Forward Plan Ref: 2025/047
Contact: Helen Mitchell, Head of Public Affairs and Strategy
Helen.mitchell@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report of the Chief Executive Officer
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:
2. Agree to submit to Government the interim plan as set out in Appendix 1 and each option for local government reorganisation set out in Appendix 2 to 4;
3. Agree that Oxfordshire County Council proposes and supports as its optimal model for re-organisation – a single county unitary for Oxfordshire as set out as option 1 in Appendix 2.
4. Agree that as the constituent member of any future Mayoral County Combined Authority, the Cabinet’s preferred geography for a Mayoral Strategic Authority is Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
5. Endorse the Leader of the Council to correspond with Government, setting out the County Council’s position with respect to local government reorganisation and devolution, and to hold meetings with Ministers on such matters in due course.
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