Agenda

Cabinet - Tuesday, 16 December 2025 2.00 pm

Venue: Room 2&3 - County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND. View directions

Contact: Chris Reynolds  Tel: 07542 029441; E-Mail:  chris.reynolds@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Link: video link https://oxon.cc/Cabinet16122025

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

- guidance note below

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 346 KB

To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 13 and 18 November 2025 (CA3) and to receive information arising from them.

Additional documents:

4.

Questions from County Councillors

Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet’s delegated powers.

 

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.

 

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

5.

Petitions and Public Address

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. 

 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting.  Requests to speak should be sent to committeesdemocraticservices@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

 

6.

Appointments

7.

Reports from Scrutiny Committees pdf icon PDF 210 KB

Cabinet will receive the following Scrutiny reports:

 

Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee reports on:-

 

a)     Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25 and s.106 Programme Update

b)     Movement and Place Plans

c)     Local Government Reorganisation - One Oxfordshire Proposal

 

Additional documents:

8.

Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25 and Section 106 Improvement Programme Update pdf icon PDF 265 KB

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/129

Contact: Chris Stevenson, Planning Operations Manager (Christine.Stevenson@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

 

Report by Director of Economy and Place (CA8).

 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

 

a.    Consider the content of the Infrastructure Funding Statement 2024/25 (Annex 1)

 

b.    Approve the publication of the report onto the Oxfordshire County Council website

 

c.    Delegate authority to make any minor amendments to the report prior to its publication to the Director of Economy & Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action

 

d.    Note and comment on the update provided on the S106 improvement programme (Annex 2)

 

e.    Note the recommendations from the Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee in paragraph 20 of this report

 

Additional documents:

9.

Updates to "Implementing Decide & Provide" pdf icon PDF 272 KB

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/233

Contact: Will Pedley, Technical Lead (Transport Planning)

Will.pedley@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Director of Economy and Place (CAB).

 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to adopt the proposed updates to the ‘Implementing Decide & Provide: Requirements for Transport Assessments’ document.

 

Additional documents:

10.

Capital Programme Update and Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 359 KB

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/014

Contact: Natalie Crawford, Capital Programme Manager

Natalie.crawford@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CA10)

 

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

 

a.    Note the capital monitoring position for 2025/26 set out in this report and summarised in Annex 1.

 

b.    Approve the updated Capital Programme at Annex 2 incorporating the changes set out in this report.

 

Additional documents:

11.

Forward Plan and Future Business pdf icon PDF 259 KB

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 CA11.  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.

12.

For information only: Cabinet response to Scrutiny item pdf icon PDF 113 KB

Verge and Vegetation Management