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Items of rubbish dumped in a field

November 1, 2024

Director fined after waste found fly tipped in country park

The director of a company that runs a Persian restaurant has been fined after a load of rubbish was found fly tipped in Shotover Country Park.

November 1, 2024

South Oxfordshire District Council calls for ‘failing’ Thames Water to be brought back under public control

South Oxfordshire District Council has issued a resounding vote of no confidence in Thames Water, unanimously calling for the ‘failing’ water provider to be brought back under public control.

October 28, 2024

Colourful new bench for the winners of council’s waste trail competition

Students at Willowcroft School in Didcot have a new place to rest in the playground after the school won a multi-coloured recycled plastic bench in a South Oxfordshire District Council competition. The school will now decide where the new bench’s permanent home will be as part of plans to redesign their playground. The bench was […]

October 25, 2024

Leader’s Report to Council

Waste Resources and Street Cleansing Strategy Earlier this month the Cabinet considered a new Waste Resources and Street Cleansing Strategy. We all know how good our residents are at recycling, the best in the country, but this still requires us to burn up carbon collecting this material to be recycled. This new strategy, Rethinking Waste, […]

October 25, 2024

First habitat bank created in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District Council is proud to announce it has helped create the first habitat bank in the district aiming to increase biodiversity and reduce river pollution while also allowing necessary development.

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.

An orange bike repair station in the ground with a stand a pump

October 21, 2024

Free repair stations make getting on your bike even easier

Cyclists in Didcot can now make fixes on the go following the introduction of some bike repair stations.

wildflower meadows

October 18, 2024

People in Oxfordshire urged to have their say on local nature recovery

Oxfordshire residents, landowners, businesses, farmers and other organisations are being offered the chance to help shape the priorities for recovering areas of nature and wildlife across the county.  

Extra garden waste in a wheelbarrow

October 17, 2024

Brown bin subscribers can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn

Residents who are subscribed to the district council brown bin garden waste service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal collection day only, between 28 October and 8 November. You can put out a maximum of up to four additional sacks of garden […]

have your say on council tax for long term empty properties

October 16, 2024

Have your say on proposed changes to council tax premium for long-term empty properties

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have launched a public survey on proposals to reduce the minimum timeframe to charge a council tax premium on long-term empty properties.