Decision details

Cabinet to approve the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal Programme.

Recommendations approved with spelling corrections:

a)          Subject to the decision of the Future Oxfordshire Partnership on 20 March 2023, request the Chief Executive of the Council to write to Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to formally accept the terms of the letter from DLUHC to Oxfordshire Leaders and Oxfordshire County Council’s Chief Executive dated 5 December 2022 (Annex 1).

b)          Agree that in accepting the terms of the letter at Annex 1, the Council will, as accountable body and in consultation with the relevant District or City Council regarding the impact on accelerated housing numbers, take responsibility for decisions necessary to manage the programme in accordance with the updated conditions set out by DLUHC.

c)          Note that it will be necessary to agree revised Terms of Reference and Memorandum of Understanding for the Future Oxfordshire Partnership to reflect the change in responsibility as set out in recommendation 2.