Hallam Refused Planning Permission for 160 houses

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Proposal for 160 houses refused
The Vale of White Horse has refused planning permission for 160 dwellings on a field South of Abingdon.

Grounds for refusal included:
1. It is outside the provisions of the approved local plan.
2. It would generate additional traffic in an area already at capacity.
3. It would lead to loss of the rural aspect of the area.
4. It would generate more sewage in an area already at capacity.
5. The developers have not even entered into discussions about social housing and help towards highway measures etc. .

Around 200 people have written in response to the planning application, the vast majority are against.

The developers, Hallam Land Management Ltd, may still appeal.

Special Exhibitions and Talks at Abingdon Museum

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Special Exhibitions
Blogging from the Battlefield is in one case.
Special Exhibitions
Nearby are big photographs of soldiers and civilians in Helmand Province. This is the exhibition “Shooting on the Front Line: One soldier’s war in Afghanistan” at Abingdon Museum which ends this week.
Special Exhibitions
Meanwhile on the top floor there is the “Abingdon salutes its service personnel” special exhibition.  20 years have gone by since RAF Abingdon became Dalton Barracks.
Special Exhibitions
RAF Abingdon opened on 1st September 1932 and closed on 31st July 1992. Many people will remember it’s Battle of Britain at Home Days that attracted big crowds.
Special Exhibitions
Since when it has been an army base, with lots of army children coming to Abingdon Schools, and community organisations like Abingdon Town Amateur Boxing Club using army facilities.

As well as special exhibitions the museum has talks. This evening Don Hayter, chief designer of the MGB, was talking about the MGB at Fifty. This coming Saturday there is an Abingdon ARP Warden telling us what life was like in Word War II “Put that Light Out!”. Call 01235 523703 to book a place.

A family of snow people, and part of a tree trunk in mid-air

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Correspondents
The snow is hanging on. There have been further flurries this evening. This picture from a North Abingdon correspondent shows a family who chose to model themselves in snow.
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Our Albert Park correspondent got some shots, with his Phone, of the last moments of a Giant Redwood.
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In this one you can see a section of the tree trunk in mid air.

Tomorrow the ‘logs’ will be taken away on a lorry.

Abingdon Guild of Town Criers

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Town Criers
I was passing the Town Council offices when I noticed a group of Town Criers auditioning a young man who wanted to join their number.

Abingdon has more than one Town Crier.

The Guild of Town Criers has the advantage that collectively they are able to do more events, and be seen in more places. The disadvantage of a guild is that no Abingdon Town Crier will ever win any regional or national competition. They are not allowed to enter because they are not a named individual.

One of the guild members told me that the way round this problem was simple. Every other town should follow Abingdon and have a guild. Then all towns could compete on equal terms and have the benefits.