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THE former head of learning at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley has spoken out against plans to introduce more office space.
Christina Parker, who held the role from 2009 to 2012, has formally objected to the museum’s application to South Oxfordshire District Council.
It wants to change the use of the learning space to make it suitable for commercial, business and office purposes.
The museum, which is a registered charity, intends to let the space to a local architectural practice and use the income to help it recover from being closed for much of the past year due to the pandemic.
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A ROAD repair firm’s bid to register more lorries in its fleet could go to a public inquiry after being opposed by South Oxfordshire District Council.
Richard Hazell, who co-founded Hazell & Jefferies in 1971, wants permission to keep an additional 20 heavy goods vehicles and four trailers at his depot off Pot Kiln Lane, near Woodcote, where he is licensed for 13 HGVs and four trailers.
He has also asked the Traffic Commissioner if he can keep 15 more on a yard he owns off Penny Royal, Goring Heath, which currently isn’t authorised for storage.
Agatha Christie’s former home Winterbook House, could become a museum as Wallingford Town Council decide to apply to register the house as an asset to the community. The former wordsmith’s home that provided inspiration for some of the greatest crime novels of the 20th Century is up for sale with a guide price in excess of £2.75m. Member of the public Amy Smith, spoke at a Wallingford Town Council meeting praising the famous crime novelist’s work and persuading the council to apply to register the former home as a community asset. She suggested the surrounding area could be used for bars, cafes and a shop and its grounds could be used for theatrical and arts events and celebrations both public and private.
South Oxfordshire District Council s offices. THIS week, a group of Oxfordshire residents will get their day in court, where they will explain why they should be allowed to challenge their council s housing plan. The residents, part of a campaign group called Bioabundance, want to stop the South Oxfordshire Local Plan from going ahead, a scheme which makes room for 30,000 homes in the area. Tomorrow, Thursday, April 29, they will speak in court, appealing to a judge about why they should be allowed to take the plan to judicial review.
Who are Bioabundance? Bioabundance was formed earlier this year to challenge the Local Plan, after it was passed by South Oxfordshire District Council.
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