A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.
Latest news
March 9, 2021
Abingdon’s multi-storey to be reserved for vaccination parking only, on specific days
Parking at the Charter multi-storey car park in Abingdon will be reserved for people getting their Covid-19 jabs on certain days over the next month or so. Thousands of patients are being invited to get their jabs at the Malthouse Surgery over the coming weeks and many of them will be people in their 80s and over getting their second dose. The […]
March 4, 2021
Vale and South are top recyclers…again
Residents in southern Oxfordshire are among the top recyclers in the country yet again! Yesterday the government published the figures showing how much waste is recycled across the country. South Oxfordshire District had the second highest recycling rate in England with 64 per cent of its waste being recycled. Vale of White Horse district came […]
March 3, 2021
Nearly £2m provided to help the recovery of the county’s high streets
Vale of White Horse District Council has teamed up with social enterprise Makespace and other councils to help bring empty shops back into use with a £1.9m fund. The project, called ‘Meanwhile in Oxfordshire…’, will go towards helping high streets across the county to bounce back from the effects of Covid-19 to bring new independent […]
March 3, 2021
Maintenance work at the multi-storey Charter car park in Abingdon
Through our regular maintenance checks of council facilities, we’ve identified some urgent repair work that we need to do ensure the safety of the users at the multi-storey car park in Abingdon. This means Levels 3 and upwards will be closed from 7.30pm on Wednesday 3 March until further notice. We are currently assessing how long the […]
March 2, 2021
Reaching out to people in priority groups who have yet to have their COVID vaccine
People in the priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccine who have yet to respond to their invitation for a first dose are to be the focus of a new scheme set up by Oxfordshire councils, the NHS and GPs. The service is launching this week to help support those people if they want to have […]
March 2, 2021
Councils looking into the possibility of a joint South and Vale Local Plan
The two district councils in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are looking into the possibility of developing a joint Local Plan for the area to significantly reduce costs and help the councils meet their ambitious targets for making the two districts carbon neutral. Local Plans are used to help determine planning applications […]
March 2, 2021
Funding for £400k Faringdon Leisure Centre refurbishment helps the Vale of White Horse to become carbon neutral.
Faringdon leisure centre is to get a £400,000 refurbishment with the potential to reduce its carbon footprint by 500,000 kwh over a year – the equivalent of the annual energy use of 135 houses. The Vale of White Horse District Council has been awarded a £361,746 grant from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. The […]
February 23, 2021
£240,000 for newt conservation
South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Councils have helped raise more than £240,000 for great crested newt habitats. The funds have been raised over three years through an ongoing, innovative conservation scheme to protect the newts, which are a European protected species. The councils have a Natural England licence allowing them […]
February 22, 2021
The Beacon in Wantage becomes location for COVID-19 symptom-free testing programme
From 23 February The Beacon in Wantage will become a Covid-19 testing site for public-facing workers and volunteers who are not displaying symptoms. People in these roles who cannot work from home and do not have access to workplace testing will be able to book a free test at the centre via the county council’s […]
February 18, 2021
Statement on the Government’s plan for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
This week, the government has published a new plan designed to transform the Oxford-Cambridge Arc region into one of the world’s premier growth areas and a world-leader in sustainability. In response, Cllr Emily Smith, Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “While the Arc Spatial Framework is a government led piece of work, […]
