Gravel Pit Battle

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2009/11/05/Letters+(oxfordtimesletters)/4719514.Gravel_pit_battle/

Gravel pit battle

Sir – A letter in your issue of October 22 praised Oxford city councillors for their good judgement in rejecting certain planning applications. The county councillors, too, won praise last year for turning down an application by Hanson Aggregates to quarry gravel at a site between Northmoor and Standlake. That was in November 2008.

But Hansons have appealed and there is to be a public enquiry in Northmoor beginning on November 17. There is no space here to set out the arguments against this application (risk of flooding, archaeology, footpaths, lorry traffic etc). In 1945 there was one gravel pit in the Lower Windrush area; now there are between 40 and 50!

Big corporations can pay for lawyers and technical experts. Villagers have no such resources. We have formed a group, Outrage, to co-ordinate our resistance. For more information please visit outragecampaign.blogspot.com. Donations (if you are kind) may be sent to The Treasurer, Outrage, Greenfields, Church Road, Northmoor, Witney OX29 5SX.

James Craig, Standlake

Flood Watch

River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge

• Current status:

  

  Flood Watch

  

• Location:

  River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge including Burford, Asthall, Minster Lovell, Crawley, Witney, Ducklington, Rack End and Standlake.

• Region:

  Thames

• Updates:

  Call floodline on 0845 988 1188 and enter area number 171075 to get more information

  This area is covered by our general early alert to possible flooding, known as Flood Watch.We can also issue more specific Flood Warnings in this area. Follow the link(s) below to check if Flood Warnings are also in force for the following location(s):

  • River Windrush at Asthall, Minster Lovell and Crawley
  • River Windrush at Bourton on the Water
  • River Windrush at Rack End and Standlake including Northmoor and Newbridge
  • River Windrush at Witney and Ducklington

Flood Alert