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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.

July 18, 2025

Leader’s Report to Full Council – 17 July 2025

Cllr David Rouane, South Oxfordshire District Council Leader’s report to July Full Council

July 16, 2025

SO Charitable Lottery Funds Give Boost to Local Charities

The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary and Friends of Ewelme School are two of eight local charities to benefit from an extra £7,000 of unrestricted funding thanks to the SO Charitable Lottery.

July 16, 2025

Residents without driveways given opportunity to charge electric vehicle at home

Oxfordshire residents without off street parking can apply for a scheme that allows them to charge an electric vehicle (EV) outside their own home.

July 16, 2025

Council’s lettings service helps hundreds of people stay local

A long-standing lettings service run as not-for-profit in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse has helped over a thousand people find affordable homes locally so far, and many landlords find new tenants.

July 11, 2025

Local authority owned housing in South Oxfordshire gets £10 million boost

Ten million pounds has been made available to purchase new housing for South Oxfordshire, following a decision by councillors. The money had been earmarked for a proposed new building at the Gateway site in Didcot, opposite the railway station, which would have played a major part in the regeneration of the town centre, included office […]

July 10, 2025

New addition to the South Cabinet work programme

The work programme has been updated with the following on 10 July 2025. “For the council to enter into leases in respect of land and buildings in Culham, Abingdon (This decision is likely to be exempt decision under paragraph 3 to Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972) To complete on lease(s) for land/ […]