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Lucy Billen
July 6, 2021
Man ordered to carry out 120 hours unpaid work after pleading guilty to two fly-tips
An Oxfordshire man was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £1,275 after he was successfully prosecuted by South Oxfordshire District Council following two fly-tips in the Benson and Oakley Wood areas. Andrew Hambidge, aged 30, of Hampden Square, Upper Heyford appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday (2 July) and […]
June 15, 2021
Oxfordshire councils and police partners win top award for business support during the pandemic
Businesses in Oxfordshire can be confident they are receiving the highest standards of support from all the local councils and the police after the county’s regulatory teams won a hotly contested and prestigious award. A combined nomination was made by Oxfordshire’s Regulatory Partners to the Office for Product and Safety Standard’s national awards (2021). The county council’s trading […]
May 24, 2021
Calling all HGV drivers – we need you… to drive our bin lorries
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are actively calling for HGV drivers to join their bin crews to avoid disruptions to waste collections. Like many parts of the UK, the districts are facing a shortage of HGV drivers for their bin crews due to a number of factors. These include fewer newly […]
May 20, 2021
Changes confirmed for parking in South Oxfordshire from 1 June
Motorists in South Oxfordshire are advised that there will be a number of changes to parking arrangements across the district from next month. Following a public consultation, South Oxfordshire District Council has amended the district’s parking policy, including changes to charging periods to ensure towns are treated equally, and measures designed to encourage the use […]
May 17, 2021
Councils launch a Litter Bug Detectives Activity Trail for summer half term holiday
From Saturday 29 May to Saturday 5 June South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are running a FREE Litter Bug Detectives Trail for children in four parks across southern Oxfordshire. The trails will be available in Edmunds Park in Didcot, Southern Road Recreation Ground in Thame, Abbey Garden Meadows in Abingdon and […]
May 6, 2021
A statement from South Oxfordshire District Council
The council has received notification that Bioabundance CIC has made an application to the Court of Appeal seeking to overturn the 29 April High Court decision of The Honourable Mrs Justice Lang to refuse permission to proceed with an application for judicial review against the council’s decision to adopt the Local Plan 2035. Permission having […]
March 4, 2021
South and Vale are among top recyclers in the country….again
Residents in southern Oxfordshire are among the top recyclers in the country yet again! Yesterday the government published the figures showing how much waste is recycled across the country. South Oxfordshire District had the second highest recycling rate in England with 64 per cent of its waste being recycled. Vale of White Horse district came […]
January 26, 2021
Councils launch a dog fouling awareness campaign with maps showing locations of the highest number of complaints
Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have put together dog fouling maps of local towns and villages showing the areas with the highest number of complaints about owners not picking up after their animals. Using the maps the councils want to highlight the issue of dog fouling and remind owners that it […]
January 15, 2021
Council response to the government’s consultation on Covid-19 funding
The Government provided details of the Covid-19 funding for local government in 2021-22. The Government also set up a consultation on the local government finance settlement 2021-22. South Oxfordshire District Council’s response to the consultation is summarised below: We welcome the additional funding support being proposed for councils for 2021-22. However, are concerned that the additional funding […]
