A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.
Gavin Walton
August 10, 2021
Help to shape the new Oxfordshire Air Quality website
Residents across the county are being asked to help shape a new air quality community website, which will help to raise awareness and understanding of air pollution across Oxfordshire. In March 2021, Oxford City Council was awarded £162,500 to develop an air quality community website to help raise awareness of air pollution across Oxfordshire. The […]
August 5, 2021
Council applies for High Court review of Little Sparrows development decision
On 25 June 2021, the Planning Inspector granted permission on appeal for a continuing care retirement community care village at Little Sparrows, Sonning Common. South Oxfordshire District Council had previously refused permission for this development due to the potential impact on the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Following legal advice, and after consultation with the […]
August 5, 2021
Leader’s Report to Council – 15 July 2021
Council Leader Sue Copper delivered the following report to full Council at its meeting on 15 July: I would like to start by emphasising that actually an increasing number of our officers are still on Covid related work. It is well known that numbers of Covid cases in Oxfordshire and in Oxford in particular are […]
July 26, 2021
Your annual voter registration letter is coming – please check the details!
Residents in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are being urged to check the details on a letter they will receive from their district council from the end of July.
July 22, 2021
Council votes to oppose voter ID requirements
South Oxfordshire District Council has passed a motion agreeing to oppose the proposed introduction of photo ID as a requirement to vote at polling stations.
July 22, 2021
South Oxfordshire District Council to support the creation of new protected areas
At its meeting on 15 July, South Oxfordshire Council welcomed plans to extend the Chilterns AONB and agreed, in principle, to support the creation of new protected areas in the district to help give residents access to nature.
July 21, 2021
People across South and Vale urged to have their say on the Ox-Cam Arc
People across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are being urged to have their say on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, a government led project which will have an impact on both districts in the future. The Oxford-Cambridge Arc includes the area between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge and aims to make significant economic, social […]
July 21, 2021
Route revealed for prestigious Women’s Tour cycling race (Oxfordshire stage)
Residents between Bicester, Oxford, Abingdon and Banbury will now be able to pick their spot, ready to cheer on elite riders when this year’s Women’s Tour professional cycling race comes to Oxfordshire on Monday 4 October. The provisional route details were revealed today, (Wednesday 21 July). From the start line on Bicester’s Sheep Street, it is anticipated the race […]
June 23, 2021
Unlicensed and uninsured taxi driver fined and banned from driving, proprietor also fined
A taxi driver from Henley has been banned from driving and ordered to pay almost £1,000 after admitting driving a hackney carriage vehicle while not licensed and while uninsured. His taxi proprietor must also pay more than £1,200 following the offences, as it was their licensed vehicle he was driving.
June 18, 2021
Measures to tackle anti-social behaviour extended in Thame
Police in Thame will continue to have increased powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, after the town’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) was extended.
