In 2012 Localism is set to transform the way in which planning permission is secured. The days of tick box consultation processes look to be behind us and politicians are all going to have to flick their switches from send to receive and concentrate on listening to local communities rather than telling us what they want
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As we approach the end of one calendar year and the beginning of the next, it seems rather fitting to look retrospectively at the past 12 months and in particular to consider the significant and memorable events that have taken place during this year. 2011 has been uniquely challenging for me and my family due
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Paratrooper LCpl David Radband, along with a small group of Royal Marine Commandos and my son, Nathan Coomber, today completed the Memorial Bell March which started at the Britannia Gate at RAF Brize Norton and finished in Headley Way, Oxford (22 miles). We were delighted to be seen off by Station Commander; Group Captain Stamp and Chairman
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The Allandale Youth Centre is in Carterton Town Centre, it is the big white building on Burford Road – it had belonged to Oxfordshire County Council up until the autumn of 2011 and it also organised clubs in Barton and Burford. But earlier this year Oxfordshire County Council announced that one of the spending cuts
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Aldi has had planning permission, since February 2009, to build a store in Alvescot Road, opposite the town hall. The foodstore operator had anticipated three years to start the work and so I am delighted to see that work on site is now well underway! The company has confirmed that it plans to open the
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