Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Climate Change Delivery & Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/207

Contact: Charlotte Simms, Minerals and Waste Local Plan Principal Officer

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CA15).

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a.     Approve the Local Aggregate Assessment presented in Annex 2;

b.    Authorise the Corporate Director of Environment and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment to review and publish Oxfordshire’s Recycled and Secondary Aggregate findings for 2022 once complete;

c.     Authorise the Corporate Director of Environment and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment to make any revisions and publish the Oxfordshire Local Aggregate Assessment for the calendar year 2022 on the Council website.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report on the annual Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA) which set the level of mineral provision for the County Council as the Minerals Planning Authority, to ensure an appropriate supply for Sand and Gravel and Crushed Rock.

Councillor Pete Sudbury, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Delivery, introduced he report. The Principal Planner explained the background to the report and the factors taken into account to ensure the Council met its obligations in order to meet the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework.

A member commented that the Council would benefit from the same level of reporting on other utilities.

Councillor Sudbury moved and Councillor Enright seconded the recommendations, and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:-

a.     Approve the Local Aggregate Assessment presented in Annex 2;

b.     Authorise the Corporate Director of Environment and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment to review and publish Oxfordshire’s Recycled and Secondary Aggregate findings for 2022 once complete;

c.     Authorise the Corporate Director of Environment and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment to make any revisions and publish the Oxfordshire Local Aggregate Assessment for the calendar year 2022 on the Council website.