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February 18, 2025

All the updates from the latest South Council meeting

The budget was top of the agenda at the first full South Oxfordshire District Council meeting of 2025, alongside the review of neighbourhood plans and approval for a new council plan.  

Wheelbarrow full of grass cuttings

February 3, 2025

Changes coming this spring to garden waste service in South and Vale 

Green fingered residents who use the garden waste service in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts will have a change to their service subscriptions this year.  

Close up of a playing pitch

December 4, 2024

Vision for the future of sports pitches and leisure facilities approved

A vision for the future of sports and leisure facilities across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Districts was top of the agenda last week.

Person in a gym with a treadmill

November 14, 2024

Major £210,000 investment in new gym equipment at South Oxfordshire Leisure Centres in Berinsfield, Thame and Wheatley

There is great news for gym users across South Oxfordshire, with a major investment by the council of £210,000 in new, state-of-the-art gym equipment.

Riverside Wallingford in the summer

November 12, 2024

Successful season for Riverside Park and Pools

South Oxfordshire District Council and its leisure provider, Better, are celebrating the successful 2024 summer season at Riverside Park and Pools.

Sewing machine at a repair cafe

October 23, 2024

Rethink waste with a trip to a local repair café!

As part of a big drive to rethink waste, residents are encouraged to check out the range of repair cafés, libraries of things, community larders, clothes swaps and other great reuse initiatives happening in their local area.

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October 1, 2024

“Innovative” and “ground-breaking” plan published

Later this year, two district councils will be submitting a plan to the government that aims to help meet their local communities’ need for housing, jobs and infrastructure – and they have now made it publicly available for a six-week period.

Decorative montage of local landscape images

September 20, 2024

Councils’ plan moves a step forward

New plans that raise standards for housing and other types of development are a step closer following council meetings this week. Council members at Vale of White Horse District and South Oxfordshire District councils gave the go ahead for the districts’ draft Joint Local Plan to be published for comment for a six-week period and […]

View of Wallingford Riverside

September 17, 2024

Major next step towards creating accessible Wallingford Riverside

Work on creating accessible moorings on the River Thames at Wallingford Riverside is due to start this September.

Riverside Wallingford in the summer

August 27, 2024

Riverside outdoor pool and splashpad extended season announced

There is great news for children and families looking to cool down in the summer sunshine before the end of the school holidays.