Extra Garden Waste Collection. Planning

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Get ready for autumn with extra garden waste collections Description: Extra garden waste collections will be carried out on 24th October in Nettlebed Residents should leave their extra garden waste out in bin liners or sacks beside their brown bins on their usual collection day during the week starting 23rd October.  Trade waste bags cannot be accepted. You can see details on our website by clicking this link   The council has received a planning application, reference P17/S3255/HH, for development work at the following location: Manor Cottage West The Green Nettlebed The application is for: Removal of NW chimney stack to roof level and tile over. You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link ...
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Free Testing To Make Sure Your Electric Blanket Is Safe

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Make sure your electric blanket is safe  If you have an electric blanket, you can get it tested to check that it is still safe at FREE sessions being held: 5 October: St Mary Le More Church, Wallingford 19 October: Thame Town Hall  To book your free place, simply call 01865 898642 or email Oxfordshire County Council. Places are limited, so book now! Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue is organising the sessions with support from the county council's Trading Standards and our council....
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Dr Silver’s response to the new houses in Nettlebed post – the GP situation

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Please reply to Dr Lisa Silver at lisasilver@nhs.net I have responded to the S Oxon plan on a couple of occasions  purely from the perspective of a village doctor but also as one of the SE locality doctors which includes the 10 GP practices in SE Oxon. The population rise expected due to housing expansion in SE Oxon is 17,050 homes to be built between 2016 and 2033, a population rise of 47,000 people. This is the equivalent of 7 new GP surgeries in SE Oxon (average surgeries have approx. 7000 patients). Due to a lack of national workforce planning we find ourselves in a position where very few doctors are choosing to become GP partners. There is an expected shortfall of 11.2 GPs in the locality in the next 4 years. More than 50% of qualifying GPs do locum work ie they are not attached to any one surgery. Approx 25% become salaried GPs and only about 25% become GP partners - these are...
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Planning application

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The council has received a planning application, reference P17/S3353/FUL, for development work at the following location: Chears Farm Park Corner Nettlebed The application is for: Conversion of an existing dilapidated outhouse, adjacent to the grade II listed Chear's Farmhouse, into a single holiday let property. You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link The council has received a planning application, reference P17/S3354/LB, for development work at the following location: Chears Farm Park Corner Nettlebed The application is for: Conversion of an existing dilapidated outhouse, adjacent to the grade II listed Chear's Farmhouse, into a single holiday let property. You can see details of the application on our website by clicking this link ...
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