Latest Updates
Big Sweep 2026 Brings Community Together in Botley
Following the success of last year’s event, Big Sweep returned in 2026—and this time, even the sunshine joined in to make it a truly memorable morning for everyone involved. What looks to now become an annual community clean-up initiative once again demonstrated the strength of local spirit, as residents, organisations, and businesses came together to…
Community Comes Together for Prostate Cancer Walking Football Event in Botley
With thanks to Paul Read for this summary of what was an amazing an inspiring day. On 27 April 2026, Botley played host to a fantastic community-driven Walking Football event in support of prostate cancer awareness and fundraising. The day brought together players, volunteers, local businesses, and supporters for an inspiring and successful occasion. Strong…
Botley Parish Council – Annual Parish Meeting
Last Monday Botley Parish Council held its Annual Parish Meeting bringing together residents, councillors, partners and guests to reflect on achievements from the past year and to look ahead to priorities for the upcoming year. Reviewing 2025: A Year of Community and Progress The Chair highlighted that 2025 was a strong year for Botley, marked…
Love Your Place Challenge Day
Botley as a Destination The following is a narrative of the Future Towns Innovation Hub (FTIH) hosted, Love Your Place (LYP) Challenge Day that is setting out how we can make Botley as a Destination (BaaD). The challenge day was held on the 11th March 2026 and was facilitated by Kathryn & Robert Woolf from Made Open (they are the service designers), Dr Tom Rushby and Prof. Clint Styles from the…
Community Tree Planting
“When our Ops manager announced we had nearly 1000 trees being delivered the week before February half term and that he wanted to get the community to help plant them I must admit I thought it would never work” Our Community Engagement Manager Kat was happy to be proved wrong this week as both the…
National Apprenticeship Week – Alisia’s story
It’s National Apprenticeship Week so we have taken the opportunity to catch up with our grounds horticultural apprentice, Alisia and find out a bit more about her journey and the work she has been doing. Would you be happy to share a bit about your experience with the Parish? It’s been lovely working with and…
2026 The Year Ahead
Following on from his review of 2025, Chair of the Parish Council – Cllr Chris Cooper – looks forward to the year ahead. Welcome to 2026. Also, a welcome to our new starter Luke who has joined the grounds team at the beginning of January. Botley Parish Council has a busy year ahead. With a…
2025 End of Year Review
With thanks to Chair of the Council – Cllr Chris Cooper for this look back at 2025. Botley Parish Council has had a very successful 2025 in terms of delivering on the ambitions set out at the start of the year, (Revels on the Rec, Annual Parish Assembly, Carols in the Square), but also delivering…
Neighbourhood Plan Update
We wanted to share an important update on the draft Neighbourhood Plan. During the recent Neighbourhood Plan consultation phase, the Environment Agency raised an objection to Policy 7. Although the policy was updated and they removed their formal objection tick in the box, their written response still included the word “object”, which counts as an objection…
Botley Recreation Ground – Play Park Re-design
The Parish Council has been awarded funding to improve the play park at Botley Recreation Ground. We would love to hear your ideas and understand what children and families would most like to see included. Click on the link below to complete a short survey to tell us your thoughts. High Street Recreation Ground – …