Month: May 2026

Planning Committee Meeting

21st May 2026

At this meeting, the Committee will review, discuss, and agree recommendations on planning applications. View the agenda for details of the applications to be discussed and the recommendations to be made to South Oxfordshire District Council.

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Promote your business in Thame

21st May 2026

Each year, Thame plays host to a varied selection of community events, such as Thame Art Crawl and Christmas. Thame Town Council also create and publish our annual Thame Town Guide.

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Walk to School Week

21st May 2026

It’s Walk to School Week this week. This initiative by Living Streets, aims to encourage children and families to travel to school in a healthier and more environmentally friendly way.

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Only a month to go until ThamePride 2026!

21st May 2026

With only less than a month to go, the countdown is on for ThamePride 2026! Following the success of 2025, ThamePride is making a return with intention to be the biggest celebration yet, all whilst continuing to be authentic to the town. 

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The Big Future – National Survey

21st May 2026

For the first time, hundreds of thousands of children will be eligible to vote in the next general election at age 16, the biggest change to the franchise in half a century – yet just one in five children say politicians listen to them.

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Thame Verges Survey Volunteer Request

21st May 2026

Thame Town Council have been operating a mowing regime for the verges alongside the “Thame Bypass”. This has meant cutting the verges to leave the rear part uncut from first cut in Spring to the second cut in late/early Autumn.

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Full Council Update, Annual Meeting, 12 May 2026

14th May 2026

Cllr Gilbert was re-elected as Town Mayor (for a third term). Members wished him a speedy recovery; whilst he recovers from surgery.
Cllr Wainwright was elected Deputy Mayor, pledging to support the Mayor and represent residents’ voices.
Thanks were given to outgoing Deputy Mayor Cllr Dawson for his support within the community and for his contribution to ThamePride.

 

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Memorial Gardens Pond Refurbishments

14th May 2026

Last week, our maintenance team were busy at work refurbishing our Memorial Gardens located at the Upper High Street. These works included removing fish and plants from the ponds, draining the water, clearing the silt, cleaning pond walls and bases, to carry out repairs where required.

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