THIS year’s Woodcote Rally has been cancelled as a field could not be found to host it. The steam and vintage vehicle fair has been running for almost 60 .
Equestrian centre jumps into new planning wrangle );
AN equestrian centre which recently opened near Woodcote is caught up in another planning battle.
Diana Rhodes set up Chiltern Cross Country on an 11-hectare field off Oxford Road, between the village and the A4074, after being granted planning permission in February last year.
The eventing course consists of about 80 moveable timber jumps with a permanent water obstacle designed to resemble a pond and a car park with associated offices.
South Oxfordshire District Council gave consent despite opposition from Woodcote Parish Council and nine neighbours who were concerned about the impact on the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Former village pub made asset of community value once again );
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CAMPAIGNERS have succeeded in having a former village pub relisted as an asset of community value despite opposition from the owner.
They want to re-open the White Lion at Crays Pond as a community “hub” with shops selling local produce, a coffee shop or bar and other amenities.
The pub was first registered as a community asset after it closed in 2013 and was bought by businessman Satwinder Sandhu.
He failed to re-open it and lived at the property unlawfully with his family until being forced to leave in 2019.