The government has announced that Oxfordshire and West Berkshire’s seven existing councils will be replaced by three unitary councils from 1 April 2028 as part of its plans for local government reorganisation (LGR).
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June 17, 2025
Decision details: Transfer of Capital Scheme for Refurbishment Works at Cornerstone Art Centre
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Finance and Property Assets Decision status: Approved Is Key decision?: No Is subject to call in?: No Purpose: Cornerstone Art Centre has not been upgraded since the building opened in 2008, the building now needs investment to upgrade the centre to provide a warm, welcoming environment to all that use the centre – to […]
June 17, 2025
Decision Details: Benson Village Public Art Trail
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Finance and Property Assets Decision status: Approved Is Key decision?: No Is subject to call in?: No Purpose: Paragraph 75(b) of the Constitution of South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council – 19 August 2024 (Financial procedure rules section, pages 222 to 223), states that for section 106 and CIL […]
June 13, 2025
South Oxfordshire cabinet work programme
South Oxfordshire cabinet work programme (doc).
June 13, 2025
Agenda front sheet South Scrutiny Committee 23-06-25
South scrutiny committee agenda has just been published: Agenda front sheet South Scrutiny Committee 23-06-25 (pdf) The agenda item being discussed is “The Way Ahead: Annual Delivery Plan 2025-26”, which is the delivery plan for the South Oxfordshire District Council Council Plan. The report and appendices can be downloaded by clicking on the following buttons.
May 19, 2025
Henley car park overnight closures
A number of car parks in Henley will be subject to overnight closures as line marking takes place. You can find out more details about which car parks will be affected when below: Greys Road Car Park will be closed with no access through the car park on Monday 19 May night from 11pm until […]
May 15, 2025
Summer fun comes to Riverside
The pool and splash pad at Wallingford Riverside are set to open later this month on Saturday 24 May, kicking off a summer of fun for families and fans of outdoor swimming in South Oxfordshire. The Riverside Park and Pools which is owned by South Oxfordshire District Council and managed by their leisure contractors GLL, […]
May 12, 2025
Major council IT system maintenance
Towards the end of May, we are carrying out a major piece of planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. This work is unavoidable and has to take place in order to secure the future of our IT system and the services it enables.
April 15, 2025
Next steps for Joint Local Plan
Published Tuesday 15 April 2025 We are pleased to announce that the dates for the start of the public hearings for the South and Vale Joint Local Plan have been published this week. This stage of the examination involves our appointed Planning Inspectors (Inspectors R A Bust and C Mulloy) holding hearing sessions to hear […]
April 14, 2025
Flowery facelift for Cornerstone courtyard
Cornerstone in Didcot has received a flowery facelift thanks to South Oxfordshire District Council.
April 3, 2025
Solar energy is coming to Thame Leisure Centre
Work has begun this week at Thame Leisure Centre to install just over 150 solar panels, reducing the site’s reliance on fossil fuels and lowering its carbon emissions.
