Alex Charlesworth

Good Friday 19th April

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Please vote in the REFERENDUM on the Adoption of the Plan. You can make a difference to our community.

Thursday 21^st March, Kirtlington Village Hall,

7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The Notice of Referendum link is here

Voting on the Referendum will take place in the same way as any other local election.  Registered voters should receive their poll cards with the usual details this week.   The process is run by Cherwell District Council’s Democratic and Elections Team.

Cherwell District Council’s Neighbourhood Plan Referendum page can be seen here

The Plan documents can be seen here and there is a bound copy in the Village Shop.

Sewer Repair by Hatch Way:  Oxford Road Closure w/c 29^th October:  The Parish Council understands that Thames Water and OCC Highways are liaising closely with regard to the road closure arrangements and diversion signs, and that access will be maintained for residents only; given the location it seems unlikely that drivers will be able to breach the Road Closure notice via Troy Lane and so it is hoped the level of difficulty experienced in the summer will be avoided.  However at present the OCC Highways Road Closure notice is not available so we are not able to confirm the arrangements.  It is hoped the work will be completed within the 2 week period but the Parish Council accepts that Thames Water have to allow sufficient time for repairs to be carried out safely.

Please see a copy for Thames water’s letter here for further information.

Kirtlington Parish Council

The A4095 closed week commencing 9th July For Two Weeks

While acknowledging the frustration, delays and difficulties that the current closure of the A4095 has caused, the Parish Council would request that parishioners in particular be respectful of the residents of Troy Lane and refrain from using this route as means of circumventing the road closure – it is simply not suitable for the resultant two-way traffic that is inevitable when through-traffic that has ignored the multiple road closure signs sees residents transiting Troy Lane, and potentially could result in injury to pedestrians, damage to property and further congestion. The road closure is in force for all traffic using the A4095, and does not exempt parishioners on the basis of residency in the general village area;

The Temporary Traffic Order TTRO ref. T5788 specifies:

‘Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for frontages within the closed section of road’ – i.e. those properties within Troy lane, only.

The current situation is far from satisfactory, however it should be remembered that this is a temporary situation and necessary to finally rectify the sewerage problems that have plagued areas of the village for many years – this in itself has taken a considerable amount of work before Thames Water would take responsibility for, and action on.

The Parish council has been in contact with both Thames Water and OCC Highways throughout the period leading up to these works, to request that the issue of Troy Lane through traffic be satisfactorily dealt with, and had been advised full closure was not possible due emergency service access – likewise ‘access only’ signage was advised as unsuitable, as encouraging the behaviour we have already seen.

Yesterday evening, the Oxfordshire County Councillor with responsibility for this Parish Council area – who has already been incredibly supporting of and instrumental in both the repairs to Church Lane, and the implementation of more effective Road Closure signage put in place during today – attended the monthly KPC meeting and has witnessed the issues first-hand. She will be following this up tomorrow to request that the OCC Highways lead make an urgent site visit to review the measures in place and / or required to best manage this situation, as it is acknowledged that the diversions are not marked clearly enough and measures to control Troy Lane access not sufficient.

Please be mindful that those drivers of through-traffic that have ignored signage to get as far as the closed section will inevitably follow local traffic if seen entering Troy Lane – please do not give them reason to follow.

While this remains a matter fully under the control and responsibility of OCC’s Highways Dept., the Parish Council will continue to liaise as effectively as possible – parishioners may of course contact OCC Highways direct via TTRORequests@Oxfordshire.gov.uk or Tel: 0345 310 11 11 quoting the TTRO reference above.

Thank you again for your patience during this period.

D.M. Richardson, KPC Chair

Saturday, 2nd June – Rupert Thorneloe Memorial Polo Match supported by the Royal British Legion. Everyone welcome, gates open 12.30. Reserve your pitch side picnic/car spot for £15 by emailing james@bmrltd.com or pay on the day.

The Annual General Meeting of the Village Hall Management Committee will be held in the Village Hall on Monday 21^st May 2018 at 7.00pm.

The present elected Village representatives, Jo Richardson, Chair, Paula Harvey, Treasurer, Jacqui Hogan, Secretary and Celia Hawkesworth, Independent, are offering themselves again for election.

Any person, who would like to stand for election, should send their name, with the names of their Proposer and Seconder, to the Secretary, to reach no later than 19^th May 2018. After this date nobody will be considered. If more than four people are put up for election then an election for all four places on the Committee will take place.

If anyone would like to raise any point for inclusion in the Agenda for the Meeting, would they please send a note of it to the Secretary at South Green House, South Green, Kirtlington, (email southgreen@btinternet.com) to be received before 16^th May 2018.

19^th April 2018

Cherwell District Council has confirmed an Uncontested Election for Kirtlington; the candidates elected as a result are Kate Buckingham-Fry, Stuart Jenkins, David Richardson and Richard Sadler.  They will take up office from 7^th May and the remaining three Parish Council vacancies will be filled by co-option in the coming months.