Vale of White Horse District Council Adopt Local Plan which takes us forward to 2031

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Local Plans
The Vale of White Horse District Council’s Local Plan: 2031 (Part 1) was adopted this evening at a Full Council Meeting at the Beacon in Wantage. The government planning inspector recently wrote a letter saying he found the plan sound, and the council adopted the plan formally this evening with 31 votes in favour and 5 abstentions.

Now the plan is adopted the district’s five year land supply is secure and major development should only happen in areas identified in the Local Plan.
Local Plans
This means that some land in Abingdon, Kennington and Radley is removed from the Green Belt and can be built on. The plan includes 800 dwellings north of Abingdon, and 200 north west of Abingdon.

At the same meeting Faringdon and Blewbury had their neighbourhood plans adopted. Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council are working on our neighbourhood plan.

The Abingdon Mummers perform the ancient mummers play

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mummers play
The Abingdon Mummers have been performing the Sunningwell version of the ancient mummers play in the pubs of central Abingdon this evening.
mummers play
The play can take from ten to fifteen minutes depending on the audience, and involves among other happenings a sword fight and the death of one character and his resuscitation with the aid of an flashing brolly.
mummers play
The play ends with the mummers singing ‘We wish you a merry Christmas’.

The collecting box is then taken round to raise money for a local charity – in 2016 that is the Abingdon Breakaway Club.

After the performance all the character drink some of the pub’s best brew before going to the next performance.

First Beer Festival at the Abbey Buildings

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Beer Festival
Friday and Saturday saw the first ever Abbey Beer Festival.
Beer Festival
Many local breweries were represented at the event held in the ground floor of the Abbey Buildings.

People bought a card for £7 which allowed 2 pints or 4 half pints. Bands, and folk artists were playing most of the time. The event was intended to bring new people to the Abbey Buildings, and did bring in a lot of new people particularly on Friday.

The next Beer Festival is likely to be in a warmer month.

Country Market and Christmas Pudding

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Country Market
Yesterday the Country Market were in the Day Centre in the Charter.

You had to get there fairly early to buy one of their Christmas ‘Figgy’ Puddings. They don’t actually contain figs but are full of raisins, currants and brandy.

When the last one was gone there was no use singing ‘I won’t go until I get some‘.
Country Market
The Country Market are there on the 2nd Saturday of each month – next one is Saturday 14th January 2017.