Join the conversation

 

You can make a real difference to your local community by Joining the Conversation in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse.

 

 

Every year, we make lots of decisions that affect your communities and it’s important that we take your thoughts into consideration when we do. That's why we want your input.

 

Find all the opportunities to get involved here – and let us know your thoughts on issues that matter to you.

 

You can see all of our live and closed consultations and surveys as well as the results below.

 


Open activities

  • Your chance to get involved with Didcot Garden Town: sign-up form

    It is an exciting time for the Didcot Garden Town project as it comes off the delivery plan pages into real life community projects! The garden town team are implementing the new refocused Didcot Garden Town (DGT) Delivery Plan, which was approved in 2022. They are working on how to deliver...

    Closes 31 March 2026

  • Compliments and Comments Feedback Form

    We always aim to provide a high standard of service, but try as we might, we may not always get it right first time. We value feedback about our services and welcome any comments which can help us to continue to improve the service we provide at the district council. Equally, we would...

    Closes 28 July 2028

  • Cornerstone in Didcot: your feedback

    Thank you for visiting Cornerstone, we hope you have enjoyed the show! We would really appreciate if you could take a few minutes to rate your experience.

    Closes 7 September 2028

Closed activities

  • Equalities database: sign up form

    Are you a voluntary organisation or community group that represents any of the ‘protected characteristics'? The Equality Act 2010 introduced the term “protected characteristics” to refer to groups that are protected under the Act. Protected characteristics are legally defined as: age...

    Closed 31 March 2025

  • Charity Collections Policy

    We are introducing a new joint policy for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts related to charity collections. The proposed policy is aimed at safeguarding donors and beneficiaries, ensuring fair access to collection opportunities and preventing unlicensed fundraising. It...

    Closed 26 March 2025

  • Housing Allocations Policy Review

    South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are seeking your views on proposed changes to our joint Housing Allocations Policy. We maintain a housing register and advertise available social housing through a Choice Based Lettings Scheme. The Joint Housing Allocations...

    Closed 18 March 2025

  • Your views on the Berinsfield Regeneration Strategy

    We want to hear from residents with their thoughts on the Berinsfield Regeneration Strategy. Your feedback is important to us, as it will help us guide and inform development proposals for Land at Mount Farm and ensure regeneration opportunities are maximised to deliver real improvement for the...

    Closed 6 February 2025

  • Joint Local Plan 2041: Consultation on Technical Addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

    We have prepared a Sustainability Report as part of the combined Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process for the Joint Local Plan 2041. The first stage in the SA process was the production of a SA Screening and Scoping Report, which was published...

    Closed 17 January 2025

We asked, you said, we did

Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about. See all outcomes

We asked

Street traders/businesses, district, county and town/parish councils, councillors, officers and members of the public for their views on our proposed amends to the Joint Street Trading Policy, which was last reviewed in 2011.

Since the policy was last reviewed, street trading has become more popular in the districts, which in turn, identified gaps within the policy.

The amendments included updates to community and charity events, markets and single-use plastic. We also proposed to include advice we currently give to applicants who wish to trade from multiple sites.

The consultation ran for a six-week period until Tuesday 26 November 2024.

You said

We received 49 responses to the survey.

  • Most responses (88%) were received from members of the public.
  • 2% of responses were received from a street trader/business.
  • 71% of respondents expressed agreement with the proposed changes to the decision-making section of the policy.

You can view all the key findings in our consultation summary report, along with an officer response to the comments received.

We did

The results of the consultation were presented to the council’s General Licensing Committees in February 2025. The committee reports included details of changes made to the proposed policy following feedback from the consultation. The Committees considered the results of the consultation and the proposed policy and agreed to approve it to take effect from 1 April 2025.

We asked

Members of the public, town/parish councils and district councillors for their comments on proposed changes to selected polling districts and places within South Oxfordshire from 13 September until 25 October 2024.

As a local authority, we have a statutory duty to review the polling districts and places for UK parliamentary consultations at least once every five years.

You said

We received 120 responses to this consultation, of which 98% were from members of the public.

The most selected polling place to comment on was Henley Leisure Centre (29%).

More details on the consultation results, including all comments received, are available in our summary report.

We did

The feedback received was reviewed and presented to the Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee on 18 November 2024. The committee agreed to all the changes which were included in our final recommendation.

Most proposals made in the consultation have been adopted, apart from a few exceptions which are detailed within the consultation summary report.

The Elections Team have proceeded to implement the agreed changes which were actioned to take effect before the next election in May 2025.

We asked

Members of the public, town/parish councils and district councillors for their comments on proposed changes to selected polling districts and places within South Oxfordshire from 13 September until 25 October 2024.

As a local authority, we have a statutory duty to review the polling districts and places for UK parliamentary consultations at least once every five years.

You said

We received 78 responses to this consultation, of which 97% were from members of the public. 

  • 66% of respondents chose to comment on the Corn Exchange in Faringdon, whilst 10% of respondents commented on The Beacon in Wantage and Shellingford Community Hall making them the second most selected polling places.

More details on the consultation results, including all comments received, are available in our summary report.

We did

The feedback received was reviewed and presented to the Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee on 13 November 2024. The committee agreed to all changes which were included in our final recommendation.

Most proposals made in the consultation have been adopted, apart from a few exceptions which are detailed within the consultation summary report.

The Elections Team have proceeded to implement the agreed changes which were actioned to take effect before the next election in May 2025.