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Vale of White Horse: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Vale of White Horse District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of OXF. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Oxfordshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Vale of White Horse for 2026–27: £166.69 of a £2,577.44 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£88,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.2 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £12.8 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.7 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £26.9 million |
Life in Vale of White Horse: the official facts
- People living here
- 152,217 people
- Typical age
- 41 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £31,081
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £732
- Children growing up in poverty
- 16.0%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.1%
- Average price of a home
- £411,712
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 9.1 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 5.6 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 84.4%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 193.5 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 6,180 businesses
Who runs the council
38 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 32, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 2, Conservative and Unionist 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 38 councillors, by ward
- Caleb Pell (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
- Helen Pighills (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
- Andrew Skinner (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Caldecott
- Neil Fawcett (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Caldecott
- Andy Foulsham (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Dunmore
- Oliver Forder (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Dunmore
- Eric De La Harpe (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Fitzharris
- Robert Maddison (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Fitzharris
- Max Thompson (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Peachcroft
- Mike Pighills (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon Peachcroft
- Debra Dewhurst (Independent / Other) — Blewbury & Harwell
- Hayleigh Gascoigne (Liberal Democrats) — Blewbury & Harwell
- Ben Potter (Liberal Democrats) — Botley & Sunningwell
- Emily Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Botley & Sunningwell
- Judy Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — Cumnor
- Scott Houghton (Liberal Democrats) — Cumnor
- Andy Cooke (Liberal Democrats) — Drayton
- Bethia Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — Faringdon
- Lucy Edwards (Liberal Democrats) — Faringdon
- Kiera Bentley (Liberal Democrats) — Grove North
- Ron Batstone (Liberal Democrats) — Grove North
- Sarah James (Green Party (E&W)) — Hendreds
- Diana Lugova (Liberal Democrats) — Kennington & Radley
- James Cox (Liberal Democrats) — Kennington & Radley
- Jill Rayner (Liberal Democrats) — Kingston Bagpuize
- Robert Clegg (Liberal Democrats) — Marcham
- Hannah Griffin (Liberal Democrats) — Ridgeway
- Lee Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Stanford
- Sally Whiteman (Independent / Other) — Steventon & the Hanneys
- Peter Stevens (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton Courtenay
- Mark Coleman (Liberal Democrats) — Thames
- Amos Duveen (Liberal Democrats) — Wantage & Grove Brook
- Jenny Hannaby (Liberal Democrats) — Wantage & Grove Brook
- Andy Crawford (Liberal Democrats) — Wantage Charlton
- Patrick O'Leary (Liberal Democrats) — Wantage Charlton
- Katherine Foxhall (Green Party (E&W)) — Watchfield & Shrivenham
- Viral Patel (Green Party (E&W)) — Watchfield & Shrivenham
- Val Shaw (Liberal Democrats) — Wootton