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March 20, 2025

Residents who have purchased a permit for the district councils brown bin garden waste collection service in South Oxfordshire or the Vale of White Horse can have extra garden waste collected for free, on their normal scheduled collection day only, between 31 March* and 11 April. Permit holders can put out a maximum of up […]

February 25, 2025

Property owners are being offered support to bring empty homes back into use, to help meet local housing needs. 

February 21, 2025

Councillors in the Vale of White Horse have held a public meeting to discuss the future of the district council in light of the government’s plans for devolution and local government reorganisation.

February 10, 2025

White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon will see even more activity than usual from this week as work begins on a multi-million-pound replacement of the centre’s heating system to one with a massive reduction in both energy costs and carbon emissions.

February 6, 2025

A new health centre in Didcot has taken another step forward after plans were submitted on behalf of the NHS to the local council for planning approval. Responsibility for delivering primary healthcare lies with the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB). A site for the new health centre in Great Western […]

February 3, 2025

Green fingered residents who use the garden waste service in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts will have a change to their service subscriptions this year.  

January 7, 2025

Milton Park, the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community for science and technology, is poised to support thousands of new jobs sustainably.

December 19, 2024

Well, they say that a week is a long time in politics and that has certainly been the case this week! I had been jotting down notes a week ago, and I had thought the focus of my update tonight would be the long-awaited confirmation that HIF1 would proceed, something Vale has long supported as […]

December 11, 2024

A plan for the future in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse has taken its big next step forward.  The two district councils have been working together to produce a Joint Local Plan (JLP), which aims to help meet their local communities’ need for affordable housing, jobs and infrastructure while tackling the climate […]

December 4, 2024

Published on Wednesday 4 December 2024 A vision for the future of sports and leisure facilities across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Districts was top of the agenda last week. Both South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are committed to creating healthy and inclusive communities. The aim is to support […]