Carterton under pressure to have a 1000 home estate on its western edge as well as 700 on the eastern side. 250 already approved for the north. 2014
250 homes have got the go-ahead to be built on the northern edge of Carterton. All run-off from Carterton comes through Bampton so all building there affects us, particularly when we have heavy rain storms.

Flyer from Charlie Maynard reporting back to West Oxfordshire and Western Vale Resident about his campaign issues for the the Cost of Living Crisis, Sewage Problems, Green Spaces, Local Crime, and the Health Service

Flyer outlining Charlie Maynard's campaign ideas on behalf of the Witney Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was campaigning for the restoration of the railway line between Oxford Witney and Carterton, and to do something about the NHS underinvestment, the lack of Dentist Surgeries in West Oxfordshire, and the state of the Thames after sewage had been dumped by Thames Water.

Conservative Flyer issued before May local elections.
Clanfield and Bampton Ward includes Black Bourton
Mr Dent did not get in

Leaflet used by Ted Fenton County Councillor and District Council Candidate asking for support in the local elections for West Oxfordshire

Copy of the Conservative flyer asking for Champions in the Local Community and the interests of Local residents issued by West Oxfordshire Conservatives in 2023

At a meeting in 1934 there was considerable discord and some not very pleasant behaviour between councillors all to do with getting fresh water to Bampton.

Copy of the Application to Vote by Post form issued by the Electoral Commission 2023

A fear was expressed that fly-tipping would increase when the fees were raised to take waste to Dix pit and other waste recycling plants in Oxfordshire. That was in September 2017; now, in April 2020 the fears have proved to be well founded.

West Oxfordshire District Council's deputy, Mark Booty does not believe the housing targets are achievable. Mark feels it would be more sensible for houses to be built in the south of the county where the jobs are situated. By 2031 it is said 13,200 more homes will be needed in West Oxfordshire although there is nothing to indicate that the same number of jobs will be created.