Search Form Search: Go Open menu button Our services You are here: Homepage / About the council / Who we are Who we are We work with Vale of White Horse District Council to provide cost-effective services for our residents. We employ around 450 people, most of whom are based at our offices at 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SB. There are 36 elected councillors. You can read more about your councillors and how they make decisions on how the council is run in our Local Democracy webpages. Each year, our Council Leader appoints a Chair of the Council – this is a non-political role that involves chairing meetings and representing the council at community events. Find out more information on our Chair here. The council’s Chief Executive is Mark Stone (also Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer). The council’s Deputy Chief Executive’s are: Andrew Down – Partnerships and 5 Councils Partnership Commercial Director Adrianna Partridge – Transformation and Operations Suzanne Malcolm – Place Services Our services are divided into the following areas: Development and Corporate Landlord Interim Head of department: James Carpenter Economic Development Property Community centres Cornerstone Arts Centre Leisure Centres Car parks Parks maintenance and toilets Cemeteries Housing and Environment Head of department: Liz Hayden (also Designated Safeguarding Lead) Licensing (including taxis and pubs and clubs) Housing needs (including housing register, homelessness) Environmental and neighbourhood nuisance issues (including environmental health, food safety, restaurant food hygiene ratings, how to report fly-tipping) Recycling and waste collections Planning Head of department: Adrian Duffield Prepares and consults on statutory plans for land use and development in the district Gives expert advice to developers and the public Scrutinises and determines planning applications Investigates contraventions of planning approvals and rules and takes appropriate action Conservation area appraisals, Listed buildings and Tree Preservation orders Transport infrastructure Footpaths Corporate services Head of department: Adrianna Partridge Health and safety Planning for emergency situations Communications Team Customer services and complaints Information governance (Data Protection) HR IT Accessibility, equality and diversity Consultations Finance Head of department: Simon Hewings (also Section 151 Officer) Finances Procurement Revenues and Benefits (including Council Tax and Housing Benefits) Business Rates Benefit Fraud Investigation Legal and democratic Head of department: Patrick Arran (also Monitoring Officer) Legal department Land charges Elections Council meetings Policy and Programmes Head of department: Harry Barrington-Mountford Climate Corporate Plan Planning policy (including Local Plan, Neighbourhood planning, Oxon 2050, S106/CIL Policy) Community Grants Community Hub Garden Communities Active Communities Partnerships Head of department: Andrew Down Growth deal Oxfordshire councils 5 Councils Oxford Cambridge corridor LEP Enterprise zones Chief Executive If you have a matter that cannot be dealt with by the relevant team or Head of Department, or you feel you need to escalate it to our Chief Executive Mark Stone, you can do so by emailing Executivesupportsav@southandvale.gov.uk or by calling 01235 422100. Jobs To see job opportunities at the council please see our current vacancies page. Trade Union facility time We are required to publish this data on the amount and spend of facility time in respect of staff who are Trade Union representatives Constitution South Oxfordshire District Council’s Constitution sets out how the council operates, how decisions are made and the procedures the council follows to ensure that these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people. Some of these processes are required by the law, while others are a matter for the council to choose. Where you live To find out more about South Oxfordshire and where you live, you can click on the information about your area section of our home page or for more detail about the district you can head to our where I live page Contact us - Customer services 01235 422422 (Text phone users add 18001 before dialing) enquiries@southoxon.gov.uk South Oxfordshire District Council 135 Eastern Avenue Milton Park Milton OX14 4SB Related information Jobs at the council What is a Chair of the council? What we do Your councillors Keep in touch social twitter share social facebook share enquiries@southoxon.gov.uk 01235 422 422 (Text phone users add 18001 before dialing) South Oxfordshire District Council 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton OX14 4SB Contact us Privacy notices Council news Your councillors Work at the council Make a payment online Accessibility Powered by Google translate © 2021 South Oxfordshire District Council Our use of cookies We use necessary cookies to make our site work. 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