West Adderbury

The first stage of the Community Governance Review on splitting Adderbury Parish has ended, with the Cherwell District Council Working Group recommending that the parish is not split.  However, the Working Group suggest that “Warding” […]

David Peckford, the Assistant Director of Planning and Development at Cherwell District Council, has sent an email to a West Adderbury resident which confirms that CDC are NOT happy with the drainage scheme installed by […]

You may remember that back in August we reported that West Adderbury Residents Association (WARA) had written to Adderbury Parish Council (APC) regarding residents’ concerns about a potential flood risk to homes in Tanners Lane, […]

A large parcel of land to the south of the Milton Road in West Adderbury has just been sold.  The land includes 8.076 acres of agricultural land and 1.540 acres of equestrian land, accessed by […]

A transcription of the 1891 census for West Adderbury is now available on this website.  Find out who was living in our village in the year that Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective Sherlock Holmes appears in […]

Adderbury Parish Council have once again illustrated how little they care about the views and concerns of West Adderbury residents.  At the Parish Council meeting on 8 September 2020, which was held remotely via Zoom, […]

A six acre site next to Adderbury cemetery and the Friends Meeting House has just been put up for sale for £1.5 million (see listing on RightMove.co.uk). The site already has planning permission for a […]

As previously reported, Adderbury Parish Council have installed an unapproved and sub-standard drainage scheme on the Milton Road land.   CDC planning officers have confirmed that: “The approved infiltration basin has not been implemented as approved.  […]

In our recent posts we explained how Adderbury Parish Council has breached three official planning conditions associated with the Milton Road land: Condition 3 (drainage); Condition 8 (site levels); and Condition 18 (vegetation removal).   We […]

Today’s Oxford Mail (22 August 2020) includes an article about West Adderbury’s attempts to reinstate its own parish council. A spokesperson for West Adderbury Residents Association (WARA) is quoted as saying: “We are currently at […]

Despite having less than 24 hours notice and many residents being at work or away, a large crowd of West Adderbury residents gathered at the Oak Tree this afternoon in support of a parish council […]

The Oxford Mail are writing a story this week on the Community Governance Review and West Adderbury’s efforts to get back its own parish council. They have asked for supporters of a separate West Adderbury […]

As previously reported, the drainage scheme installed by Adderbury Parish Council (APC) in the Milton Road field is NOT the scheme approved by Cherwell District Council (CDC). Drainage engineers from CDC have confirmed that the […]

As previously reported, Cherwell District Council have confirmed that Adderbury Parish Council breached Condition 18 of the planning consent for the development on the Milton Road land.  This Condition forbade any site clearance (including vegetation […]

West Adderbury Residents’ Association (WARA) have submitted the following response to the Community Governance Review.  If you have not yet responded you can do so until 28 August 2020 by visiting Cherwell’s CGR website. West […]

An archaeological survey carried out in 2017 during the construction of Henge Close revealed intriguing secrets of West Adderbury’s ancient past.  Between 3000 and 2000 BC a settlement of around 50 people constructed round houses […]

Following a Freedom of Information Request by a West Adderbury resident we have been sent a bundle of hundreds of documents relating to the Parish Council’s development of football pitches and sports facilities on the […]

There have been a lot of misinformed and misleading comments made about our residents association. We do not have a hidden agenda and are not trying to divide the village. We merely want to deal […]

In our recent post we explained how Adderbury Parish Council has breached two official planning conditions associated with the Milton Road land.  Cherwell District Council have now confirmed that the Parish Council have contravened yet […]

A recent Banbury Guardian article describes how the split within Adderbury parish has deepened following public comments on a village website, Adderbury.org. These comments were described by one West Adderbury resident as “a tirade of […]

Has the silly season started early this year?  Going by the number of ill-judged comments being made about West Adderbury residents’ request for a Community Governance Review, some of them downright nasty, you’d think so.  […]

Over 200 residents of West Adderbury have asked Cherwell District Council (CDC) to carry out a  “Community Governance Review” to decide whether West Adderbury should once again have its own Parish Council.  Many residents have […]

The consultation has started!  Cherwell District Council are writing to ask for YOUR views on why West Adderbury should get back its own Parish Council.  You have an exciting opportunity to shape the future of […]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this really does tell the story of how a lot of us in West Adderbury feel.  It doesn’t help when some of our neighbours resort to […]

West Adderbury residents have been accused of being undemocratic.  We are told we are subverting democracy by not accepting Adderbury Parish Council decisions, by not accepting the will of the majority.  But this is wrong. […]

West Adderbury Residents Association (WARA) recently emailed its members about whether space in Adderbury cemetery is running out.  Adderbury Parish Council immediately issued a statement contradicting this (see below) and dismissing WARA’s claims as “completely […]

In response to a statement on the forthcoming Community Governance Review, ex Parish and District Councillor Rick Atkinson describes West Adderbury Residents’ Association (WARA) as “a particular nasty little group of selfish people who have […]

Adderbury Parish Council (APC) can be criticised for many things but it is not entirely at fault for failing to meet the needs of West Addebury residents.  Some people argue that we have had plenty […]

Adderbury Parish Council has officially breached at least two of the planning conditions set by Cherwell District Council on the Milton Road development in West Adderbury. A letter dated 19 June 2020 from Sean Tilbury, […]

A number of West Adderbury residents have recently contacted Cherwell District Council with concerns that the drainage scheme being implemented on the Milton Road field is NOT the approved scheme, but a cheaper alternative. The […]