4th March 2021
‘Please do not walk on Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve unless you really have no alternative.’ That is the message from the Reserve’s Management Team as they ask everybody to help the much-loved greenspace recover from heavy winter use. The combination of a wet winter and increased use by a locked-down population has overwhelmed the […]
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4th March 2021
Since 2012 Government policy has meant that Thame, like many communities across England, has lost valuable employment land and floorspace to residential use. Developers were given the right to convert office buildings to housing under permitted development rules. The loss of buildings capable of giving employment to tens or even hundreds of employees is allowed with […]
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4th March 2021
A Casual Vacancy has occurred for Thame North due to the resignation of Sonja Francis who retired from the Town Council after the Council meeting on Tuesday evening, to explore new pastures. Thame Town Councillors and Officers thanked Sonja for her enthusiasm, passion and work ethic, while she represented the Town Council, the Thame North […]
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1st March 2021
Thame Town Council has published its annual precept leaflet, which outlines the Town Council’s expenditure and gives details of what your council tax has and will be spent on in Thame. You can view the 2021-22 budget leaflet online. Printed copies will be available from Thame Information Centre when Government Covid-19 guidance allows it to re-open. […]
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1st March 2021
A new group has been set up to turn the dream, of a new Youth Centre with community facilities, into a reality. On 9th February Thame Town Council and the Thame Youth Projects Group officially established a joint Working Group to consider the options. Feedback from the public consultation, which included concerns about some locations as […]
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7th January 2021
Happy New Year! New year message from the Mayor, Cllr Ann Midwinter on behalf of all Thame town councillors and staff: ‘With the England lockdown rules in place, I would like to assure you that Thame Town Council are supporting the Thame Good Neighbour Scheme and Love Thame Blue Hearts who are able to assist […]
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17th December 2020
South Oxfordshire District Planning Committee last night voted 4 against and 4 in favour with the Chairman using his casting vote in favour of planning application P20/S0928/FUL. Thame Town Council Councillors and Officers, South Oxfordshire District Council Thame Ward members and a member of the public gave material planning reasons for objecting to this application […]
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In preparing its budget for 2021-22, Thame Town Council has again looked hard at where it can make savings (both in terms of cuts and further efficiencies), while at the same time providing the projects, functions and services that the community of Thame expect to be delivered by the Town Council. As last year, the […]
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3rd December 2020
The Christmas lights are on! The Mayor invited Mrs Miriam Coulson the eldest Love Thame Blue Hearts call handler and the operational team of the Blue Hearts, Emma Butt and Taruna Glover to switch on the Christmas tree lights on Tuesday evening. The Blue Hearts call handlers took over 1500 calls during the first lockdown […]
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30th November 2020
On Wednesday 2 December Thame Town Council staff will have limited to no access to emails throughout the day whilst essential IT maintenance works take place. If you need to speak to someone please phone us on 01844 212833 and leave a message. We hope to be back to normal working practices on Thursday 3 […]
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19th November 2020
Santa’s elves (well the ones based in Thame anyway) have been working hard to come up with some plans to make sure that – despite the restrictions Covid-19 has brought to our lives – Christmas will be celebrated in style. True, the normal big Christmas Light Switch on celebrations that we have come to know […]
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13th November 2020
Covid-19 restrictions prevented the usual service and parade taking place on Sunday, however last Wednesday a small Service of Remembrance conducted by Reverend Mike Reading, accompanied by Thame’s Mayor, Cllr Ann Midwinter, South Oxfordshire District Council’s Chair, Cllr David Bretherton, Royal British Legion President, Major Robert Bartlett, RAF Halton Squadron Leader Clare Atherton and Deputy Lieutenant, Marie-Jane Barnett […]
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