Street Stratton Audley

Details of applications are available to view through the Councils Online Planning Service, just enter the following into your internet browser:

http://www.publicaccess.cherwell.gov.uk/online-applications

This should take you through to the planning page of Cherwell Council. Copy and paste the Planning Application no: 17/01710/F into the box where it says Enter a key word

Click and this will take you through to the Planning Application summary page and you will notice a number of sub folders across the page and you should click on Documents.

This will bring up another page which has in the box the words View Associated Documents. Click on this and you will arrive at the page with all the relevant reports.

Click on the left hand side of any one of them. At the top of the list is the latest document but it is very important to click on the blue highlighted number on the left of the page to open the actual report.

If these instructions don’t work for you then you can try the Cherwell District Council Instructions on how to use the Public Access service to view, comment on and keep track of applications which  can be found at: http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/viewplanningapp