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Thames Valley Police to use cash reserves for “urgently” needed extra 101 call handlers
Waiting times to get through to a call handler in Thames Valley, the region that covers Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, have rocketed since June 2021.
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Low-cost Milton Park bus services expanded in boost for commuters
Milton Park bus services will be extending the zones eligible for the £20 a year bus pass to include the villages of Drayton, Steventon, Sutton Courtenay and Milton.
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Views sought on introducing 20mph limits to Abingdon and Didcot
Oxfordshire County Council is asking people for their views on plans to bring in 20mph speed limits to these two Oxfordshire towns.
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Green light for the first 317 new homes at Oxford North’s Canalside
This comes as the reserved matters application (RMA) for the project’s residential development partner, The Hill Group, has been resolved to be approved by Oxford City Council’s planning committee.
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Catesby Estates sells 8.5-acre site in Marcham to Bloor Homes
The consented development on the south east edge of Marcham has outline planning permission for up to 90 new homes, 35% of which will be affordable housing.
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Crumbling bridges set to cost County Council £80m over the next five years
The county’s cabinet issued the warning while discussing its Highways Asset Management Strategy & Policy, which sets out its approach to looking after the county’s pavements, cycle paths, roads and bridges.
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County Council adopts updated approach to highway maintenance & asset management
The update approach will lead to a greater focus on improvements to footways, cycleways and facilities that better allow people to share the available space.
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Tribunal orders management company to refund £84k rent in unlicensed HMO
While the tribunal accepted that the failure to obtain a licence was “by omission rather than deliberate”, it found that the cluster flats needed one and were, therefore, in breach of Oxford’s additional HMO licensing scheme.
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Council to help this winter with warm places, welfare schemes & council tax support
The council’s cabinet agreed to a list of proposals to assist local people – particularly the vulnerable – as they face the combination of inflation and the rising cost of energy.
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Oxford City Council asks public whether full council tax support should be scrapped
The council is asking the public whether all working-age residents should pay up to £2 per week in council tax to help ease financial pressures.
