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August 4, 2023

Residents, business and organisations across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts are invited to have their say on proposals for a new building in Didcot, which will include office space acting as the councils’ shared headquarters. South Oxfordshire District Council has submitted a planning application for the building, and the plans are now […]

July 26, 2023

More than £1m is available to help improve the rural economy across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. Both district councils have secured funding from the government’s Rural England Prosperity Fund, which can be used to provide a boost to projects such as creating rural business hubs, setting up community energy schemes and […]

July 25, 2023

As Keep Britain Tidy’s national Love Parks Week starts on 28 July, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are sharing with residents the latest updates on their work to increase biodiversity in their parks and open spaces.

July 21, 2023

We’ll be outside Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot on Wednesday 2 August from 10am to 1pm. We’ll be joining BBC Radio Oxford at their cost-of-living event to provide lots of information and advice on what help there is for people struggling to make ends meet at the moment. Our Community Hub team will be there […]

July 17, 2023

Are you ready for a summer of fun? South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have organised a summer packed full of fun free and low-cost activities for the whole family to enjoy! Starting Monday 24 July and running through to Friday 1 September activities will be taking place across the districts to […]

July 14, 2023

*consultation deadline extended to Friday 1 September 2023* South Oxfordshire District Council Leader Cllr David Rouane is writing to GWR to raise concerns that proposed closures of ticket offices at railway stations in South Oxfordshire will affect vulnerable passengers and put people off using public transport. Cllr David Rouane said: “We need to remove barriers […]

July 14, 2023

Cllr David Rouane, Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, has issued the following statement on the proposed closure of railway station ticket offices: A number of councillors have contacted me to say that, had the statement by the Rail Delivery Group about the closure of ticket offices come sooner, they would have liked to put […]

July 7, 2023

The newly refurbished splash pad at Riverside Park and Pools in Wallingford will be ready to welcome visitors from tomorrow Saturday 8 July. The refurbishment work, which started in May, has introduced lots of new and exciting features including: Cllr Maggie Filipova-Rivers, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “I’m really […]

July 6, 2023

A new round of funding from the Councillor Community Grant scheme has launched in South Oxfordshire to help local charities and organisations across the district.  As part of the scheme, every ward in South Oxfordshire has funding to support local projects that directly benefit local residents. Organisations can now apply for grants from £250 up to […]

July 5, 2023

A former taxi driver has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 after driving a hackney carriage without a valid driver’s licence. Besnik Laci, 55, of Hagley Road, Reading, was prosecuted by South Oxfordshire District Council and appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 16 June and pleaded guilty to driving without a licence and failing […]