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Council services over Christmas and New Year 2025/26

A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public. 

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January 18, 2022

Consultation opens on guide for high-quality sustainable new development

A consultation has been launched on a draft Joint Design Guide that will provide guidance on how new development can be designed and constructed to the highest quality and sustainability. The guide, produced by South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Councils, provides a series of steps and design principles that will be […]

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January 12, 2022

Smaller communities could have a greater say on housing developments in South and Vale

Small communities in the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire will now have an opportunity for greater influence on how and where houses and other developments should be built in their area. After the two district councils put together a successful joint bid for government grant funding of up to £45,000, the government has […]

January 4, 2022

Your waste collections in January

We know the festive period can leave even the best of us a little confused over when the bins will be emptied. So we wanted to give a helpful reminder about your collections in January. Your collection days will have changed due to the bank holidays so check our Christmas waste collections page if you’re […]

December 7, 2021

Changes to planning rules to focus more quickly on potential harm to communities

Changes to enforcing planning rules will allow two district councils to focus on cases with the most potential to cause harm to local communities much more quickly. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are in the top 4 per cent of local authorities for planning enforcement performance. Now a new triage system […]

October 8, 2021

Leader’s Report – 7 October 2021

Following positive talks at last week’s cabinet meeting, we now have a tree planting strategy for district council owned land, a Procurement Strategy and now that that the strategic property review has come to fruition we have a sensible way forward mapped out for selling, buying, maintaining and generally making better use of our property […]

October 5, 2021

Agenda items for South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Committee meeting Wednesday 13 October 2021

This is a temporary news item to allow people to access the agenda items for the South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday 13 October 2021. The items can be accessed below. Front Sheet agenda (PDF) Item 7. Land NW of Stoke Talmage report (PDF) Item 7. Appendix (PDF) Item 8. Culham Science […]

August 27, 2021

Garden Waste Service update

3 September 2021 – please see the latest update on the garden waste service here.

August 18, 2021

Council leader pledges South Oxfordshire’s support for Afghan refugees

The Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, Cllr Sue Cooper, has pledged the district council’s full support to work with other service providers to support refugees who will be arriving in the UK from Afghanistan.  This week, Afghanistan has fallen back under the control of the Taliban and thousands of people are now trying to […]