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Council Services Over Christmas and New Year 2024/25

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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July 15, 2021

Get involved with a review of the Local Development Order for Milton Park

The Vale of White Horse District Council has launched a survey to gather feedback from residents on proposals to change the Local Development Order (LDO) for Milton Park. The council wants to review and update the existing LDO in response to its latest policy and objectives, including their own declaration of a Climate Emergency, as […]

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June 18, 2021

District councils approve a revised management structure to provide stability to residents

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have made their interim senior management team structure permanent to help provide a firm and stable base from which they can deliver their corporate plan priorities and services to residents.  The decision formalises the structure that has been operating successfully at the councils for many months and […]

June 14, 2021

£405,000 awarded to Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils are to receive £405,000 of government funding to help continue work on three garden community projects. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced that the capacity funding has been allocated as follows: Didcot Garden Town – £125,000 Berinsfield Garden Village – £150,000 Dalton […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

March 26, 2021

Vale of White Horse to give £344,000 towards building affordable homes in Botley

Vale of White Horse District Council has agreed to allocate £344,000 to help build eight new affordable homes at Dean Court on Eynsham Road, Botley which falls in Cumnor Parish area. Members agreed to provide the funds to the Oxfordshire Community Land Trust (OCLT) using Section 106 contributions – money that developers have paid as […]

March 18, 2021

Vale of White Horse District Council and MEPC to review Milton Park Local Development Order to meet 2040 Vision and respond to climate emergency

Vale of White Horse District Council and MEPC Milton Park in Oxfordshire, one of Europe’s largest science and technology communities, have agreed to review the Local Development Order (LDO) to help bring more sustainable investment to the park.  The review will look at how the changes can align to the council’s commitment to help tackle […]