West Oxfordshire District Council has published a summary of the responses from its recent Local Plan consultation on preferred spatial options and potential future development locations.

Council leaders have set out how the proposal to replace seven councils across Oxfordshire and West Berkshire with two, streamlined, more cost-effective unitary councils is the only option on the table that puts service-improvement at its heart, while retaining a clear local focus in each area.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Andy Graham, has taken on the role of the Council’s Armed Forces Champion.

As part of the government’s consultation on Local Government Reorganisation, it is asking the question ‘To what extent do you agree or disagree that this proposal will put local government in the area as a whole on a firmer footing’, particularly in relation to West Berkshire Council, who feature as part of two of the three proposals for the area.

The Examining Authority examining the proposed Botley West Solar Farm have now submitted their report and recommendations to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.