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Sofa dumped
01/08/22
A SOFA and armchair were dumped beside a road in Russell’s Water at the weekend. South Oxfordshire District Council, the waste authority, was informed.
Rail HQ bid
28/02/22
A NEW national body for the country’s railways could be based at Didcot. South Oxfordshire District Council is to submit an expression of interest to host the headquarters for Great British Railway, which will be responsible for setting ticket ...
£88,000 for deep cleans
04/07/22
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is putting money into a deep cleaning project to tackle areas which need a spruce-up. It has set aside £88,000 of its Climate Action Fund to pay for extra work at nominated sites over the next nine months. ...
Capital grants up for grabs for community groups
26/09/22
VOLUNTARY and community groups in South Oxfordshire can apply for up to £75,000 of capital funding for projects that help improve people’s quality of life. The funding comes from the latest round of the South Oxfordshire District Council’s ...
Council to relocate temporarily
29/08/22
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Councils is to move temporarily to Abingdon. It has been based at Milton Park since the summer of 2015, a few months after an arson attack at its headquarters at Crowmarsh Gifford, together with Vale of White ...
Collections suspended
09/08/21
COLLECTIONS of garden waste in South Oxfordshire have been temporarily suspended. Biffa, which runs the paid-for service for South Oxfordshire District Council, is suffering from staff shortages as a number have been told to isolate ...
Councils to produce local plan together
05/04/21
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is to produce a new joint local plan with a neighbouring authority. It has agreed to join forces with Vale of White Horse District Council less than four months after approving its current plan. ...
Council rose to challenge
29/03/21
THE leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has reflected on a “challenging” year the first anniversary of the original coronavirus lockdown. Councillor Sue Cooper praised the council for acting quickly to establish a ...
Snow brings chaos - and fun - to Henley
25/01/13
Last Friday's snowstorm brought disruption to Henley's roads - but families were out in full force enjoying it.
Now council declares ecological emergency
01/03/21
AN ecological emergency has been declared by South Oxfordshire District Council. It passed a motion presented by Sam Casey-Rerhaye, who chairs its climate and ecological emergencies advisory committee. It means the ...
Tax discount
22/02/21
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is offering financial support to people on lower incomes who are struggling to pay their council tax as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Residents who qualify for the ...
Local plan facing legal challenge
08/02/21
CAMPAIGNERS have launched a legal challenge to South Oxfordshire’s local plan. They say that it contradicts the Government’s climate change targets. The challenge is being led by district councillor Sue ...
Councils welcome axing of link road
THE leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has welcomed the cancellation of the £3 billion Oxford-Cambridge Expressway project. The Government scrapped the scheme last week, saying the cost of a ...
Half-price parking for electric vehicles
09/11/20
PARKING rules could be eased for people who drive electric vehicles. South Oxfordshire District Council is considering offering them half-price permits and additional parking facilities in its car ...
Tories want to cut cost of £18m council HQ
22/06/20
CONSERVATIVES are calling on South Oxfordshire District Council to rethink its plan to return to the site of its old headquarters in Crowmarsh Gifford. They argue that spending about £18million ...
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