Gavin Walton
February 14, 2025
Housing investment and community support a key focus of South Oxfordshire’s 2025-26 Budget
Diligent financial management has ensured that South Oxfordshire District Council can deliver a balanced budget for 2025-26 and marks the first time in nine years that the council hasn’t needed to dip into its reserves. Yesterday (Thursday 13 February), district councillors approved a 2025-26 budget that ensures continued investment in public services, including crucial housing […]
December 23, 2024
Owners of retirement development fined for failing to remove unauthorised adverts
The owners of a retirement development in the Thame conservation area have been ordered to pay more than £2,700 after admitting breaching planning law for failing to remove multiple unauthorised advertisements from around their site.
December 19, 2024
Experienced taxi driver caught offering rides illegally during Henley Regatta
A taxi driver has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 and had six penalty points added to his licence after plying for hire illegally during Henley Regatta.
December 5, 2024
Henley gets high-definition CCTV upgrade
16 new high-definition CCTV cameras have been installed in Henley-on-Thames town centre, providing a boost for public safety. The cameras directly replace the old analogue CCTV system and make the best use of digital transmission data cables which were installed to the control room in 2020, providing CCTV operators with much greater picture clarity to […]
November 22, 2024
Taxi driver fined for offering unlicensed Regatta rides
A private hire taxi driver has been ordered to pay more than £700 after pleading guilty to illegally plying for hire during Henley Regatta. Mr Shabuddin Parvas, 54, of Cressingham Road, Reading, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 15 November to unlawfully plying for hire in Henley and failing to wear his driver’s […]
November 18, 2024
Food businesses urged to ‘❤️ your area’ and join the fight against litter
Food businesses in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse are being asked to play a key role in reducing litter by supporting the district councils’ ‘❤️ your area’ campaign. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are looking to local traders as well as national names to display anti-litter stickers on takeaway […]
October 28, 2024
Colourful new bench for the winners of council’s waste trail competition
Students at Willowcroft School in Didcot have a new place to rest in the playground after the school won a multi-coloured recycled plastic bench in a South Oxfordshire District Council competition. The school will now decide where the new bench’s permanent home will be as part of plans to redesign their playground. The bench was […]
October 17, 2024
Brown bin subscribers can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn
Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 28 October and 8 November. You can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden […]
October 16, 2024
Have your say: Councils propose updates to boost street trading and cut plastic waste
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are reviewing their joint Street Trading Policy for the first time in over a decade and they want your input! Street trading has thrived in recent years and, with the current policy dating back to 2011, the councils are proposing updates to ensure it encourages the […]
October 8, 2024
Get active, enjoy shows and Halloween fun this October half-term
Children and their families can enjoy free and low-cost entertainment and Halloween themed activities during the upcoming half-term holiday, from 27 October to 1 November. Get out and about with the Halloween Xplorer navigation challenge in Benson and Wantage or get active indoors with pickleball in Abingdon and Born to Move fitness classes and Family […]
