Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/110

Contact: John Disley, Policy Strategy Manager Tel: 07767 006742/Amanda Jacobs, Principal Transport Planner Tel: 07825 314772

Report by Director for Planning & Place (CA10).

The six Oxfordshire Councils and the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OXLEP) have signed the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal with Government in March 2018. Under the terms of the Deal the local District and City authorities have committed to producing an Oxfordshire Joint Statutory Spatial Plan (JSSP) for submission to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination by 31 March 2020 and adoption by 31 March 2021, subject to examination process.

Oxfordshire County Council is an observer to the process however, Cabinet is asked to consider the Local Development Strategy (LDS) and the Draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the JSSP as well as the Scoping Document which outlines the level of detail and processes associated with the JSSP.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)          note and support the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for the JSSP presented at Annex 1.

(b)          note and support the draft Statement of Community Involvement 2018 for the JSSP, presented at Annex 2, which will undergo a six-week period of formal public consultation.

(c)          note and support the JSSP Scoping Document presented at Annex 3.

Recommendations Agreed.

The six Oxfordshire Councils and the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OXLEP) had signed the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal with Government in March 2018. Under the terms of the Deal the local District and City authorities had committed to producing an Oxfordshire Joint Statutory Spatial Plan (JSSP) for submission to the Planning Inspectorate for independent examination by 31 March 2020 and adoption by 31 March 2021, subject to examination process.

Oxfordshire County Council was an observer to the process however, Cabinet had before it a report which outlined the Local Development Strategy (LDS) and the Draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the JSSP as well as the Scoping Document which set out the level of detail and processes associated with the JSSP.

Councillor John Sanders, Shadow Cabinet Member for Environment welcomed the report but queried whether the LTP4 which was referred to in the Spatial Plan was now out of date and urged the Cabinet to ensure that this plan was taken seriously as it was a statutory requirement.

Councillor Ian Hudspeth, Leader of the Council welcomed this forward looking plan to take a look at connectivity, infrastructure in the right places, delivering homes for people with the correct assess to employment.  He welcomed the 3 year land supply and the opportunity to take a good look at rail.

Councillor Yvonne Constance, Cabinet Member for Environment moved the recommendations congratulating officers on their work on the JSSP  welcoming the opportunity to provide an Oxfordshire-wide, integrated strategic planning framework and supporting evidence base to support sustainable growth across the county to 2050, including the planned delivery of much needed homes and economic development and infrastructure.

RESOLVED:   to:

(a)         note and support the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for the JSSP presented at Annex 1;

(b)         note and support the draft Statement of Community Involvement 2018 for the JSSP, presented at Annex 2, which will undergo a six-week period of formal public consultation;

(c)           note and support the JSSP Scoping Document presented at Annex 3.