THE SECOND STAGE OF THE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW ENDS ON 4 JANUARY 2021. Time is running out for West Adderbury residents to submit their comments on the second stage of the Community Governance Review. Visit Cherwell …Read More
Following heavy rain over the last few days, West Adderbury Residents Association is very concerned to see that – as of 24 December 2020 – the drainage (attenuation) basin installed by the Parish Council on …Read More
West Adderbury Residents Association (WARA) has become aware of possible plans to development the large field to the north of Henge Close. It appears that it was always the intention of the developer, Nicholas King …Read More
Adderbury Parish Council have written to residents of Henge Close with details of the proposed reduced size Milton Road community centre. According to APC’s letter, the building will be 34% smaller then the building approved …Read More
Oxfordshire County Council’s formal consultation on traffic calming in West Adderbury has begun, and responses need to be submitted by the end of 18 December 2020. See the OCC Adderbury Consultation Page for further details …Read More
Back in 2018, Andrew Green resigned as the Chairman of Working for Adderbury Community (WFAC), following disagreements with the Parish Council over how the development of community facilities on the Milton Road should proceed. “In …Read More
Today is the second Sunday in November – Remembrance Sunday, the Sunday nearest to 11 November, the anniversary of the end of the First World War. The war memorial in St Mary’s Church Adderbury holds …Read More
As previously reported, West Adderbury Residents Association (WARA) have asked Cherwell DC to explain why the Community Governance Review Working Group does not appear to have followed the law and guidance on CGRs in reaching …Read More
West Adderbury Residents’ Association (WARA) have written to Cherwell District Council (CDC) to express serious concerns over the way the first stage of the Community Governance Review has been carried out. In a ten-page letter, …Read More
On Monday 19th October, Cherwell District Council took just 16 minutes to deny the request to reinstate West Adderbury Parish Council. During that sixteen minutes, the CGR Working Group presented its report to the full …Read More
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” …Read More
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 …Read More
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, …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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, …Read More
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 …Read More
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. …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More