CHERWELL District Council s proposal to increase the rent for its affordable and shared ownership homes has been scrapped. It comes after residents expressed their opposition to the idea in a public consultation that opened in December. But in the council s executive committee meeting on Monday, cabinet member for finance councillor Anthony Illott said the rent would not be increased. He said: We have listened to what they ve (residents) said and taken action where we can. We have dropped the one per cent increase for affordable homes owned by the council. This is really to recognise how tough it s been for many people out there so we hope this may help a little bit.
CHERWELL District Council s proposal to increase the rent for its affordable and shared ownership homes has been scrapped. It comes after residents expressed their opposition to the idea in a public consultation that opened in December. But in the council s executive committee meeting on Monday, cabinet member for finance councillor Anthony Illott said the rent would not be increased. He said: We have listened to what they ve (residents) said and taken action where we can. We have dropped the one per cent increase for affordable homes owned by the council. This is really to recognise how tough it s been for many people out there so we hope this may help a little bit.
PEOPLE in Bicester can have their say about whether they agree with Cherwell District Council’s budget plans for 2021/22. A public consultation has opened to allow residents to voice their opinions on the 53 savings proposals that have been identified by the council. It needs to make cuts to this year s budget and the proposals would save the council £4.3m for 2021/22 rising to £4.8m by 2025/26. Some of the community savings include increasing car parking charges, increasing the charge for using public toilets from 10p to 20p and imposing an annual £36 charge on people who subscribe to the council’s garden waste collection service.
A COUNCILLOR S bid to get controversial trail hunting banned in north Oxfordshire has been thrown out. Green councillor Ian Middleton put the motion at a Cherwell District Council meeting on Monday after suspicions were raised about illegal hunting. A video secretly recorded by the League Against Cruel Sports shows key members of the hunting community allegedly describing trail hunting as a ‘smokescreen’ for hunts that chase live prey. It is now being investigated by the police, and anti-hunt campaigners say it potentially makes any organisation that facilitates hunting on its land complicit in an illegal activity. As a result, national bodies such as The National Trust and councils such as Peterborough have suspended trail hunting on their land.