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GORING’S mobility issues group has called for more road safety measures at a proposed housing development.
McAdden Homes, of Reading, wants to build 49 homes on a field north of Springhill Road with vehicle access off Wallingford Road to the west.
The mobility group says wheelchair users and vulnerable pedestrians will be at risk because the pavement running along the latter is obstructed.
An overgrown tree trunk and the boundary wall of a private property both jut out so people could end up in the road where traffic speeds above 40mph have been measured.
Green city councillor Craig Simmons said the Lib Dems message was ‘misguided and unhelpful’. He added: “We all need to take personal and collective responsibility for complying with Covid rules and that may involve having a gentle word with your neighbours, work colleagues and local businesses. And, if that is not effective and they continue to ignore the law and putting others at risk, then it is perfectly reasonable to report their behaviour.” Michelle Mead, the Conservative leader of West Oxfordshire District Council, and TOry group leaders Jane Murphy (SODC) and Simon Howell (Vale) also said enforcement was an important part of the rules.
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A SLIPWAY that was filled in last summer was re-opened temporarily when it flooded following heavy rain.
Sorbon Estates removed the access to the River Thames in Thames Side at the bottom of Friday Street in Henley to create space for parking despite not having planning permission,
Resident John Whiting photographed the flooded slipway following days of heavy rain caused by Storm Bella last month.
He said he wanted the slipway reinstated permanently.
Mr Whiting, who lives in Orchard Close, said: “It’s part of Henley’s heritage that has been there for several hundred years.
Are local elections still being held across the UK this May? Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire. Council chiefs across Oxfordshire have said they are preparing to hold local elections in May, as rumours grow that the Government may make moves to postpone the poll. Local elections are due to be held across the UK on May 6, 2021, including for Oxfordshire County Council. Elections which were due to take place in May 2020 that were postponed by the pandemic will also be held this year, including for Oxford City Council and Cherwell District Council. And a by-election is also due to be held for a single seat on South Oxfordshire District Council.
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England s proposed mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement for new developments might not deliver on promises to increase biodiversity, according to research being presented at British Ecological Society s Festival of Ecology.
A research team at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, analysed ecological changes occurring under Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)-type policies in four early-adopter councils in England. They found that although a net gain in biodiversity was being promised across the BNG assessments, these translated into considerable losses of habitat area. Habitat losses were compensated for by commitments to deliver higher quality habitats years later in the development project cycle.