Highlights: Tender responses received for 4 of the 5 contractors, 1 still to come. Decision on the mandatory EV chargers is now critical for progress towards the hall build. Oldhamstocks For Nature doing lots of good work around the village!
News
Committee meeting, July 7th 2025
Highlights: Planning Conditions for the hall include providing 2 EV charging stations, the location for which has to be decided and confirmed with ELC before the hall build can commence. SORELL report that the deadline for representations to ECU regarding Springfield solar farm is 4th August.
Committee meeting, June 3rd 2025
Highlights: Land purchase for the hall is moving to final stages, with all terms now agreed. Tender documents for the hall build have been sent out to 5 contractors!
Committee meeting, May 13th 2025
Highlights: Energy Projects Partnership Manager Beth Landon joined our meeting to talk through her role as main communication link between all the renewables developers. Tender documents have been reviewed in fine detail between OCA and CSY. Looking to submit tender in late May or early June.
Committee meeting, April 8th 2025
Highlights: Land purchase looking at final details, such as responsibility for boundary fences. CSY are preparing tender documents for the village hall to send out to potential building contractors.
OCA/OCA SCIO AGMs, March 4th 2025
Highlights: OCA – Significant progress on winding up OCA to transfer all assets to OCA SCIO. This will be the last OCA AGM.
Meeting minutes OCA SCIO 4.3.25
Committee meeting, March 4th 2025
Highlights: Brief meeting immediately following the AGMs. The committee voted to retain the existing people in the roles of Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Committee meeting, February 5th 2025
Highlights: Work on the village is currently on hold to some degree, pending progress with the land purchase. OCA members met with people that led on the building of Abbey St. Bathans village to compare notes – very productive!
OCA/OCA SCIO AGM announcement RESCHEDULED!
OCA and (technically separate!) OCA SCIO are pleased to invite you to this year’s AGM. Please save the date! Sunday 9th February 2025, 2.00pm in the Village Hall.
Please note the new date: TUESDAY 4TH MARCH 2025, 7.30PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL
EDIT: Due to a combination of circumstances (possibly a clash with school holidays and Six Nations Rugby match) we had very few attendees from the community on the original AGM date. In fact we were not quorate and so could not continue with the meetings. In consultation with those present we have a re-arranged date, which will hopefully be more suitable for lots more community members.
As usual, a summary of the big news of the year will be given and both committees will stand down and be re-elected.
If you are not already, please consider signing up to be a voting community member of the SCIO. This will be necessary in order to vote in the new SCIO committee! You can sign up here.
Committee meeting, January 15th 2025
Highlights: AGM preparations. Latest village hall cost estimates from the QS are much higher than 2 years ago. Approach from here agreed is to approach builders for more reliable cost estimates.