News published October 2019
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Council releases September rough sleeper street count information
Published: 23rd October 2019Oxford City Council conducts overnight street counts of people sleeping rough in the city under its funding agreement with the government’s Rough Sleeper Initiative. These take place every two months.
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Tenancy fraudster found guilty
Published: 21st October 2019Joyce Webster (date of birth 11/12/61) of Whitworth Place was found guilty, in her absence, of two counts of tenancy fraud relating to subletting her council flat between December 2017 and August 2018, and between March 2018 and August 2018 without written consent, a breach of her tenancy.
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City Council calls on short-let landlords of entire homes in Oxford to apply for planning permission
Published: 21st October 2019Oxford City Council is calling for short-let landlords renting out an entire house in Oxford for more than 140 nights a year to come forward and apply for planning permission.
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City Council holds business event for Living Wage Week
Published: 21st October 2019Oxford City Council is hosting a business event to encourage employers to find out more about paying the Oxford Living Wage (OLW), as part of its Living Wage Week (11-17 Nov) activity.
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Community wealth spreads the benefit
Published: 18th October 2019At its meeting last week Oxford City Council unanimously supported a motion brought by Cllr Richard Howlett to explore with leading Oxford employers how to target the Council's significant procurement spend to achieve social and environmental goals.
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Call for event submissions for Oxford’s South Park 2020 events
Published: 18th October 2019Oxford City Council is calling for event submissions from organisers who would like to host a large-scale event at South Park in 2020.
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Shout Out for the Covered Market competition to win £150
Published: 18th October 2019Are you a budding writer, poet or a songwriter?
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Have your say now on plans for better buses and less congestion
Published: 17th October 2019Bus services in Oxford would improve if congestion was effectively tackled, according to one of the city’s bus companies.
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Government announces low carbon commercial law changes consultation at Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire Greentech event
Published: 17th October 2019Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire Greentech held an event for commercial landlords and other interested parties on the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for non-domestic building.
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Floating voters?
Published: 17th October 2019If you are living on a boat in Oxford you can still register to vote, even if you don’t have a permanent mooring and you don’t stay in the same place for long periods. You just need to make a Declaration of Local Connection. It’s quick and easy.