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June 14, 2021

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are to receive £405,000 of government funding to help continue work on three garden community projects. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced that the capacity funding has been allocated as follows: Didcot Garden Town – £125,000 Berinsfield Garden Village – £150,000 Dalton […]

April 29, 2021

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have opened all their community centres on Great Western Park.  The Northern, District and Southern centres, two of which are brand new buildings, are now available for residents and groups to hire with priority bookings given to groups helping to support Covid-19 responses.  Last year, the […]

April 1, 2021

An update following the statement issued on 30 March. The council has received notification that Bioabundance CIC has made an application to the court seeking to overturn the judge’s decision to refuse permission to proceed with an application for judicial review against the council’s decision to adopt the Local Plan 2035. We await notification from the […]

March 30, 2021

The Council has received notification that The Honourable Mr Justice Dove has refused the application by Bioabundance CIC for permission to proceed with an application for judicial review against the Council’s decision to adopt the Local Plan 2035.  In refusing the application, the judge ordered Bioabundance CIC to pay the Council’s costs. Bioabundance CIC has […]

March 26, 2021

South Oxfordshire District Council has agreed to allocate £607,670 to improve sports and community spaces in Thame and Sonning Common. The council will give £340,000 to Thame Town Council and £267,670 to Sonning Common Parish Council using contributions that developers have paid as part of their agreements to build new homes in both locations. Thame […]

March 23, 2021

Today marks a year since England went into its first lockdown. Along with the rest of the country, the Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have been reflecting on what has been a challenging year.  Just over a year ago the councils acted early by asking the majority of its staff to […]

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. […]

March 3, 2021

South Oxfordshire District Council has teamed up with social enterprise Makespace and other councils to help bring empty shops back into use with a £1.9m fund. The project, called ‘Meanwhile in Oxfordshire…’, will go towards helping high streets across the county to bounce back from the effects of Covid-19 to bring new independent shops, cultural […]

February 22, 2021

From 23 February The Beacon in Wantage will become a Covid-19 testing site for public-facing workers and volunteers who are not displaying symptoms.  People in these roles who cannot work from home and do not have access to workplace testing will be able to book a free test at the centre via the county council’s […]

February 17, 2021

As part of their commitments to help the districts become carbon neutral, Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils have struck up a brand-new partnership to help local businesses reduce their carbon footprint. As Strategic Partners, the councils will be working with Oxfordshire Greentech to help connect businesses with specialist suppliers, customers and […]