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Lucy Billen

February 14, 2022

Work to start on installing EV chargers

Work is due to begin on the Park and Charge Electric Vehicle charging scheme in Wallingford this week. The scheme proposes a total of up to 62 new charging points in car parks across the South Oxfordshire district. Engineers are scheduled to begin installing electric chargers at Cattlemarket car park in Wallingford this week. This […]

January 13, 2022

Number of rough sleepers recorded as zero on 31 December 2021

The number of rough sleepers recorded in both South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts on 31 December 2021 was zero. This is the first time since 2013 that no rough sleepers were recorded in both councils’ areas. The councils are committed to ending rough sleeping in the districts. Their housing needs team work […]

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December 14, 2021

Council ends its legal challenge against a planning decision – Sonning Common

South Oxfordshire District Council has reluctantly decided to end its legal challenges against a planning decision for a proposed care village development in Sonning Common.

December 2, 2021

Owner of wedding venue prosecuted for breaching noise notices

The owner of a large wedding venue in Kidmore End has been successfully prosecuted by South Oxfordshire District Council for breaching noise abatement notices on two occasions.

November 25, 2021

Henley School gets a new roadside sign thanks to a council competition

There’s a new sign going up at Valley Road Primary School in Henley, thanks to South Oxfordshire District Council, as the schoolchildren appeal to drivers to turn off their idling engines when they are parked near the school.

November 24, 2021

Councils reveal the food wasted in Southern Oxfordshire last Christmas and urge residents to change their ways

Southern Oxfordshire residents put around 700 tonnes of food* into their black bins last December, emitting nearly 150 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e)** into the atmosphere as well as wasting valuable resources and their own money. As Christmas approaches, when so much waste is created, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Districts Councils […]

November 23, 2021

The latest wave of electric vehicle chargers coming to county’s car parks

Press release issued by Oxfordshire County Council on its news page The roll-out of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in council-owned car parks in Oxfordshire has begun. Following the installation of the first park and charge EV hub at Bicester’s Cattle Market car park in May, the locations of the remaining 19 sites […]

October 19, 2021

Garden waste service to return to fortnightly collections

The garden waste service in South Oxfordshire will return to its normal fortnightly collections from 1 November.

October 14, 2021

Halloween competition

We’ve launched a reuse competition for children and adults to help make Halloween more environmentally-friendly

A row of houses on Great Western Park in Didcot

October 14, 2021

Grant funding of more than £450,000 awarded for new affordable housing in Henley

It was agreed by South Oxfordshire District Council last week to award grant funding of more than £450,000 towards the cost of creating new affordable housing in Henley.