Agenda and decisions

- guidance note below

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 April 2026  (CA3) and to receive information arising from them.

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am three working days before the meeting, ask a question on an item on the agenda.

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

Members of the public who wish to speak on an item on the agenda at this meeting, or present a petition, can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

Requests to present a petition must be submitted no later than 9am ten working days before the meeting.

Requests to speak must be submitted no later than 9am three working days before the meeting.

Requests should be submitted to committeesdemocraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

Cabinet Member: Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/100

Non-key decision

Contact: Tom Hudson, Scrutiny Manager

Tom.hudson@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer (CA6)

To confirm the Cabinet's appointments for the civic year 2026/27.

The Cabinet is recommended to AGREE the appointments set out in the annex to the report

Cabinet will receive a report from the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Domestic Abuse - Safe Accommodation Provision

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/007

Key decision

Contact: Hannah Battye, Head of Place Shaping

Hannah.battye@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA8)

Cabinet will be asked to consider officer recommendations for uses of the income generated by the temporary congestion charge

Following Cabinet’s 21 April 2026 deferral, and request to consider revised recommendations in relation to the Congestion Charge Investment Plan,  Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    approve the congestion charge investment plan, as detailed at Annex 1 and outlined in paragraph 20, including a £3 combined parking and bus ticket to replace the current free park and ride offer as soon as practically possible after 1 June 2026

b)    approve the amendments to the council’s Fees and Charges for 2026/27 as shown in Annex 2

c)    delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Transport Management for:

                                 i.         the allocation of any remaining unallocated surplus

                               ii.         the apportionment of the funds for “Active travel and additional public transport schemes” (Table 1) to specific projects, including but not limited to the list of such schemes in Annex 1

Cabinet Member: Children and Young People

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/084

Non-key decision

Contact: Annette Perrington, Deputy Director of Education

Annette.perrington@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Children’s Services (CA9)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the release of the plan and share any feedback about its content.

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/066

Key decision

Contact: Daniel McCrory, Technical Lead – Place Shaping

Daniel.mccrory@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA10)

This is a proposal to develop a Quiet Lanes policy for the county, along with an associated framework for their implementation.
The policy, its benefits and the framework should be first tested through the implementation of a programme pilot (through 2026/27) before being fully adopted and rolled out on wider scale if appropriate.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Approve the county council’s Quiet Lanes Policy statement as attached at Annex 1

b)    Approve the Assessment criteria for consideration of Quiet Lanes at Annex 2 and the Implementation Toolkit at Annex 3

c)    Endorse the proposed approach to implementing, and testing, the Quiet Lanes Policy across Oxfordshire through a programme of pilot schemes (to be identified with local county councillors and parish/town councils)

d)    Delegate authority to Director of Environment & Highways, in consultation with Cabinet Member for Transport Management, to bring into operation Traffic Regulation Orders (both permanent and experimental) for the pilot schemes

Cabinet Member: All

Contact Officer: Chris Reynolds, Senior Democratic Services Officer, chris.reynolds@oxfordshire.gov.uk

The Cabinet Procedure Rules provide that the business of each meeting at the Cabinet is to include “updating of the Forward Plan and proposals for business to be conducted at the following meeting”.   Items from the Forward Plan for the immediately forthcoming meetings of the Cabinet appear in the Schedule at CA.  This includes any updated information relating to the business for those meetings that has already been identified for inclusion in the next Forward Plan update.

The Schedule is for noting, but Cabinet Members may also wish to take this opportunity to identify any further changes they would wish to be incorporated in the next Forward Plan update.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the items currently identified for forthcoming meetings.