Issue - meetings
Response to government consultation on local government reorganisation in Oxfordshire
Meeting: 11/03/2026 - Executive (Item 19.)
19. Response to government consultation on local government reorganisation in Oxfordshire 
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Purpose:
To seek delegated authority for the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to submit a response to the Government’s statutory consultation on the three proposed options submitted for Local Government Reorganisation for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire including:
- One Unitary Council covering the whole area of Oxfordshire
- Two Unitary Councils: Oxford and Shires (comprising current areas of Cherwell District, Oxford City and West Oxfordshire District) and Ridgeway (comprising current areas of South Oxfordshire District, Vale of White Horse District and West Berkshire)
- Three Unitary Councils which includes a request to split existing district council areas between the three proposed new councils comprising the current areas of: Greater Oxford Council (Oxford City plus 15 parishes from Cherwell, 25 parishes from South Oxfordshire and 9 parishes from Vale of White Horse), Northern Oxfordshire Council (Cherwell less 15 parishes and West Oxfordshire), and Ridgeway Council (South Oxfordshire less 25 parishes, Vale of White Horse less 9 parishes, plus West Berkshire)
Recommendation:
That the Executive resolves to:
1. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to submit a response to the Government’s statutory consultation on Local Government Reorganisation for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire on behalf of West Oxfordshire District Council.
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