Agenda item

To receive and consider a naming request for the new development on the site of the former ‘St Marys Court’, off The Crofts in Witney.

The Committee received the request from West Oxfordshire District Council address management team regarding the naming of what was previously know at St Marys Court to be named Rosser Court/House.

Members discussed the proposal and felt the suggestion that a 20-year rule on naming streets or places after deceased individuals should be waived would potentially set a difficult precedent. If the District Council wished to proceed it would do so without the support of the Town Council.

Resolved:

1.      That, the correspondence be noted and,

2.      That, a response be submitted requesting an alternative name to be considered or for the continued use of St Marys Court.