Monthly Archives: July 2021

Neighbourhood Plan (interim report and survey, 2 engagement sessions, 4 more focus groups)

(The Abingdon Neighbourhood Plan focus groups met earlier in the year. The output of these groups has now been assimilated into an interim report, and this notice has appeared on the Town Council noticeboard at Roysse Court.)

The interim report for the town’s Neighbourhood Plan is now open for review and consultation at NHP-Report-and-Wall-Chart-for-Website.pdf

You can read the interim report and respond in the interim report survey by the end of July.

The Neighbourhood Plan steering group will be holding two engagement sessions under the County Hall on 10^th and 24^th July from 10:30 to 13:00, where you can find out more and share your views.

To further improve the final report, 4 task groups will explore issues more deeply. You are able to participate in these focus groups which will be active over the summer. They are:

green spaces
the town centre
neighbourhood identity
culture

Get in touch via neighbourhoodplan@abingdon.gov.uk if you would like to take part in a focus group.

The dance goes on

Ray’s father danced with the Abingdon Morris Dancers from 1934. Ray used to come along with his dad, age 6 or 7, and later joined in the dance. Ray has been involved with the Kennet Morris Men for a lot of his life, and has recently joined the Mr Hemmings Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers and plays in their band.

This evening Mr Hemmings Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, and their band, were performing at the Broad Face and The Punchbowl.

They were joined by Ashnah.

The evening ended with an invitation for everybody to join in.

Retail to Residential in Bath Street

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A premises in Bath Street has changed from retail to residential.

The building dates from the 1960s and the shop was a ladies clothes shop until July 2020.

Justifying the decision, VWHDC said ‘Whilst the loss of a ground floor retail unit is regrettable, due to the small size of the unit, and its location on a secondary shopping frontage, it is not considered that the loss of this unit would cause significant harm to the function, character or appearance of the existing shopping provision or to the town centre as a whole.’

Outdoor Pool with wildlife

The Abbey Meadows Outdoor Pool will open for the season on July 12th and has been filled with water in readiness.

A male blackbird can be seen near the blue water. Swimming pool water is high in chlorine and is not good for him to drink. The chlorine does kill off bacteria and viruses.

Outside the pool area, in the splash pad area, the geese have been enjoying fresh grass this summer.

The splash pad will be opening on Monday 19th July. That is subject to government Covid-19 restrictions being lifted.

Geese droppings will need clearing and, as in previous summers, that should include attempts to keep the geese away.