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May 18, 2021
Councils welcome call on climate action
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have welcomed a call from Oxford Friends of the Earth for all Oxfordshire councils to do everything they can to tackle the climate emergency, while highlighting the positive work that is already taking place. Oxford Friends of the Earth published a report entitled ‘In case of emergency…’ […]
May 17, 2021
Councils launch a Litter Bug Detectives Activity Trail for summer half term holiday
From Saturday 29 May to Saturday 5 June Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils are running a new Litter Bug Detectives Trail for children in four parks across southern Oxfordshire. The trails will be available in Edmonds Park in Didcot, Southern Road Recreation Ground in Thame, Abbey Garden Meadows in Abingdon and […]
May 14, 2021
Sports facility opens on Great Western Park
Boundary Park Sports Association has leased tennis courts and a multi-use games area on Great Western Park from Vale of White Horse district council. The sports association, which looks after Boundary Park opposite the new courts and games area, will be making the new and exciting facilities available to local sports groups and the wider […]
May 14, 2021
New Community Lottery to launch in the Vale of White Horse next month
The Vale of White Horse District Council’s new lottery, the White Horse Community Lottery will launch in June with a special virtual event. Organisations from the district’s voluntary and community sector will be invited by the council to attend the event on Monday 14 June to find out how they can benefit from income raised […]
May 12, 2021
Company given substantial fine for unlawful mobile home
Following a successful prosecution by Vale of White Horse District Council, Wyldecrest Parks (Management) Limited, based in Harrow, Middlesex, have been fined £100,000 and ordered to pay more than £11,000 costs after being found guilty of breaching two planning enforcement notices. The company had failed to comply with enforcement notices ordering them to remove […]
May 6, 2021
Elections 2021
Polls are now closed in the May 2021 elections. Find out who has been elected.
April 29, 2021
All three Great Western Park community centres now open
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have opened all their community centres on Great Western Park. The Northern, District and Southern centres, two of which are brand new buildings, are now available for residents and groups to hire with priority bookings given to groups helping to support Covid-19 responses. Last year, the […]
April 21, 2021
Swindon man prosecuted after fly-tip found in Shrivenham
A Swindon man has been successfully prosecuted by Vale of White Horse District Council after he paid someone to get rid of waste and it was then fly-tipped near Shrivenham. Joshua Salter, aged 28, of Linden Avenue, Swindon pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates Court on 9 April to three charges relating to his failing in […]
April 6, 2021
Phased re-opening for leisure facilities in southern Oxfordshire
Following government advice that leisure centres can start to reopen from 12 April, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils and their leisure contractor GLL, which runs the Better leisure centres across the districts, have agreed on a phased approach to re-opening. As the centres vary in size and offer different facilities, they […]
