Agenda item

Cabinet Member:  Highways Construction and Repair

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/078 

Non-Key Decision 

Contact: Steven Tabbitt, Team Leader – Countryside Access (Steven.Tabbitt@oxfordshire.gov.uk)  

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDHCR7). 

Width restriction to maintain safety for the majority of stakeholders.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve the following, as amended from advertised:

(a)           New Prohibition of motor vehicles with four or more wheels & wider than 1.6m on Green Road in Letcombe Bassett & West Challow, on a seasonal basis between 1st October & 30th April.

(b)           New ‘Prohibition of motor vehicles with four or more wheels & wider than 1.6m on the Letcombe Regis & West Challow BOAT (Nos.399/13/10 & 275/3/10), all year round.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

The Chair noted that since publication of the reports, the Council had received further detailed representations and additional material. Officers have advised that it is appropriate to allow sufficient time to fully review and consider this information to ensure that all relevant matters are properly assessed before a decision is taken.

The Chair reflected on the significance of these proposals and noted that it was important that the decision-making process remains thorough, transparent, and robust. Deferring consideration would ensure that all relevant evidence and representations can be fully considered with the most complete information possible when the matter returns for determination.

The Chair thanked officers and deferred the recommendations as set out in the report to the next appropriate meeting.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Defer consideration of this report and its recommendations until the next appropriate meeting.