Simon Kearey from Oxfordshire County Council will be attending Tuesday’s Area Committee meeting to explain the proposals concerning proposed closures of libraries and to answer questions.

This is your chance to tell a County Officer what you think of the proposals to discontinue funding for Bury Knowle Library

North East Area Committee
Date: Tuesday 18 January 2011
Time: 6.00 pm
Place: Sandhills Primary School, Terrett Avenue

It is item 4 on the agenda

This may be one of the last area committees held as the Labour group wants to abolish them. But we feel it is the best local forum available for residents to air their comments, raise important local issues, and speak about local planning applications at a local venue.

The abolition of area committees would also mean that your local councillors will no longer be deciding planning applications in your ward. The proposal is to have 2 centralised committees to do this at the Town Hall, and will mean that councillors without knowledge of your local area will be making decisions on Headington planning applications.

If you feel strongly about this, please write to the local press and sign the petition to

SAVE LOCAL DEMOCRACY!