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Forward Plan Ref: 2017/095

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Report by Director of Infrastructure Delivery (CMDE6).

1.            As part of the joint Oxfordshire County Council/Oxford City Council ‘Go Ultra Low Oxford’ project (a government funded project to trial electric car charging technologies on street) a number of existing Car Club bays are being converted to be used for electric vehicles. To compensate for this it has been agreed as part of the project to provide alternative Car Club bays for the displaced petrol/diesel vehicles. Following the reporting of proposals to the Cabinet Member Decisions meetings on 3 April and 25 May 2017, proposals for a further four bays have been put forward, in part in response to objections received in respect of previous proposals.  The location of these new and alternative bays have been identified in various streets in Oxford and the report presents objections and other comments received in the course of a statutory consultation for their introduction.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED to approvethe implementation of the proposals as as set out in the report.

Approved

As part of the joint Oxfordshire County Council/Oxford City Council ‘Go Ultra Low Oxford’ project (a government funded project to trial electric car charging technologies on street) a number of existing Car Club bays are being converted for use as electric vehicles. To compensate for this it has been agreed as part of the project to provide alternative Car Club bays for the displaced petrol/diesel vehicles. Following the reporting of proposals to the Cabinet Member Decisions meetings on 3 April and 25 May 2017, proposals for a further four bays were put forward, in part in response to objections received in respect of previous proposals.  The location of these new and alternative bays in various streets in Oxford were the subject of further consultation and the Cabinet Member for Environment now considered the proposals in the light of comments received to that consultation.

Referring to the proposals for Leckford Road Councillor Howson was pleased to see more favourable comments for re-siting to the eastern end as he had suggested. That had gone some way to addressing objections received to the original siting at the western end and he supported the proposals.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the report and the representation made to her at the meeting the Cabinet Member for Environment confirmed her decision as follows;

to approve implementation of the proposals as set out tin the report CMDE6.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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