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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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October 15, 2025

Man ordered to pay over £2,300 for abandoning damaged car

A man from Cholsey has been ordered to pay more than £2,300 after abandoning a damaged vehicle in Goring Heath, following successful action by South Oxfordshire District Council. Matthew Butlin, of Rothwells Close, Cholsey, was found guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 3 October, after failing to respond to repeated notices and requests for […]

October 14, 2025

Council cabinet to discuss progress report on net zero

By installing solar panels on its buildings and replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with EVs, South Oxfordshire District Council is moving towards its ambitious target of net zero in its own operations by the end of the decade.

October 13, 2025

Park Sports Centre on track to replace end-of-life gas boilers with solar panels and air source heat pumps

Preparations are underway at Park Sports Centre in Wheatley for construction work to install sustainable energy efficiency measures at the site which could make savings on energy bills and carbon emissions.

The image is taken from a slightly elevated position, from a cctv camera across the road. Foreground: A set of traffic lights is prominently visible on the right side of the frame. The lights are black and appear to be showing a red signal in this view (though the lamps themselves are dark). The road surface immediately in the foreground has white road markings, including a solid white stop line and dashed lane markings. Mid-Ground: The centre of the image is dominated by a mini-roundabout, indicated by a painted circle with white arrows pointing clockwise around it. Numerous other white dashed lines indicate lanes and pedestrian crossings leading into and out of the roundabout. To the left of the roundabout, there is a raised kerb with a small, tiered planter area. A blue circular sign with white arrows (indicating a mandatory direction of travel) is mounted on a pole near the kerb. Background (Left/Centre): A single-story or ground-floor shop is visible behind the roundabout and raised kerb. The shop has an awning and its signage says

October 9, 2025

Safety boost as town centre CCTV goes fully digital across South Oxfordshire

Five new high-definition CCTV cameras have been installed in Didcot town centre, completing a £160,000 project to digitise town centre CCTV cameras across the district.

Decorative montage of local landscape images

October 8, 2025

Councils to take positive steps to represent communities despite concerns with Inspectors’ Local Plan decision

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have written an open letter in which they have stated the Planning Inspectors’ conclusions on their Joint Local Plan were unwarranted and lacking coherent explanation.

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October 8, 2025

Brown bin permit holders can have extra garden waste collected this Autumn

Brown bin permit holders can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal scheduled collection day only, between 27 October and 7 November.

October 2, 2025

Joint statement from Oxfordshire Council leaders on Manchester terrorist incident

“We want to express our shared shock and horror at the terrorist incident that took place at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester today. “We are horrified that on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Manchester’s Jewish community – and by extension the wider Jewish community – has been targeted with this act […]

October 1, 2025

The councils’ response to the Planning Inspectors’ findings on the Joint Local Plan

A statement on behalf of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils.

The main subject of the photograph is a trailer filled with scrap metal and large waste items, parked on a wet, paved street. The trailer has high, light grey or silver metal sides and is heavily loaded with junk, including what appears to be part of a washing machine, various metal pipes, black engine parts, and a small white appliance (perhaps a microwave or mini-oven) visible near the foreground. In the background, there is a typical street scene with two-story brick and painted houses, parked cars, and traffic signs.

October 1, 2025

Illegal scrap metal dealer ordered to pay more than £1,100

A scrap metal dealer has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 after being found operating without the required licence. Thomas Shurety, 26 years old of 1 Hillside View, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4DE, pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates’ Court, on 19 September 2025, to failing to produce the required documentation relating to waste and scrap […]

September 30, 2025

New garden waste permit scheme a big success thanks to residents’ support

Residents in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse have embraced a new garden waste permit scheme this year – with an almost 5 per cent rise in collections from the previous year.

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