2021 Census

The census, run by the Office for National Statistics, is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales.

All households will be asked to take part in Census 2021 on 21 March.

This census will be the first to be predominantly online, with households receiving a letter with a unique access code to complete the questionnaire on a computer, phone or tablet. Paper questionnaires will be available if you need them.

The census results will be available within 12 months and will inform where millions of pounds of public funding is spent on services like cycle routes, schools and surgeries.

For more information, visit the census website or email SODC’s Insight and Policy team.

Crowmarsh Neighbourhood plan – Have your say

Consultation now open

REGULATION 16 CONSULTATION
Crowmarsh Parish Council is working on a neighbourhood plan, which has recently been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council. You can view the neighbourhood plan and supporting documents on the District Council website: https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/crowmarsh-neighbourhood-plan

The District Council is carrying out a consultation on the submitted neighbourhood plan and supporting documents which will run from Tuesday 19 January to midnight on Tuesday 9 March 2021.

Paper copies of the document are available to view by appointment only. Please contact John Griffin by calling 01491 838523 or Stephen Sherbourne by calling 01491 837569 to arrange to view the documents.

If you know anyone you think would be interested in this consultation, who is shielding or does not have access to the internet, we would appreciate your help in telling them about it. Please ask them to call us on 01235 422425 or email [email protected] to discuss the proposals and get support to access the consultation materials.

Comments can be made by scanning the QR code on the poster below to go to the online comments form or:

  1. emailing [email protected]
  2. writing to Planning Policy, South Oxfordshire District Council at the following address: 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SB 

After the publicity period ends, the District Council will send your response to an independent examiner to consider. As the neighbourhood planning process includes an independent examination of the plan, your name, postal address and email address (where applicable) are required for your comments to be considered by the examiner. The opportunity for further comments at this stage would only be at the specific request of the examiner.

All personal data will be held securely by the council and examiner in line with the Data Protection Act 2018.

Walking in Oxfordshire

Are you fed-up with doing the same old walks?

Walking in Oxfordshire www.walkinginengland.co.uk/oxfordshire is the website for you!

With hundreds of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, contact details for all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place.

John said ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Oxfordshire (part of the Walking in England suite of websites (www.walkinginengland.co.uk)  – one for each county in England) has brought it together in one place so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you’.

With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy.

So home or away, check out the websites and get walking!

John Harris 

www.walkinginengland.co.uk

email: [email protected]

SODC Office Site – Survey results

Between 5th November 2020 and 31st December 2020 residents of Crowmarsh Gifford, Mongewell and North Stoke submitted their views of what should be done with the previous SODC site. 183 responses were received in total.

Thank you to everyone who participated. We really appreciate your views.

Click below to see a summary of the results.

Crowmarsh Parish Neighbourhood Plan

Plan Submission for Examination

The Crowmarsh Parish Neighbourhood Plan and its ten supporting documents were submitted to the Planning Authority for examination under Reg 16 on 2 December 2020. The Submission version of the plan along with the Consultation Statement and the Basic Conditions Statement are adjacent as downloadable pdf files. The other supporting documents are archived here.

0_Submission Version Plan Crowmarsh

7_Consultation Statement

8_Basic Conditions Statement_November 2020_Final

Council Offices site – have your say

The District Councils have decided not to build new council offices on their previous site in Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford. With many staff able to work from home, a smaller building on another site they own in Didcot will now meet their needs. More info here:  https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/didcot-gateway-the-home-of-the-new-south-and-vale-district-council-offices/ 

We as a community can have some input as to what happens with the site now. 
Please share your views with the Parish Council by using the online form found here:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZMBCPXB

Or by hard copy to Crowmarsh Parish Council Clark, 2 Home Farm, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8EL.