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Business and economic development 

Market towns

Supporting market towns

South Oxfordshire District Council is committed to supporting economic growth, the creation of vibrant market towns and promoting business growth and the creation of new jobs.

In order to achieve these objectives South Oxfordshire District Council approved a market towns strategy in 2006 with the aim to address retail economic decline in the market town centres of Henley, Thame and Wallingford. The full document can be downloaded from the right hand side of this page.

In the autumn of 2008 South Oxfordshire District Council ran a series of events looking at the future of Henley, Thame and Wallingford with the view to devising an economic development plan for each of the towns. Three town plans were approved by cabinet on 6 March 2008. They aim to highlight the priorities that the council will take the lead in each of the towns in the next three years (April 2009 to March 2012), as well as identifying areas where the council will work in partnership with other bodies to deliver its objectives.

The current plans focus on the specific actions to be delivered in the financial year 2009/10. They will be reviewed annually. Each document can be down loaded from the link at the right hand side of this page.

Distinctiveness work

To find out more about specific projects being delivered, including the distinctiveness work that was carried out by Miller Research visit the Market Towns Plans Delivery page.

Earlier research and reports that have informed the strategy can be found on the economic development research and reports page.