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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February 25, 2025
Councils offer help to bring empty homes into use
Property owners are being offered support to bring empty homes back into use, to help meet local housing needs.
February 21, 2025
A new council for the Vale, South Oxfordshire and West Berkshire?
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
Cleaner greener modern heating for council leisure centre
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
Next step forward for Great Western Park Health Centre
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
Changes coming this spring to garden waste service in South and Vale
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
Simplified ten-day planning to power greener growth at Milton Park
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
Leader’s Report to Council – 18 December 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
Councils’ future plan takes next step forward
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
Vision for the future of sports pitches and leisure facilities approved
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 […]
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. The enforcement operation took place on Saturday 28 September across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse in partnership with Thames Valley Police. Licensed vehicles were stopped and inspected to see if they complied […]
