Agenda

- guidance note below

To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 14 and 28 July 2026 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 will receive the following Scrutiny reports:-

Performance and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee report on Business Management and Monitoring Report – Fire and Rescue

Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee report on OxBus 2040

Cabinet Member:  Public Health and Inequalities

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/187

Non-Key Decision: 

Contact:  Izzie Rockingham, Commissioning Manager (Improve Enable)

Isabel.rockingham@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by the Director of Adult Social Care

This item is the Cabinet response to the Motion proposed by Councillor Lee Evans and approved by Council on 30 June 2026.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)           Note the County Council’s role in the process of delivering Disabled Facilities Grants [DFG] in Oxfordshire including assessment, recommendations and referral to District Councils.

b)           Note that District Councils, as local housing authorities, are responsible for administering DFG applications, approving grants and arranging completion of works.

c)           Approve the response to the Motion to Full Council on 30 June 2026 as set out in this report.

Cabinet Member:  Transport

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/115

Key Decision: 

Contact:  Hannah Battye, Head of Place Shaping

Hannah.battye@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by the Director of Environment and Highways 

Oxfordshire's Local Transport Delivery Plan, detailed up to 2029/30.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)        approve the Local Transport Delivery Plan and its submission to the Department for Transport, as well as the implementation plan for the Department for Transport’s Local Transport Quantifiable Carbon Guidance; and

b)        delegate authority to the Director of Environment & Highways, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport, to amend the Local Transport Delivery Plan as per the ‘Operation of the Delegation’ noted herein (46-49).

Cabinet Member:  Finance, Property and Transformation

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/094

Non-Key Decision

Contact:  Tim Chapple, Treasury Manager

Tim.chapple@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151 Officer)

To provide a review of Treasury Management Activity in the first quarter of 2026/27 in accordance with the CIPFA code of practice.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the council’s treasury management activity at the end of the first quarter of 2026/27.

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 CA17.  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.

To NOTE the responses of Cabinet to the following Scrutiny reports:

-        CAT Policy

-        Bus Services and Rural Transport (including Mobility Hubs)

-        School Streets