Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/006

Key decision

Contact: Hannah Battye, Head of Place Shaping

Hannah.battye@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA9)

The DfT Local Transport Delivery Plan. This item outlines the proposed programme over the next 4 years.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    approve the Local Transport Delivery Plan and its submission to the Department for Transport; and

b)    delegate authority to the Director of Environment & Highways, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport Management, to make changes to specific schemes and projects within the agreed programmes outlined in the Local Transport Delivery Plan.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report on proposals for a Local Transport Delivery Plan. Oxfordshire County Council had received a funding settlement from the Department for Transport (DfT) and was required to produce a Local Transport Delivery Plan (LTDP) detailing how the allocated funds will be prioritised and spent. A draft LTDP, covering spending for 2026/27 and an outline for 2029/30, was required to be submitted by 20 March 2026, with a final version due by 18 September 2026. The Council had also to publish the LTDP in September 2026, with annual updates and prompt amendments as needed when approved changes are made.

Additionally, the Council was required to report on plans for forecasting carbon emissions as an outcome framework indicator and undertake whole life carbon assessments in transport decisions, in line with DfT guidance released in August 2025. Further reporting details would be provided later in 2026.

The report outlines recommended approaches for grant allocation and identifies the proposed programme for submission to the DfT.

Councillor Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management, presented the report. Councillor Gant explained the consolidation of previous transport funding streams into the Integrated Transport Fund and Bus Services Fund, providing multi-year funding and greater flexibility. The allocations were detailed, with increases in active travel spending and a performance-related element for highways maintenance.

In response to questions from public speakers regarding the importance of active travel schemes, the need for improved monitoring of PM2.5 emissions, and the timely delivery of the Ox Levy programme. Councillor Gant responded that monitoring and health benefits were priorities, and that all feedback was under consideration.

Councillor Gant moved and Councillor Roberts seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:-

a)    approve the Local Transport Delivery Plan and its submission to the Department for Transport; and

b)    delegate authority to the Director of Environment & Highways, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport Management, to make changes to specific schemes and projects within the agreed programmes outlined in the Local Transport Delivery Plan.