Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Travel & Development Strategy

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/019

Contact: Dawn Pettis, Strategic Planning Team Leader Tel: 07771 983395

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CA16).

This report provides an update on the Oxfordshire Plan Statement of Community Involvement in response to the recent lifting of coronavirus restrictions.   The statement sets out how we will consult with people and local organisations in the preparation of this plan.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the revised Statement of Community Involvement.

Recommendations agreed

It was agreed to take the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 item at this stage.  This report provided an update on the Statement of Community Involvement in response to the recent lifting of coronavirus restrictions. The statement set out how we will consult with people and local organisations in the preparation of this plan.

Councillor Duncan Enright, Cabinet Member for Travel & Development Strategy, stated that the Plan demonstrated how closely the councils worked together to tackle the challenges of climate change and inequalities.  Agreeing this Statement of Community Involvement was a relatively procedural part of the process and the big debates on housing and growth were yet to come.

Councillor Calum Miller noted that long-term plans such as this can seem quite remote to people and that Members had a role to play in ensuring that there was good engagement from the community and that people understood how this plan could deeply affect their lives.

RESOLVED to note the revised Statement of Community Involvement.