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Councillors approved the change on 24 September. From 31 October a ward councillor has seven days after consultation closes to ask for a committee hearing.
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Henley-on-Thames
Henley October Half Term: 26 to 30 Oct, 10 Things On
Oxfordshire half term is 26 to 30 October. Steam galas, a free Halloween trail in town, £9.25 Kenton shows and Greys Court's autumn hunt, with dates and prices.
Henley-on-Thames
Santa Trains Near Henley: 3 Railways, From £24 a Seat
Santa trains start on 28 November at Chinnor and Wallingford from £24 a ticket; Didcot's reindeer hunt runs in December. Dates, times and every price below.
Henley-on-Thames
Greys Court Christmas: Storybook House From 21 November
Greys Court's Christmas of childhood stories runs 21 November to 3 January, 10am to 4pm, no booking. Closed 24 and 25 December. Adults £19, members free.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, Town Hall, 10.45am
Henley's Remembrance Sunday service is on 8 November at the Town Hall steps, from 10.45am. Wallingford starts at 10.30am, and Thame's times and route are below.
House prices
South Oxfordshire house prices hit £476,026 as growth halves
The average home rose to £476,026 in July, up 3.0% on a year ago, down from 5.1% in June. Semis rose fastest, flats slipped, and Oxford is still cheaper.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley Aldi: County Objects Over 95 Car Parking Spaces
Oxfordshire highways has objected to Aldi's Reading Road store: 95 car spaces against a 62 maximum and a crossing in the wrong place. Decision due 15 October.
Chinnor
B4445 Chinnor to Thame Road Shut Until 8 October
The B4445 between Chinnor and Thame is shut around the clock from 21 September to 8 October. The resurfacing is a low-carbon trial cutting 30 tonnes of CO2.
Local Info
Henley Roadworks This Week: Market Place Nights and the A34
Market Place is shut 7pm to 6.30am until 17 October. The A34 closes southbound overnight from tonight, and Goring High Street is due to shut in January.
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire Asks Police for Vehicle Noise Figures
The council leader has asked the Thames Valley commissioner how many vehicle noise reports come in and what is done about them, two months after the vote.
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire £100,000 Nature Grant Opens 28 September
Community groups and parish councils can apply for £250 to £10,000 from 28 September. Half the pot is ringfenced for nature, and anything unspent goes back.
Charity
Henley MP backs SeeSaw call for child bereavement data
No government figures count bereaved children in the UK. Two SeeSaw Young Ambassadors took that to MP Freddie van Mierlo, who has now written to a minister.
Planning
South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2045: Comments Close 29 Sept
The only round that asks what the plan should contain closes 11.59pm on 29 September. Three weeks, against the six and eight weeks set for the next two.
South Oxfordshire is a district of small towns with the Thames and the Chilterns running through it. Henley-on-Thames is the best known, on the river at the Berkshire boundary. Wallingford is upstream with its bridge and its market place, Thame is out to the north east, Goring and Watlington are smaller again, and Didcot is the largest place in the district and nothing like the rest of it.
The Henley Post covers that ground from the public record. South Oxfordshire District Council decides planning, bins, car parks and licensing; Oxfordshire County Council runs roads and schools. We say which of them a decision belongs to and link to its own record, every time.
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