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Online services

The range of online services available

South Oxfordshire District Council's website offers a range of online services. You can access these online services safely and securely.

If you would like more information on protecting yourself against internet threats, visit the Stay Safe Online website.

Use the menu above to navigate to all the online services available. If you can't find what you're looking for here, try our search facility, A-Z or contact our web editor on 01491 823108 or by email to webmaster@southoxon.gov.uk

Interactive maps

Visit our directory of all the interactive maps available on this site.

Benefits:

Find out how much council tax or housing benefits you may be entitled to, using our online calculator. The calculator can give you a rough guide to the amount of benefits you may be entitled to, however, this is subject to change once you have submitted an official application.

Use the calculator:

Go to the benefits section for more information on applying for benefits.

Change of address/circumstances:

Please let us know if you have moved house, changed your name, or have other changes in your circumstances. This will help us to contact you and to keep our records up to date. It is important to inform us when you move house so we can bill you correctly for your Council Tax.

Please use the online form to let us know a change of address (or other details):

We may need additional details for our records, as well as the information you have given us. If we need more details, we will contact you.

The information you provide will only be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act (follow the link on the right for further information on data protection).

Complaints:

Make a complaint

Use this facility to make a formal complaint about how we have dealt with you. Follow this link for information about our complaints procedure

Car park complaints and fine appeals

Contact us:

You can email the Council at: info@southoxon.gov.uk

Follow this link if you would like contact details for a specific department

Have your say

To find out about current consultations run by the Council and how to have your say on issues affecting the district, visit our consultations section.

Website feedback

If you have any feedback, complaints or questions about this website, contact webmaster@southoxon.gov.uk

Council vacancies:

Apply for a job online. Go to our jobs section for the latest vacancies at the council. You'll find the online application form at the bottom of the job description page.

Councillors and committees:

Search for your local councillor:

Search using our interactive map

  • Find out information on your local area - who your local councillors are and the contact details for public services that cover you area. This includes which parish you live in, who is your MP and who to contact for planning issues.

Council Committees

You can view details of the committee meetings, including minutes and agendas:

Email and text alerts:

Do you want to be the first to know what’s happening at South Oxfordshire District Council and around your local area? If so register for our new email alert service.

Follow the link below for more information:

Text alerts

Sign up for text reminders for your waste collections over the bank holiday or during severe weather disruptions.

Follow us on twitter and get webcast reminders

Twitter

Follow us on Twitter, a social networking tool used by many individuals and businesses simply to let friends and customers know what's going on. South Oxfordshire District Council is now on Twitter, so if you Tweet why not follow us? You'll receive news updates and a reminder when we webcast meetings.

Find local information - maps:

My South Oxfordshire local service search

Use the South Oxfordshire Local Search to find information about council services in the area, such as rubbish and recycling collection days and council tax rates. Search by postcode or town/village:

Interactive map search

or view the directory of all the interactive maps available on this site.

Forestry:

Tree Works Register

You can now search for tree work applications (for Tree Preservation Orders and trees under a Preservation Order or in a conservation area) and in two ways - by location or by reference number. Go to the Tree Works Register.

Garden waste bin - order online:

Grants:

HomeChoice - apply for a house online:

HomeChoice is the council’s new choice based letting scheme. 

With HomeChoice, people on the housing register can look at all of the social rented properties available to them in their priority banding and bid for a home of their choice.  The new scheme gives you more control over where you live and how quickly you move. Visit the HomeChoice section to find out more.

Land Charges:

The Land Charges Team can provide copies of:

  • All documents revealed in the Local Land Charges Register
  • All planning Decision Notices

You can request and pay for copy documents online.

You can also make an environmental information enquiry using an online form.

Leisure centre online bookings:

South Oxfordshire residents have 24-hour access to leisure centre booking, with an online booking system. Find out more about online leisure bookings in our leisure section.

School holiday activity bookings (Seasonal).

Licensing online:

Apply online for a licence or permit:

The Licensing Applications Register - an online database of current licence applications:

The Licensing Register - all licences issued by the council:

The Licensing Register Map - search for issued licences by location:

Licensing Committees:

Online Outlook:

Outlook

eOutlook and Outlook podcast

Not only will all households receive a copy in the post four times a year, but you can also view Outlook online with our new eOutlook online magazine, and for the first time ever you can listen to an Outlook podcast!*

You can subscribe for emails alerting you when the latest version of Outlook is available.

Visit our Outlook section to find out more...

*A podcast is a recorded audio version of the newsletter.

Payments (including car parking fines):

Pay a council bill online, safely and securely:

or use our online calculators to work out your bills:

Car park fines

Car park season tickets

 

Planning online:

The following online planning facilities are available on this website:

Planning applications

  • Make a planning application online
  • View existing planning applications via the Planning Register
  • Search the interactive planning application map 
  • Search the Planning Decisions List
  • View the Planning Appeal Register

    Comment on a planning application - did you know you can comment on a planning application using our online form, once the consultation period on an application has opened? You'll find the comments form in the application's information page. Find the application you want to comment on by searching the Planning Application Register.

    Building control

  • Make an online building control application or search for an application

    Planning Enforcement

  • Planning Enforcement - report unauthorised developments online  (Building work you suspect has been completed without planning permission)

    The Planning Committee

  • View the decisions of the Planning Committee  

    Interactive Planning Maps

  • Search the interactive planning map
  • Interactive Local Plan Proposals Map
  • Search the interactive conservation area map

    Planning meeting webcasts

    Planning application email alerts

    • Report it online:

    Use the online forms below to report a problem or request a service:

    Report a problem/request a service for:

    Webcasts - meetings on film:

    You can now watch council meetings from the comfort of your own home, or anywhere else where internet access is available.

    The Council has installed cameras in the council chamber to broadcast planning, cabinet and council meetings on a regular basis. Live and recorded meetings will be available on this site and viewers can send comments in during the broadcasts – which occur in real time – and we are particularly keen to receive people’s views on the quality and usefulness of the webcasts.

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