Call for CCTV after cannabis find );
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CALLS have been made for CCTV to be installed at fly-tipping hotspots in Playhatch after waste from a suspected cannabis factory was dumped by the roadside.
Thirty bags containing soil and waste from a cannabis grow was found opposite Sonning Quarry, along the Henley to Reading Road (A4155).
David Woodward, chairman of Eye & Dunsden Parish Council, reported the find to South Oxfordshire District Council on April 8 through Fix My Street.
He said this area is plagued by fly-tippers who dump rubbish because they can’t afford to dispose of it properly.
Councillor Woodward said: “I do have some sympathy in a way with tradesmen, who face very high charges for taking stuff to the tip.
Takeaway scores poorly in latest hygiene inspection );
A TAKEAWAY restaurant in Henley has scored poorly in two consecutive food hygiene inspections.
Herbies Pizza, which is based at the “top shops” in Greys Road, was awarded two stars out of a possible five at its most recent visit by South Oxfordshire District Council’s environmental health inspectors.
The score, meaning “improvement needed”, follows the one-star rating, or “major improvement needed”, which the business received after the previous inspection in January.
On that visit, the inspectors found the cleanliness of the premises was “generally satisfactory” but improvements were needed in the handling of food, including preparation, cooking, reheating, cooling and storage.
Hope for campaigners as pub owner wants to sell );
A VILLAGE pub which shut almost eight years ago could re-open under new ownership.
Satwinder Sandhu, who bought the White Lion at Crays Pond in 2013 and lived there unlawfully with his family, has told South Oxfordshire District Council that he wants to sell the premises.
The former Greene King pub has been declared an asset of community value by the council so he can’t market it until September under a statutory six-month moratorium to give residents time to make an offer.
The Save the White Lion action group, which has been fighting to restore its use as a pub, has formed a non-profit company which will prepare a bid.
Slow worms in way of homes );
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SLOW worms living on a field in Henley may be relocated to make way for new homes.
The town council, which owns a grass verge that would serve as the entrance to a proposed development off Fair Mile, has agreed in principle to move the creatures to a new home under a deal with developer Thames Properties.
If the company is given the go-ahead to build 52 houses and 20 flats on the 4.6-hectare field, the council could sell the verge, or “ransom strip”.
Lawyers for both sides have been in negotiations but must wait for South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, to make a decision on the firm’s application.
Proposed ban on HGVs backed by county councillors );
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A BAN on heavy goods vehicles using Henley as a “rat run” has moved another step closer.
Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, has agreed to complete studies into the effect of a 7.5-tonne weight restriction on traffic within a five-mile radius of the town.
More than half of the 63 members voted for a motion put before the council last week by Stefan Gawrysiak, who represents Henley on the council and has campaigned on the issue since 2019.
The motion said the town suffers from “significantly high” lorry traffic and air pollution, which in some areas has exceeded Air Quality England and the World Health Organisation’s safe limits for more than a decade.