EYNSHAM NEWS
Onwards and upwards?
Issue 43 ‑ August 2020
We are delighted to introduce your new-look, 8-page newsletter, appearing every month from 1 August for a 12-month trial period. As ever, it will be delivered to 2,000 homes or more by volunteers – now drawing on the energies of the Covid-19 network, like our news sheets in early April. • Our regular delivery team – many of them retired and in a high-risk category – effectivelyc came to a standstill in March. We are greatly in their debt for years of dedicated support. • Concerns that the virus might spread through paper put all our print on hold in April. However, we are heartened by medical advice that any risk is eliminated in 72 hours. Do pass on this message to anyone who is still wary if you can.
Garden Village plans are finally on the doorstep –198 hefty documents from Grosvenor, conveniently timed for holiday reading at bit.ly/OCGV-out ‘Outline application with means of access for a mixeduse Garden Village, comprising residential, retail, food and drink, health and community facilities, hotel, class B1, B2 and B8 employment uses, education provision, burial ground, public open space with sports pitches together with ancillary facilities, landscaping and associated infrastructure and works.’
The Covid-19 effect While most recreation and social activities ground to a halt in March, ‘virtual’ substitutes have taken off and our great outdoors has come into its own. Around the village – more usefully for residents who don’t go online – our local businesses have been continually innovating, with door or window service, takeaways and free delivery – and improved outdoor spaces too. They deserve our support more than ever as we adjust to the ‘new normal’; and we all have good reason to help keep them going.
As we go to press, the District Council’s own Garden Village Area Action Plan (planning framework) is on course for approval on 29 July, with a six-week consultation due to run to mid-September. You can be sure of fuller coverage in our next issue! What’s in a name? WODC’s recommendation, chosen at length from 115 offerings, is Salt Cross. Objections have been raised about the consultation process but there are probably bigger battles ahead.
August events & deadlines • 1 Summer fruit tree grafting 10:00 • 7 Parking & loading consultation – opposite • 12 Eynsham News contributions 17:00 • 13 Garden Village outline application – opposite • 18 Full Council 19:30 • 21 Affordable Housing 17:00 – page 3 • 21 Infrastructure Funding 17:00 – page 3 • 23 Litter Pickers 14:00 – page 4
West Eynsham planning documents and planning applications will follow shortly, no doubt. Meanwhile, Jansons Property report that online responses to their proposals for the area are 69% in favour of an access road which avoids the Chil flood plain. Support your local shops! ‘New parking & goods vehicle loading bays in the village centre will help facilitate access to, and encourage the use of, local business,’ while new double yellow lines on Clover Place & Back Lane ‘protect the access to the car park and public facilities’ – details at bit.ly/3hq9QY9
… and further ahead… • 1 September Road closure, Acre End Street • 1 September Full Council 19:30 • 12 September Ride & Stride – page 4 • 31 October Village Show – page 4
Please comment by 7 August (ref: CM.12.6.206) to Christian Mauz, County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND, or christian.mauz@oxfordshire.gov.uk 1