STOP! Save These Oxfordshire Parishes! - poll_plans

Parish Meeting dates confirmed

noreply@blogspirit.com (STOP!) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:35:00 +0000

The dates of parish meetings at which it is hoped parish polls will be proposed are:

Mapledurham: Parish Meeting 21st March 2006
Kidmore End: Parish Meeting 22nd March 2006 (to be confirmed)
Eye and Dunsden: Parish Meeting 23rd March at 7.30pm
Binfield Heath: Annual Parish Meeting 27th March 2006
Shiplake: Annual Parish Meeting 30th March.
Harpsden: Annual Parish Meeting 3rd April 2006 at 6.30pm

Whitchurch may be joining the campaign, date to be confirmed.

Welcome!

noreply@blogspirit.com (STOP!) — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:00:00 +0000

This is a new site for the STOP! campaign. Eight parishes in South Oxfordshire are seeking their removal from South East England Regional Assembly's Western Corridor Sub-Region. What this means is that these rural parishes, consisting of unspoilt countryside and picturesque villages, wish to be under the control of South Oxfordshire District Council and Oxfordshire County Council for planning, environment and future development.

If you live in Binfield Heath, Eye & Dunsden, Harpsden, Kidmore End, Mapledurham, Shiplake, Sonning Common or Whitchurch parish we think it is vitally important you find out more about the Parish Poll which we hope will be held on April 27, 2006.

You can do this by following the links on this page. Please let us know what YOU think by leaving your comments. To be told when this site updates, you may also wish to sign up for our email newsletter by adding your address in the box on this page.

Full steam ahead for STOP!

noreply@blogspirit.com (STOP!) — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:15:00 +0000

Dates for parish meetings were confirmed at last night's meeting of the STOP! group. It is hoped these meetings will enable people to have their say in a poll on April 27: do we want to remain in SEERA's Western Sub-Region for planning and future development or do we wish to be returned to the Oxfordshire area?

Parish polls are a century old mechanism that give the people a voice. SEERA is run from Guildford: miles away from South Oxfordshire. Unless we vote on April 27 how else will they know what we think?

The STOP! group is concerned that if we are included in an area that includes Reading and is mostly in Berkshire it may make it easier to absorb us into Reading in the future. Reading desperately needs land for housing development. The STOP! group feel that our beautiful countryside should be protected from this pressure.

It is hoped that Whitchurch parish will soon join Binfield Heath, Eye & Dunsden, Harpsden, Kidmore End, Mapledurham and Shiplake in this campaign. Follow the links to the left to view the flyers for the campaign.

What do you think? You can leave your comments by clicking on 'Comments' below.