The government has launched a consultation on options to reorganise local councils across Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is a government-led reform to change how councils in two-tier areas are structured, replacing county and district councils with single unitary structures responsible for local services.

West Oxfordshire District Council is investing in new resources to tackle fly-tipping and other environmental offences, helping to protect the district’s countryside and keep communities clean and safe. 

Plans for a new carbon neutral community with thousands of homes, new jobs, varied green spaces and better travel links have taken a major step forward in West Oxfordshire. A government-appointed Planning Inspector has backed the Council’s vision for Salt Cross Garden Village, confirming that its Area Action Plan (AAP)* meets national planning rules and can now move towards final approval. 

West Oxfordshire District Council is continuing to take strong, proactive steps to tackle long-standing pressures on the district’s sewage network, using planning powers to make sure that any new homes built have the right infrastructure upgrades secured before they are occupied. 

On 18 December 2025, the government wrote to councils with elections scheduled for May 2026 to offer the option to request a postponement to those elections. Councils were invited to write to government by 15 January 2026 if they wished to postpone their election and set out their views on the postponement of local elections if they considered it could release essential capacity to deliver local government reorganisation.