“Healthcare before Houses” Plans for 4000+ new houses between Didcot and Harwell – known as ‘Valley Park’ – would form a new housing development equivalent to the size of Wallingford.  The three existing GP surgeries in Didcot are already overstretched and under immense pressure, approaching dangerous levels. Currently patient numbers are approaching 50,000, and Valley […]

Its been a busy time in Oxfordshire the last few months, mainly due to elections, but also with the start of the Valley Park planning ”blocks” coming in and HIF1 scheme starting to go in for compulsory purchases and planning. Its a mad time of the year, more update’s over the coming week. I am […]

East & West Hendred Cricket Club (EWHCC) is pleased to announce the introduction of new coaching for girls and women’s cricket. This supports the Club’s mission to broaden community participation in sport.  The last three years has seen significant growth at the Club, which now includes three adult league teams, a Sunday friendly side, a […]

Parish round up Not all parishes are covered – below are the main updates I have received / been working on. More parishes will be added as I attend meetings next month. Please note on Highways Issues I am operating a RAG list – Red, Amber, Green, with Red being severe risk to life / […]

July 2021 Welcome to my monthly update. Going forward I will be sharing a regular update in the first week of every month. In the interests of transparency and sharing good ideas I will be sharing this update publicly as well as with parish councils in Hendreds & Harwell division, as well as snippets on […]

Refreshed arrangements to enable watchdog councillors who are not part of the Cabinet to monitor and challenge the way Oxfordshire County Council is delivering key services to the people of the county have been agreed.  A trio of committees will be at the heart of a brand-new set-up as part of the Cabinet’s pledge to […]

Read the story on the Oxfordshire County Council website or below: People who live and work in Oxfordshire are urged to have their say on highways and transport issues around the county, including congestion, safety, cycling and the condition of roads and footpaths. Oxfordshire County Council has launched a number of roads and transport online surveys, which are open to the public to comment […]

Young people in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take all precautions not to contract COVID-19, get their vaccination as soon as it is offered and make sure they are regularly getting tested.  This supports the government’s decision to postpone the final step of its roadmap until 19 July to stop the spread of the new […]

News from County Hall Vaccination programme – update The COVID vaccination programme is really ramping up, with those aged 25 and over being offered the first dose of the vaccine. Since the first jab was given in December last year, 57.5 million first doses of the vaccine have been given to more than 75 per […]

Residents in Oxfordshire are being asked to continue to get tested twice a week and get vaccinated when offered after cases rose from 8.4 per 100,000 of the population to 48 cases per 100,000 over a two-week period from 21 May to 4 June.  With a government announcement on the next stage of the national […]

Focus on Parishes with Cllr Sally Povolotsky (Hendreds & Harwell) June 2021 (sent 1st June 2021) Welcome to my monthly update. Going forward I will be sharing a regular update in the first week of every month. In the interests of transparency and sharing good ideas I will be sharing this update publicly as well […]