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Building upon data received from its Youth Needs Assessment, West Oxfordshire District Council is gearing up to create a dedicated youth specialist role and allocate funding through Westhive for youth-led projects, underscoring its commitment to ensuring young voices are represented in future Council plans.

West Oxfordshire District Council will be improving signage in its free car parks and making free long stay permanent in the Woolgate Car Park to help local workers.

West Oxfordshire District Council is committing to working in partnership with other councils and organisations across the county and the wider area to help improve West Oxfordshire and meet the challenges faced by society.

A small reshuffle of members of the Council’s Executive has taken place with one Executive member leaving, one moving post and another joining the Executive.

Community groups and residents are being invited to imagine a project that would benefit their community and make it happen, as West Oxfordshire District Council launches its exciting new programme ‘Westhive’ community crowdfunding.

West Oxfordshire District Council is working closely with the developers of the new Windrush Housing estate in Witney to complete the final facilities for the area.

West Oxfordshire District Council have thrown their support behind plans from the Cotswolds National Landscape Board to protect National Landscapes (formerly Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, AONB), tackle the climate and ecological  emergency, and support the health and wellbeing of residents.

West Oxfordshire District Council’s Executive are due to consider trialling new opening hours for the customer services telephone call centre as part of improvements to how residents access council services.

West Oxfordshire District Council and The Environment Agency have written an open letter to the land owners of The Moors in Ducklington advising that the flood risk to the site is to be re-evaluated which may have an impact on how many houses can be built there.

West Oxfordshire residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details as the Council starts its Annual household Canvass to check everyone's voting details are up to date.

Residents in West Oxfordshire are invited to share their views on plans for the development of the District up to 2041 as the Council launches its ‘Your Place, Your Plan’ consultation on Wednesday 30 August.

Following an incident at West Oxfordshire District Council's Witney depot last month, the Council is warning residents of the risk of incorrectly disposing of lithium-ion batteries as increasing numbers of fires starting in refuse and recycling vehicles and at waste sorting facilities are reported nationally.