The Website The Baldons Parish Council serves the villages of Marsh, Toot and Little Baldon in Oxfordshire. Please contact us if you have questions concerning the work of the Parish Council, if you have any concerns that you feel the Council should be aware of or where it can help or support you. You can use the navigation menu to find your way around the site. The Baldons Community website is the place to come for information about our parishes. Looking for an interest group or upcoming events? Need to know the times for the Mobile Library or Fireworks Night? You're in the right place Using the Baldons Community website you can stay up to date in the areas that you care about. Just look down the menu on the left to see what is going on in the Baldons. Click on a section to see more. A plus sign means there are sub-sections to go into. Content & Contacts We rely on local people to help keep content up to date. Ideas and suggestions? Please contact Peter Burke
Latest News Follow This Link for an Update from Baldons Community action Group
Fallow & Fields For details of the new take-away menu see here.
Solar Farm Planning Application Please make your views known by 10th January. A Zoom meeting happened on 14th December. Details of the application are here. A report of the meeting is here.
Local Plan Update - December 2020 For latest details of the local plan, click here
From Our District Councillor Sam Casey-Rerhaye Writes: See here
Seven Stars Open Again
Mole Inn Open Again
Remembrance Sunday See calendar for details. Logon at 10.30 on November 8th.
Newsletters
You can find an archive of newsletters going back to 2014 by clicking here
Christmas Toy Bank Details here.
New Deli in Nuneham! See News Section for details
Covid-19 Lockdon II - Update 1 November 2020 See under News for further info. Update (17 September 2020): Current situation. As widely predicted we appear to be entering a second wave of covid. Oxford City is now on amber alert. Who knows what the coming weeks and months will bring in terms of further restrictions? Those in vulnerable categories may already be self-isolating again Previous Update: This is a crisis time for the community. A good source of up to date information from the We need to support each other in the Baldons through this unusual period. We need to identify those who might need help in the Baldons: people in self isolation because they have or have been exposed to the virus and those in isolation because they may be vulnerable to coronavirus. More information about the local group is here
Update (24 March 2020) is here
Parish Council update (1 April 2020) is here
An update on Waste arrangements is here
The Mole InnThe Mole Inn is open with new arrangements. Details here.
Peter DayWe are sad to announce that Prof Peter Day, a much-loved local resident, died on 19th May. He had a distinguished career as an inorganic chemist and his many honours included being Director of the Royal Institution. Obituary here. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. RIP.
New Solar Farm Proposed At Nineveh Farm This is a significant proposal which is likely to impact on the village. See here for details of the proposal, and here for the Parish Council's Response.
Full details from the developers:
Although the consultation period ended on 29th May, you can still contact the developers to make your views known
Recycling Centres open again for essential items See here for details
Baldons and Nuneham Courtenay Facebook Community Group This Community group has now been set up. It is a closed group. Local people can apply to join by following this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/649072455902829/. This is a useful resource for those who want to communicate with neighbours to offer or request help at these difficult times.
Pandemic Scammers Beware! Here is a warning from the County Council about unscrupulous people who are taking advantage of the pandemic to swindle the public.
Painted Stones Around The Villages
Seen them? More here
Cockadoo Closure Sadly our beloved local pub/restaurant, the Cockadoo at Nuneham Courtenay, has been forced to close. The statement from the management can be read here: http://www.baldons.org.uk/news.php?template=2&id=631 The two local pubs in the Baldons, the Seven Stars and the Mole, remain in business, though they are subject to national requirements on pub opening arising from the coronavirus outbreak. Details are on the websites: https://www.sevenstarsonthegreen.co.uk/
Seven Stars Take-out service and shop We have added new takeaway menus and changed the current ones, For details click here We are offering a convenience store for: eggs, bread, milk and other commodities. Details here. There will be limited opening, initially outdoor only, starting soon. Details from the Website. The Team thank you & the village for all your continued support at this hard time Alistair Seven Stars, The Green, Marsh Baldon, Oxford, OX44 9LP Tel: 01865 343337 Email: info@sevenstarsonthegreen.co.uk Website: www.sevenstarsonthegreen.co.uk
Baldons waste Collections Details here.
Local Plan There is a revised SODC Local Plan with huge implications for this community and this is now at the Examination Stage, following a recommendation by the Inspector that it be accepted. Comments may still be submitted until 2 November, see here for the latest information.
Gravel Extraction There has been a proposal from Oxford County Council to develop a large gravel extraction site north of Nuneham Courtenay, between the A4074 and the Thames. This has been opposed in the strongest terms by the local community and by the Brahma Kumaris, who will be greatly impacted. The consultation period ended on 14 March but is is still no harm to let your views be known.
The current position is that the proposal has been placed on hold as economically unviable. We hope that remains the case.
Details are on the Brahma Kumaris website: https://www.globalretreatcentre.org/gravel/,
If you want to write directly to the local government office, please do so, and reference site SG42 in an email to mineralsandwasteplanconsultation@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Or you can do so online at:
Here is a link to the full minerals and waste plan: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/file/planning-minerals-and-waste/OMWLP_SiteAllocationsFINALPLAN.pdf.
Proposed Oxford to Cambridge Expressway This has become a huge issue locally. Latest Update (26 Nov 2019):In advance of next month's general election, last week the Expressway Action Group (EAG) conducted a survey of all 27 prospective parliamentary candidates in Oxfordshire asking them whether they support or oppose the proposed Oxford to Cambridge Expressway. The Previous Update (24 July 2019) can be accessed here. The Expressway Action Group now has has in excess of 35 parishes involved including the Baldons Parish Council The steering group lead by Peter Rutt has Elizabeth Gillespie, Dawn McGiveron and John Clark as members and the group is a stakeholder representing the various villages and providing information to support the evaluation of the route option The group are not opposing the road in principle but by providing information on biodiversity and ecology and the views of local communities aim to help Highways England make the best possible evaluation of the scheme taking account of practicalities, problems and costs. We still hope to provide enough information to ensure that the recommended route goes north and west of Oxford. For full details see here. Follow this link to see a Google map of the proposed corridor. You can zoom in and out to get a better idea. At the moment maps from Highways England are poor and we are chasing them for more accurate boundaries. The Expressway action group (EAG) are seeking more information from the Highways about the route planning to give a better idea of those communities likely to be most affected by the options and those less so. It is also likely that villages will have to undertake substantial fundraising and campaigning in preparation for and the during the consultation period in 2019. Dawn McGiveron and John Clark are on the committee of the Expressway Action Group. The Baldons Neighbourhood Plan The Neighbourhood Plan is important because it will give residents a say on future development in the Baldons. The Parish Council shares the view that people will want to take the opportunity to influence the future of the place where they live or work and that the Plan for the Parish should be written by the Parish rather than by Planning Officers. Please contact us on: baldonsplan@gmail.com.
The Baldons Neighbourhood Plan Referendum Result
The Baldons neighbourhood plan received an overwhelming majority ‘YES’ vote at referendum on the 4th October 2018. The official results are: Electorate eligible to vote: 320 Votes Cast: 154 or 48.1% Votes Yes: 140 Votes No: 14 Details have been posted on the SODC website
Reports will now go to members of the Cabinet and then Council to formally adopt the plan.
Newsletters
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Teenagers for tennis?I would like to guage interest in the idea of a simple youth tennis tournament as a way of the under 18s in the area to meet one another in a fun way.
Baldon Runners
The Runners hope to be out and about
Click here for details
South Oxfordshire Local Plan The Council which was elected in May 2019 has decided not to adopt the Plan developed by the previous Council. This decision has been overruled by The Secretary of State for Housing, Robert Jenrick. SODC is challenging this decision. Watch this space.
Defibrillator on the Village Green Now installed. See News, click here.
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Grenoble Road and the Green Belt There is still a threat to the Green Belt. Details here
Upcoming eventsSee bottom of page Fast broadband This is now live in most parts of the villages. Contact your internet provider or look on www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when for details.
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