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  • Major council IT system maintenance from 27 May (for around one week): we are carrying out planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. During this time, many of our online services are unavailable. Where relevant, planning consultations will be extended by 14 days. We will update this banner message as the work progresses. − During this time you can still contact us for other enquiries via our enquiry form or by phone. We apologise for any inconvenience. Find out more information on this work.
Major council IT system maintenance from 27 May for around one week

Towards the end of May, we are carrying out a major piece of planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. This work is unavoidable and has to take place in order to secure the future of our IT system and the services it enables.

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ev food waste truck

November 18, 2024

Councils take delivery of their first electric waste vehicle

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have taken delivery of their first electric food waste collection vehicle – part of the councils’ ambitions to decarbonise the waste vehicle fleet and move towards net zero.

Person in a gym with a treadmill

November 14, 2024

Major £210,000 investment in new gym equipment at South Oxfordshire Leisure Centres in Berinsfield, Thame and Wheatley

There is great news for gym users across South Oxfordshire, with a major investment by the council of £210,000 in new, state-of-the-art gym equipment.

November 14, 2024

More than 150 penalty points issued to taxi drivers in licence conditions clampdown

More than half of the taxi drivers stopped during a day’s enforcement operation were not compliant with their licence conditions.

Riverside Wallingford in the summer

November 12, 2024

Successful season for Riverside Park and Pools

South Oxfordshire District Council and its leisure provider, Better, are celebrating the successful 2024 summer season at Riverside Park and Pools.

November 11, 2024

Sustainable living gets the green light at the Didcot Eco Fair

Repair and reuse were themes at this year’s Didcot Eco Fair, with clothing repair services, upcycled homewares and reusable items just some of what was on offer at the event at Cornerstone Arts Centre earlier this month

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.