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June 23, 2021
Unlicensed and uninsured taxi driver fined and banned from driving, proprietor also fined
A taxi driver from Henley has been banned from driving and ordered to pay almost £1,000 after admitting driving a hackney carriage vehicle while not licensed and while uninsured. His taxi proprietor must also pay more than £1,200 following the offences, as it was their licensed vehicle he was driving.
June 18, 2021
District councils approve a revised management structure to provide stability to residents
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have made their interim senior management team structure permanent to help provide a firm and stable base from which they can deliver their corporate plan priorities and services to residents. The decision formalises the structure that has been operating successfully at the councils for many months and […]
June 18, 2021
Measures to tackle anti-social behaviour extended in Thame
Police in Thame will continue to have increased powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, after the town’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) was extended.
June 15, 2021
Latest on the challenge to the South Oxfordshire Local Plan
The council has received notification that the Court of Appeal has refused permission for Bioabundance CIC to appeal the recent High Court decision related to the Local Plan 2035. The appeal had come after the Community Interest Company’s failed application for a judicial review against the Council’s decision to adopt the Local Plan 2035. The […]
June 15, 2021
Oxfordshire councils and police partners win top award for business support during the pandemic
Businesses in Oxfordshire can be confident they are receiving the highest standards of support from all the local councils and the police after the county’s regulatory teams won a hotly contested and prestigious award. A combined nomination was made by Oxfordshire’s Regulatory Partners to the Office for Product and Safety Standard’s national awards (2021). The county council’s trading […]
June 14, 2021
£405,000 awarded to South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils
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 […]
June 9, 2021
Councils pledge support for #SwitchUpYourLunch campaign
On Monday 14 June, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils will be joining organisations across Oxfordshire by taking part in the #SwitchUpYourLunch campaign.
June 8, 2021
“Move together” launched across Oxfordshire to help vulnerable residents
A new county-wide programme “Move Together” has launched today and will support hundreds of Oxfordshire residents most affected by Covid-19 to move more and protect their health and wellbeing. The Move Together initiative received a total of £362,975 from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund and Active Oxfordshire will be co-ordinating it. South Oxfordshire and Vale […]
June 7, 2021
Cornerstone Arts Centre to open again to the public
South Oxfordshire District Council is delighted to announce that Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot will begin opening to the public again this month and is promising that a fantastic line-up will greet visitors when it’s fully reopened in September – a line-up that the public can help to influence. The centre’s café bar Nourish will […]
May 27, 2021
We’d like to say a big “thank you” to all the volunteers across southern Oxfordshire
The leaders of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have offered their thanks and gratitude to the thousands of volunteers across both districts ahead of volunteers’ week. During the 37th annual Volunteers’ Week, which takes place from the 1-7 June, the councils will be taking the “time to say thanks” and highlighting the […]
