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Government confirms three new unitary councils for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire in 2028  

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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Important changes to planning, land charges and mapping services

Our new Land Charges system and Land Charges Register are now live.

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May 26, 2026

From 7pm to 10pm tonight we are carrying out essential system maintenance which means the planning and building control public registers on our websites will be unavailable whilst this work takes place.  We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

September 8, 2025

There is a new number for district council waste and recycling enquiries: 01235 422 123

see our news page for more information.

December 13, 2024

Building Control, Planning, Environmental Health, and online registers will be temporarily unavailable from 6pm today (Friday 13 December) until 6pm tomorrow for upgrade work. We apologise for any inconvenience.

September 27, 2024

If you are concerned about flooding

please visit the Oxfordshire Flood Toolkit for advice.

September 11, 2024

WARNING! We’ve been made aware some people in our district have received text messages about having to pay a parking fine. These are SCAMS – we would not send these messages. If you receive one please ignore this message.

March 26, 2024

We are carrying out phone maintenance on Tuesday morning (26 March) which may cause some temporary disruption. We apologise if your call is affected. Our online services will remain available. Otherwise, please try calling later.

February 18, 2022

Severe weather warnings in Oxfordshire

Today’s waste collections have been cancelled. Please bring your bins in as soon as you can. For more info on today’s weather warnings visit the Oxfordshire County Council website.

November 30, 2020

Free Christmas parking days confirmed for South Oxfordshire

find out when you can park for free this December

November 19, 2019

Flooding

there are some flood warnings in place in South Oxfordshire – click here to stay protected

September 11, 2019

Oh no

There’s a bad event – bring in your bins and hide in your basement – DO NOT GO OUTSIDE