They can cover a wide variety of topics that may impact your life.

They can include planning applications and appeals, road closures or proposals by pubs or nightclubs hoping to change their opening hours or make other variations.

The purpose of a public notice is to make sure anybody – either an individual or a group – with an interest has an opportunity to find out about and comment on the proposal before a decision is made on whether to allow it to go ahead.

Recreation ground upgrade: Hertford and Exeter Colleges have applied to Oxford City Council for planning permission for the upgrade of existing pitches and to add new sports facilities at the Recreation Grounds, Edgeway Road, Marston.

The application is for a lightweight canopy and enclosure housing padel tennis courts, outdoor padel courts, cricket nets and the creation of a new basketball and netball hard surface court and fencing.

The Exeter Cricket Pavilion and Hertford Cricket Pavilion would be refurbished and Exeter squash courts altered for use as a golf simulator.

The application is also for the change of use of Hertford squash courts to a cafe with changing facilities, sports hub reception area and community facilities with access, parking, cycle parking, refuse and recycling, new footpaths and landscaping.

Any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations about this application should write to the council by December 20.

New speed limits in Wantage: Oxfordshire County Council approved the following changes to speed limits in Wantage on November 25.

Coming into force from December 2 these will be the speed limits on King Alfreds Way (‘Wantage Eastern Link Road’) as follows:

1. 30mph speed limit – from its junction with the A338 Grove Road/A417 Mably Way roundabout, eastwards for 65 metres (to cover the signalised crossing), and thereafter

2. 40mph speed limit – eastwards for the rest of its length to its roundabout junction with the A417 Reading Road.

Proposed residents parking restrictions​: Permit-holder only parking may be introduced in central Didcot – that is roads bounded by Foxhall Road to the west, Station Road to the north and east, and Broadway to the south.

This is to help better manage the supply of residential and short-stay parking in the area, said the county council.

Specifically, the proposals comprise of the following measures:

‘Permit holder parking only Monday to Sunday, 8am to 8pm’, will be introduced on the following roads: All Saints Court, Blagrave Close, Blenheim Close, Bosleys Orchard, Britwell Road, Edinburgh Drive (excluding that section adjacent to Broadway), Garth Road, Great Western Drive, Haydon Road, King Alfred Drive, Lydalls Close, Lydalls Road, Manor Road, Melton Drive, Orchard Close, Roman Place, and Stonor Close.

‘No Waiting at Any Time’ parking restrictions (Double Yellow Lines) will see some additions in: Bosleys Orchard, Edinburgh Drive, Garth Road, Haydon Road, King Alfred Drive, Lydalls Close, Lydalls Road, Manor Road, Melton Drive, Orchard Close, and Stonor Close.

Existing time-limited restrictions (Single Yellow Lines) will be removed in their entirety on: Blenheim Close, Britwell Road, Edinburgh Drive, Garth Road, Haydon Road, King Alfred Drive, Lydalls Road, Manor Road, Melton Drive, and Orchard Close. And also those (8am-6pm on Mondays to Saturdays) on King Alfred Drive

Those properties which would be eligible to apply for permits would be residents of: All Saints Court, Blagrave Close, Blenheim Close, Bosleys Orchard, Britwell Road, Castle Walk, Druids Walk, Edinburgh Drive (excluding ‘The Parade’ i.e. Nos.2A, 2B & 2C), Foxhall Road (Nos.54 & 58 only), Garth Road, Great Western Drive, Haydon Road, King Alfred Drive, King Walk, Mead Walk, Lydalls Close, Lydalls Road (excluding Even Nos.24-30 & Odd Nos.1-5), Manor Road, Melton Drive, Orchard Close, Roman Place, and Stonor Close.

Residents permits: Will be limited to one per resident with a maximum of two permits per property. A resident may obtain a temporary permit for a replacement vehicle while their permanent vehicle is off the road. A person who is temporarily resident at a Zone Address for work purposes will be eligible for a resident’s permit. A resident who is temporarily resident for study purpose does not qualify.

Visitors permits: Will be available for residents at the Zone Addresses, usually a maximum of 50 days’ worth of permits will be issued per year and provided in blocks of 25. A temporary resident will be entitled to 25 visitors permits.

Business permits: Will be available to business premises within the Zone, with permits limited to a maximum of two permits per business and permits will be vehicle specific.

Charges: a) Resident permits will be £80 per annum. Visitors permits for residents aged 70 or over will be free of charge, for other residents the first block of 25 visitors permits will be free and the second block will be £31.50.

b) The charge for each Business Permit will be £50.50 for 3 months; £95.00 for 6 months; £145.00 for 9 months and £190.00 for 12 months. c) Contractors may apply for a permit to use a parking place at a charge of £31.50 for any period not exceeding a week.

The proposals are available for public inspection online at https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk and at Didcot Library.

 Oxfordshire County Council is running a consultation on these measures. Your response should be completed and returned by 5pm on Friday January 3, 2025.

Speed limit reduction Watlington area: To help improve road safety Oxfordshire County Council is asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 30mph speed limit on the B480 Cuxham Road in Watlington, replacing a 400 metre length of the current 50mph speed limit north of the roundabout junction with Willow Close in the process.

These proposals replace those that were consulted on in April 2022 that have since gone past the statutory two-year limit in which to implement the works.

The Pyrton Lane proposals have now been removed from the current s278 application and are therefore no longer included.

The proposals are available for public inspection online at https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk

A consultation at Let’s Talk Oxfordshire should be completed and returned by 5pm on Friday December 27, 2024.

Blackbird Leys footpath closure: The footpath connecting Knights Road to the footbridge next to Kassam Stadium will close on December 9 to allow gas mains to be diverted.

Works are anticipated to be completed in April 2026. The alternative route will be signed locally.