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Latest planning applications to West Oxfordshire District Council
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
- 53 Nine Acres Close Charlbury
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Sample Panel) and 5 (Roof Tiles) on Planning Permission 18/01593/FUL.
WODC reference: 19/01432/CND - Thu 16 May 2019 - Under consideration
- Coach Road Agricultural Building Cornbury Park Charlbury Oxfordshire
Change of use of an existing storage building to provide workshop and general storage facilities and erection of three buildings to provide livestock housing and associated storage facilities.
WODC reference: 19/01194/FUL - Mon 13 May 2019 - Under consideration
- Reeves Barn Pound Hill Charlbury
Erection of single storey extension.
WODC reference: 19/01087/HHD - Fri 10 May 2019 - Under consideration
Mon 20 May, 06:15 · Link
Last HST in service through Charlbury
Today’s 19.40 to Hereford - one of the farewell services to depart Paddington this evening.
Richard Fairhurst ·
Sat 18 May, 20:07 · Link
Ten-day fundraiser for CRAG begins today (Saturday)
Ten days of continuous teas, coffees, cakes and (on the Saturdays) lunches mark Charlbury Refugee Action Group's most ambitious fundraiser yet.
A team of cooks are baking cakes and -- for the lunches -- a choice of ten middle eastern mezze dishes and dips, all veggie and all homemade.
They are being served in St Mary's.
All proceeds will go to Refugee Community Kitchen who supply daily hot meals to destitute refugees and asylum seekers stranded in northern France.
Exact dates and times are under Events. (And CRAG is having a day off on the bank holiday Sunday (May 27) when St Mary's has a fundraiser of its own.)
- CRAG is very grateful to the Artweeks artists exhibiting in the church for their enthusiasm and support, and to St Mary's for making it possible.
- CRAG's final tea concert of the season, last Sunday, raised over £1200 for the Asylum Welcome hardship fund, which helps homeless asylum seekers in Oxford.
- The group is also collecting emergency items for refugees sleeping rough in the Calais and Dunkirk area. Donations of sleeping bags and small lightweight tents can be brought to the church while the café is open, and will be taken to the distribution centre in Calais. A list of all the things they need (and some they don't!) can be found here.
Jon Carpenter ·
Sat 18 May, 09:19 · Link
"There's just a few more hours that's all the time you've got "
To steal a line from one of this shows great songs, this is your last reminder to say its "show time" with a matinee today at 2.30pm and the final show tonight at 7.30pm and it's your last chance to grab the last remaining tickets for each of these performances of " My Fair Lady ", so don't dilly dally get online and book your tickets and come and see some of CADS members performing with The Chipping Norton Amateur Operatic Society in their production of “ My Fair Lady “ at the Chipping Norton Theatre, It's a cracking show hope to see you all there.
Here's all the info you need:
Playing at The Chipping Norton Theatre on Thurs 16th - Sat 18th May
My Fair Lady is one of the best known musicals of all time -. Phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that bet to transform Cockney flower-girl Eliza Doolittle into a cultured member of society. Higgins and Eliza initially clash then, unexpectedly, form an unlikely bond.
The show is full to the brim with classic songs, like I Could Have Danced All Night and Get Me to the Church on Time.
A show not to be missed
Ticketing Info go to the Chipping Norton theatre website
www.chippingnortontheatre.com/whats-on/my-fair-lady
Show dates are:
Thursday 16 & Friday 17th May 7.30pm,
Saturday 18th May 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £15, £13 Sat matinee.
All prices include any booking fees.
Please book in person, online or call the Box Office on 01608 642350
Tim at Cotswold Frames ·
Thu 16 May, 09:54 · Link
Charlbury Patient Participation Group Newsletter
The April newsletter from Charlbury Patient Participation group is available for you to read. Please visit Community and then Health and Wellbeing. The newsletter is the last item on the page.
susan smith ·
Wed 15 May, 09:43 · Link
Please support Charlbury Riverside Festival.
We are a FREE family-friendly music festival in an idyllic riverside
setting with more than 40 acts playing across four stages, with all
kinds of music from rock, indie and folk on the main two stages and all
sorts on the Riverside Fringe and Buskers stages!
Established
for 24 years, we are one of the biggest free events in Oxfordshire, and a
big fixture on the local music calendar too!
All the bands who
perform are mainly Oxfordshire based bands who willingly give up their
time to perform for free. Just like the dedicated team of volunteers,
who are all from the local community, who each year give up so much of
their time to plan, build, run, and break down the festival, again, we
all do it for free. We have never charged our visitors to get in to
Riverside, and that’s how we want it to stay… FREE!!
During 2018
the UK experienced 6 weeks of beautiful weather, officially a heatwave!
However, there was just one real blip in the glorious weather when the
clouds rolled in and the wind and rain came…. that was the last
weekend of July… Riverside weekend.
As we are a non ticketed
event, the weather makes a big difference to our visitor numbers, and as
you might imagine, cold blustery wind and rain kept the crowds away.
We raise the majority of our funding from sales at the bar, and as a
consequence of the weather, for the first time ever, we didn’t cover
our costs.
For Riverside 2019 we have a big shortfall in our funds
that we are looking to plug, and that’s where we’re asking for your
help. Can you help us to keep Riverside FREE and ensure we can continue
to put on this fantastic event for the local community, and for music
lovers far and wide, some who come from many miles away to spend an
afternoon or evening watching great music.
And of course, we would love to see you all down on the Mill Field in Charlbury on the 20/21 July.
Please Click the link to Donate: GoFundMe
Thank you,
The Riverside Crew x
Gary Walker. ·
Tue 14 May, 08:55 · Link
Charlbury Primary School Ofsted report
The report from Charlbury Primary School’s most recent Ofsted inspection has been released.
The school was judged ‘Inadequate’. Of the five main categories, “Quality of teaching, learning and assessment” and “Outcomes for pupils” were found to be good. “Effectiveness of leadership and management”, “Personal development, behaviour and welfare”, and “Early years provision” were inadequate.
The full report is on the Ofsted website at https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50077264 .
The inspection’s key findings, taken verbatim from the report, are:
- Safeguarding is not effective. Leaders do not fulfil their statutory responsibilities. Governors do not check the systems in place effectively enough.
- Leaders do not have systematic procedures for staff to record safeguarding concerns. When concerns are raised, leaders cannot demonstrate that they always take effective action to keep pupils safe. This includes reporting concerns to other agencies, when appropriate.
- Staff do not receive regular safeguarding training. Teachers are not adequately trained to spot the signs of abuse.
- Incidents of poor behaviour and bullying are not tracked systematically. As a result, issues are not always tackled satisfactorily.
- School development plans are not focused on the things that make a difference to learning. They do not provide any means of measuring how effective planned work is.
- Leaders do not provide suitable opportunities to develop the capacity of staff who have middle leadership roles.
- Leaders are not doing enough to improve the frequent absence of some pupils. Some disadvantaged pupils do not attend regularly enough.
- Statutory welfare requirements are not in place in the early years. Safeguarding is, therefore, not effective.
- Pupil premium funding is not used effectively to improve rates of progress for those pupils it is intended to support.
- The effectiveness of teaching and learning in the school is good.
- Most pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics.
- Pupils develop a wide variety of knowledge and skills through the carefully planned curriculum.
Department for Education guidance states that “Academy conversion is mandatory when a maintained school is rated inadequate”. The Regional Schools Commissioner identifies an academy trust for the school to join. (Charlbury Primary School is currently a maintained school under Oxfordshire County Council rather than an academy.)
A meeting for parents has been arranged.
Mon 13 May, 13:57 · Link
Hurry! - WODC grants for community activities which bring people together
With rather short notice WODC have just issued a press release drawing attention to the fact that applications are being sought for funding from their Community Activities Grant scheme. The scheme’s criteria have been broadened this year to include not just arts and heritage projects but any type of activity which brings people together.
WODC are looking for community groups wishing to develop arts, heritage or community-based projects in West Oxfordshire which contribute to the health and wellbeing of residents and quality of community life. A total of £11,000 is available for the 2019 awards with grants ranging between £100 and £500.
For more details and an application form go to the News section of the WODC website: https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/news/may/cag-appeal/ or call 01993 861080.
The deadline for applications is 12pm on 20 May with applications to be made to the Council’s Woodgreen offices.
Meryl Smith ·
Mon 13 May, 09:30 · Link
Latest planning applications to West Oxfordshire District Council
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Mon 13 May, 06:15 · Link
CHARLBURY FESTIVAL TICKETS
Tickets for all five bookable events are now on sale at the Charlbury Deli and Cafe. Call by for a coffee and pick up your tickets (cash only). The last Charlbury Festival was sold out so don't leave it to the last minute.
Brickworks Lizards & The Four Wordsmen - 8th June
Speakeasy Latin Music Evening - 14th June
Shadow of the Desert - What happened to Lawrence of Arabia - 15th June
Story Telling with Georgie Steele - 16th June
Festival Finale - 17th June
Festival Programmes are available all around the town and will be delivered to every home shortly. All events are on this website.
Tony Lloyd ·
Fri 10 May, 20:55 · Link
