Agenda item

Report by Director for Environment & Economy (CC10).

The report sets out the key changes to Connecting Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire's Local Transport Plan (LTP4), which was adopted by Council in September 2015, following full public and Stakeholder consultation.  This report outlines the first update to LTP4, which is required to reflect the changed policy context and new and updated strategies. 

Annex 1 summarises the main changes to LTP4.  The report also specifically references changes agreed by Cabinet on 28 June 2016.

LTP4 has been updated in 2016 in response to the rapidly changing national and local growth, economic development, infrastructure planning and funding agendas.  Last year the county council resolved that LTP4 should be strengthened in its aims to reduce air pollution.  Annex 2 sets out how the LTP has been updated to reflect this in more detail.  

The Plan has been designed as a living transport policy and strategy framework document, to be kept under review and regularly updated as significant changes take place which affect transport in Oxfordshire.  It will also directly inform the update of the Oxfordshire Strategic Economic Plan recently consulted upon and proposed to be completed this Autumn.

Council is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)       adopt the updated Connecting Oxfordshire: Local Transport Plan 2015-2031 (LTP4) as council policy; and

(b)       instruct the Deputy Director of Environment and Economy (Strategy & Infrastructure Planning), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to keep the document under review and to make any necessary changes, subject to any such changes being reported to County Council for approval within 12 months.

Council had before them a report which set out the key changes to Connecting Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire's Local Transport Plan (LTP4), adopted by Council in September 2015, following full public and Stakeholder consultation.  This report outlined the first update to LTP4, which was required to reflect the changed policy context and new and updated strategies. 

LTP4 had been updated in 2016 in response to the rapidly changing national and local growth, economic development, infrastructure planning and funding agendas.  Last year the County Council resolved that LTP4 should be strengthened in its aims to reduce air pollution. This was also reflected in the Plan.

The Plan had been designed as a living transport policy and strategy framework document, to be kept under review and regularly updated as significant changes took place which affect transport in Oxfordshire.  It would also directly inform the update of the Oxfordshire Strategic Economic Plan recently consulted upon and proposed to be completed this Autumn.

Councillor Nimmo-Smith moved and Councillor Hudspeth seconded that the recommendations set out on the face of the Agenda and the report be adopted.

Following a lengthy debate, the motion was put to the vote and was carried by 60 votes to 0, with 1 abstention.

RESOLVED: (60 votes to 0, 1 abstention)  to:

(a)       adopt the updated Connecting Oxfordshire: Local Transport Plan 2015-2031 (LTP4) as council policy; and

(b)       instruct the Deputy Director of Environment and Economy (Strategy & Infrastructure Planning), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to keep the document under review and to make any necessary changes, subject to any such changes being reported to County Council for approval within 12 months.