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Sibford Ferris Parish Council currently have a vacancy for a parish councillor. If you are enthusiastic about your community and would like to work as part of a team to maintain and improve the village then please consider joining the Parish Council.
The Parish Council meet bi monthly with the next meeting being held at 7pm on 20th May 2025. Candidates will be invited to attend that meeting to provide some information about themselves and why they want to join the council before the councillors vote on the co-option of 1 candidate.
CRITERIA FOR STANDING AS A PARISH COUNCILLOR
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for co-option please contact the clerk on sfpc
Liberal Democrat Chris Brant squeaked into the Cropredy & Hook Norton seat on Oxfordshire County Council, with a small margin over the Conservative runner up, 1401 votes to 1348, on a turnout of 46.6%. Read full results for the Division here.
Liberal Democrats are also by far the largest party on the County Council, with 31 seats, just short of a majority, which requires 35 seats. The runner up party was the “Local Conservatives” with 8 seats. Read full results by party here.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE
Annual Parish Meeting
ON THURSDAY 29TH MAY 2025 7.00 PM AT THE VILLAGE HALL, SIBFORD GOWER
A G E N D A
1. Welcome, apologies and introduction
2. Declaration of interest in agenda items
3. Report from Parish Council Chairman – Cllr J Noquet
4. Public forum – parishioners are welcome to raise any issues/questions at this point.
5. Closing remarks – Cllr J Noquet
The full Parish Council meeting will follow the Annual Parish Meeting.
Sibford Gower Parish Council currently has a vacancy for a parish councillor. If you are enthusiastic about your community and would like to work as part of team to maintain and improve the village then please consider joining the Parish Council.
The Parish Council meets 4 times per year (Feb, May, Sep, and Dec) with the occasional need to call extra meetings due to planning applications or other urgent matters. The next Parish Council meeting date is scheduled for Thursday 29th May 2025.
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for cooption please contact the Clerk on sibford.gower.pc
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
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Sibford Gower Parish Council currently has a vacancy for a parish councillor. If you are enthusiastic about your community and would like to work as part of team to maintain and improve the village then please consider joining the Parish Council.
The Parish Council meets 4 times per year (Feb, May, Sep, and Dec) with the occasional need to call extra meetings due to planning applications or other urgent matters. The next Parish Council meeting date is scheduled for Tuesday 15th April 2025.
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for cooption please contact the Clerk on sibford.gower.pc
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
Sibford Ferris Parish Council
Clerk to the Council: Kirsty Buttle
Email: [email protected]
NOTICE OF VACANCY
IN OFFICE OF PARISH COUNCILLOR
PARISH OF SIBFORD FERRIS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to section 87(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, that John Wass has ceased to be a member of Sibford Ferris, and that a vacancy now exists in the office of Councillor for the said Parish Council.
In accordance with the Local Elections Rules an election to fill the vacancy shall be held if, within 14 days after the date of this notice (i.e. no later than 22 April 2025), a request for an election to fill the said vacancy is made in writing to the Returning Officer, Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury OX15 4AA by TEN electors for the said Parish.
In the event that no such request is received by 22 April 2025 the vacancy will be filled by co-option.
Gordon Stewart
Returning Officer
Dated 31 March 2025
Note: In computing the fourteen days Saturdays, Sundays, day of Christmas break, of the Easter break or of a bank holiday or day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning are disregarded.
Sibford Gower Parish Council are very grateful to Flora Ransom for volunteering to litter pick and clean the road signs throughout Sibford Gower and Burdrop as part of her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. Flora will be systematically working along our lanes and roads in the next number of weeks.
Thank you very much to all those who were planning to help with this year’s annual litter pick, we hope you can join us next year. Also a big thank you to all the residents who litter pick and clean road signs etc throughout the year, helping to keep our villages clean and tidy.
The picture shows the result of Flora’s first litter pick up Pound Lane – astonishing!
Cllr Alan Berks
The Planning Inspectorate has dismissed an appeal against CDC’s decision not to give Permission in Principle for the construction of up to 5 dwellings on the former paddocks at the end of Backside Lane.
You can read the Inspector’s report on the Planning Inspectorate website
Celebrate the start of Spring with a trip to France (well, as good as…!). Six fine French wines paired beautifully with six fine French cheeses, all presented to you by qualified wine and cheese geek, Carrick Cameron.
Advance booking only, £35 per person, at www.northoxfordshirewineclub.com
