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At the annual parish meeting the council Chairperson gives a summary of the activities for the year. When you have read this one here is a link to the 2008 report
Every year, Wendlebury Parish Council continues to deal with the small but vital jobs that need to be done in the village. People may not always be aware of them, but we believe that they make a difference. They include getting the kerbs made safe in St Giles Close, paying the bill for the light that lights your way through the churchyard during hours of darkness, getting road markings on the road out of Wendlebury towards Oxford, persuading the county council to improve the drainage under the road by the playground, arranging the annual village clean up and organising a speed box to check the speed of vehicles driving through the village. The box told us that nearly all vehicles driving through Wendlebury near the playground, where it was sited, travelled between 26 and 31 mph.
Wendlebury entered the Calor Village of the Year competition last summer, and was one of the runners up. The wealth of material that was displayed for the judges was fantastic. There were photographs from village clubs together with details of what they all get up to, scrap books from the WI and youth club, Wendlebury mugs and tea towels from various celebrations, to name only a few.
The Parish Council now produces the Wendlebury Newsletter three times a year, and uses it to tell villagers what has been going on in the council. Every household gets a copy.>
Planning applications are a major part of the work we do, and this year we had 12 applications, some of which were submitted more that once with changes and additions. On behalf of the village, councillors waded through an entire box full of documents about the expansion of Bicester at the South West side. Having read through, we then put forward various objections for consideration.
The application which drew the most activity was of course for a proposed motocross facility near the motorway. It was clear to the Parish Council that villagers were completely united in opposing this application, and I would like to thank everyone who helped in various ways, including mail drops and writing to Cherwell with objections,. Cherwell had never received so many letters of objection from Wendlebury. The major problems posed by this application were noise and traffic. The application was withdrawn, and at this time, it is not expected to be re-submitted.
I would like to say thank you to Kerry Wilce for his invaluable work on the council, Kerry stood down this year. Thank you also to all the councillors for all their work, and to the clerk without whom we could not manage. Finally thank you to our District and County Councillors who faithfully attend our meetings.
The Wendelbury Website was launched and details of Parish Council meeting are on the site. If anyone wants to know more about the work of the Parish Council, just look us up on the web, or you can find our details on the notice board and can then get in touch with one of us.