Agenda item

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/115

Contact: Ashley Hayden, Team Leader (Area Travel Plans),

Ashley.hayden@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA11)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to: -

a) Approve the adoption and publication of the Introduction Chapter (Annex A) providing overarching and context information for all Movement & Place Plans, which supports all specific Movement & Place Plans.

 b) Approve the adoption and publication of the Science Vale Movement and Place Plan (Annex B), and its subsequent supporting documents at B1- B4) (e.g. summary, delivery plan etc).

Cabinet had before it report seeking Cabinet approval for the Science Vale Movement and Place (MAP) Plan. These Plans will replace the current “Area Strategies” as adopted in 2016, as part of Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4). 

Councillor Judy Roberts, Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action, presented the report. Councillor Roberts explained the plan's shift towards integrating transport and place-making, connecting employment and housing, and repurposing infrastructure to benefit local communities, with a commitment to ongoing community and locality engagement.

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

RESOLVED to: -

a)    Approve the adoption and publication of the Introduction Chapter (Annex A) providing overarching and context information for all Movement & Place Plans, which supports all specific Movement & Place Plans.

b)    Approve the adoption and publication of the Science Vale Movement and Place Plan (Annex B), and its subsequent supporting documents at B1- B4) (e.g. summary, delivery plan etc).