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May 21, 2021

South Oxfordshire District Council has appointed a new Chair at its Annual Council Meeting. Cllr Jo Robb has been appointed as Chair, with Cllr David Turner appointed as the Vice Chair.   The appointment was made at its annual meeting, which was the first time the council has met in person at the council offices at […]

May 18, 2021

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have welcomed a call from Oxford Friends of the Earth for all Oxfordshire councils to do everything they can to tackle the climate emergency, while highlighting the positive work that is already taking place. Oxford Friends of the Earth published a report entitled ‘In case of emergency…’ […]

March 26, 2021

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have agreed to offer a financial support package to GLL, the leisure contractor that manages leisure facilities across both districts, subject to formal agreements being entered into. The leisure industry has been hit really hard by the pandemic having spent much of the last year closed […]

March 26, 2021

South Oxfordshire District Council has agreed six new motions at its Council meeting last night [Thursday 25 March] on topics including the provision of primary care services, supporting local pubs and creating an action plan on neurodiversity.  All six relate directly to the Council’s priority Theme in its Corporate Plan to improve economic and community […]

March 24, 2021

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils’ building control service has been awarded the quality mark ISO 9001 for their provision of public sector building control and public protection services. Building control is a service that checks that structures and buildings are constructed or modified to meet Building Regulations standards to make sure […]

March 12, 2021

Census day is almost here – stand up and be counted Households across Oxfordshire are being asked to take part in Census 2021, a national survey that takes place once every ten years. Census day is on March 21, and households have started receiving letters with online codes explaining how they can complete their forms. […]

January 15, 2021

We support Ansaf Azhar, Oxfordshire County Council’s Director for Public Health’s message on the importance of continuing to follow the lockdown guidelines. Whilst the daily rate of new Covid-19 figures can fluctuate, figures for the whole of Oxfordshire remain high, hospitalisations and deaths are rising, and as we know this new variant is extremely infectious. […]

December 23, 2020

We’ve now learned that our district – along with the rest of Oxfordshire – will be in tier 4 from Boxing Day. This means that we all must stay at home to protect ourselves, our families, our communities and the NHS. The number of cases in South Oxfordshire has been rising significantly in the past […]

December 16, 2020

South Oxfordshire District Council has made changes to its strategy for infrastructure funding in a move to release further funds for larger community projects across the district. The changes to the way the council spends Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds will mean that money secured from housing developments in the district will be released for […]

December 7, 2020

A letter from Cllr Sue Cooper, leader of South Oxfordshire District Council regarding the Cross Thames Travel Group Joint Statement is available here: