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Ex-military flats to be bulldozed Thursday, January 21 - Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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Firefighters tackle rowing challenge
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THE Eynsham firefighters The static row will take team will be rowing 36.5km place from 10.30am until in relay to raise awareness for 3.30pm in Eynsham’s Market their fire safety campaign, 365 Square. Alive, on January 30. Members of South Cen-
tral Ambulance Service and Thames Valley Police will also be giving free training on lifesaving CPR and how to use a defibrillator.
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The fi refighters are also taking on the Tough Mudder obstacle run in August to raise money for Oxford hospice Helen and Douglas House.
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A SCHEME to demolish 54 flats in Carterton and replace them with 135 houses was given the go-ahead by West Oxfordshire District Council on Monday. Outline application for the development south of Stanmore Crescent and north of Brize Norton Avenue was supported by Carterton Town Council and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) West Oxfordshire. Tenants are still living in the properties on the site, and applicants Annington Property Ltd said they are aware they will have to move out of their flats. The chair of the town council’s planning committee Roger Crappers said: “We welcome development as long as it’s good development. “Those houses are military houses that have been there for 50 years or more. “They’re past their sell by date. They don’t do anything for the appearance of the town.” The 54 homes to be demolished are REEMA Prefabricated Reinforced Concrete, which is a type of housing designed after
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the Second World War usually for soldiers returning from the front lines. Acting chair of the CPRE West Oxfordshire, Justine Garbutt, wrote to the council to say the group in favour of developing on REEMA land. She said: “It is positive that matters are progressing on REEMA land. From the CPRE’s perspective, development that leads to betterment is positive and brownfield spaces are preferable to greenfield land. “This application is for less houses than the allocation, so we are satisfied that it does not represent a stretching of Carterton’s target. It is therefore welcome in principle.” However the CPRE did raise concerns about the development, saying the planned 10 per cent affordable housing is not a ‘significant contribution’. Ms Garbutt added: “This does not deliver what we need. V Í ÖjÄË Ë¬?~jËÏË