Welcome to Overthorpe
Welcome to the website of Overthorpe Parish Council, Northamptonshire. This website has been developed to provide the community with useful information about what is happening within the Parish.
In this section, you can find out who is on the Parish Council and about what is being discussed at the Parish Council meetings. You can also send in any comments you have to the Parish Council.
Overthorpe News
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Let’s plant 21 trees in 2021!
Updated 09/05/21
We've hit the target! Thanks to everyone who has taken part. Don't forget the prize competition is open to entries until 30th September 2021 - a £50 garden voucher up for grabs!
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Our village is losing trees at an alarming rate, but together we can turn things around! After everybody’s amazing work last summer to make Overthorpe a wildlife friendly village, this year we are turning our attention to trees! Since 2015, around 20 mature trees have been cut down in the Conservation Area alone, many of which were over 100 years old. Trees have an enormous amount to offer – they reduce air pollution, dampen motorway noise, provide food and shelter for birds and other wildlife, prevent flooding and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As well as all that, living in leafy areas with trees around has been shown to have a positive impact on our mental health and wellbeing – something we could all do with at the moment! |
Ultrafast Broadband for Overthorpe & Warkworth
Update
17 August 2021
After a four month hiatus the Department of Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) have now updated their systems, so we are now in position to start moving our Community Fibre upgrade project forward again.
Our immediate action is to update the list of all residents and properties that wish to be within the scope of the project. who will receive the fibre upgrade delivered by BT Openreach. If you have already provided your details through the survey form and were on the initial list created before Christmas for the project assessment by the DCMS then there is nothing more that you need to do at this time if you wish to remain on the list (there will be some actions for you to take but we will let you know more as the project progresses).
If you are a new resident within our community since the start of 2021, or your details have changed, then please update the project team through the SURVEY FORM. Our intention is to close the upgrade list and formalise the active project scope with BT Openreach by the end of August, and agree the contracts through September. Please take this opportunity to be included by providing your update in good time.
Many of the questions regarding this project are answered by the information on this webpage below. However, for individual questions the project team are happy to help and can be contacted as follows:.
Overthorpe residents to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Warkworth residents to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vacancy for a Parish Councillor
The Parish Council currently has a vacancy for a Councillor due to the resignation of Martin Holt. The Parish Council needs members with a range of experience and knowledge and would welcome applications from any members of the community who fulfil the criteria below. The Parish Council meets 4 times per year (currently via zoom) at 7/7:30pm depending on the availability of the councillors.
CRITERIA FOR STANDING AS A PARISH COUNCILLOR
Candidates must fit at least one of the following criteria –
- On Electoral Register (i.e. registered to vote) for the parish
- Have occupied as owner or tenant any land or other premises in the parish/community area over the last 12 months
- Lived within 3 miles of the parish over the last 12 months
- Their principal place of work is in the parish and has been for at least 12 months
If you have any questions or would like to put your name forward to be considered for co-option please contact the clerk on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 01295 275372.
Wildlife in Overthorpe: and the winner is ...
On behalf of the village’s wildlife, thank you to everybody who took part in this year’s “Make Overthorpe a wildlife-friendly village” competition! The deadline for entries has now passed and it is time to announce this year’s Wildlife Champions…
Traffic through Overthorpe
Following the increase in traffic through Overthorpe in recent weeks (caused by the roadworks on A422/M40 Junction 11 roundabout), there have been a large number of posts on What’sApp with suggestions of how to mitigate the problems.
Usually, around this time of year, there would be a Parish Meeting – an opportunity for residents to put forward their concerns to Parish, District and County Councillors. Obviously, as a consequence of Covid19 restrictions, we cannot hold a meeting this year.
All of the issues raised via What’sApp have been raised at some time in the last 30 years – either through the Parish Council, or previously the Residents Association, so we thought it would be useful to review past proposals, ideas and action:
Visit Overthorpe
Overthorpe is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about 2 miles east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and 1 mile southeast of junction 11 of the M40 motorway.