Category: Thame news

THE row over where 530 proposed new homes should be built in Thame up to 2027, continues, with more Letters to the Editor and comments on the Facebook page set up by Thame Town Council, Thame Location 530 where you can read over 20 comments so far fro local people.

Go to LINK to view the latest letters and all the corresondence on this issue.

To find all back stories and links to the Consultation on South Oxfordshire District Council’s website, put the words CORE STRATEGY in the Search box, top right of any ThameNews.Net page.

A NEW Action Group of residents against the development of site F for housing, a hotel and a school, in Thame, has been formed.

A letter in response to that sent in to the Editor by Town Cllr, Mike Dyer, is published here

STRONG views expressed in Letters to the Editor continue to stimulate discussion about Thame Town Council’s handling of the current public consultation on where a proposed new housing development should go in the town.

To read today’s letters from Thame resident, see LINK

TOWN Councillor, Mike Dyer, has responded to recent letters sent to ThameNews.Net, criticising the council’s handling of the public consultation on future housing development in the town.

The consultation is being carried out by South Oxfordshire District Council who are seeking local views, through town and parish councils and residents’ Associations, as well as from individuals, on two possible sites, Site F (preferred by Thame Town Council) and Site D (the preferred site of SODC).

Letters page

Core Strategy review for Thame

HAPPY HALLOWEEN – I am the inspector for Thame and I would like to inform you of what your local neighbourhood policing team and local partners are doing during the Halloween and firework celebrations.

My team will be carrying out patrols in the evenings to make sure people who are trick or treating are doing so in a friendly manner and not causing a nuisance of themselves.

I know for some people, this time of year can be a bother as your evenings are interrupted with people knocking on your doors for treats.

Most of these children or teenagers are just getting involved in the Halloween celebrations and will be friendly.

At any point if you feel unsafe:

MORE and more businesses and public organisations are using social networking sites like Facebook to spread information and news, and these now include Thame Town Council.

The council is keen to raise awareness of a current public consultation about the location of 530 new dwellings allocated to Thame in the revised South East Plan.

In seeking the views of local residents, Thame Town Council is in the process of setting up various opportunities for local people to learn more about the options and to respond to the consultation, including a Facebook page, Thame Location 530.

Other opportunities to find and more and to have your say include:

* An exhition in the Information at the town hall next
Monday, October 18

* Posters around the town

* A Location! Location! stall at Tuesday’s market on
October 19

* A public meeting on Monday, October 25, at St Mary’s
Church, 7pm -9pm

* a detailed options appraisal in the Thame Gazette on
Friday, October 22

* the town council’s website:
www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk

The deadline to make your views heard is October 29, 2010.

THAME TV’s video of the Thame Food Festival, held on September 25, is now available for viewing on YouTube.

The video features shots of visitors who came from far and wide and the various stalls, as well as musicians and workshop leaders, and includes interviews.

Visit: LINK

FOLLOWING the launching of a public consultation about future housing development in Thame, some residents are unhappy about the publicity for the consultation, from both the district council and Thame Town Council.

See: LINK to previous news item about the consultation.

Two residents have today written letters to ThameNews. Net expressing their concerns. See: LINK

PHOTO: Concept plan of what is proposed for site F, the favoured site of Thame Town Council and several residents’ Associations in the town. (The site is the pig farm adjacent to the Oxford Road, Thame)

THAME is to get super-fast (up to 40Mbps download and 10Mbps upload speed) fibre optic ( FTTC ) broadband by December 2011.

By that date, BT have said, Thame’s exchange is due to be enabled for Fibre to the Cabinet technology and from that date, they will be able to accept orders for BT Infinity.

A Funding SOS sent out by Thame and District Day Centre a month ago has raised