Issue - meetings
Movement and Place Plans - Science Vale
Meeting: 27/01/2026 - Cabinet (Item 11)
11 Movement and Place Plans - Science Vale 
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Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action
Forward Plan Ref: 2025/115
Contact: Ashley Hayden, Team Leader (Area Travel Plans),
Ashley.hayden@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA11)
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to: -
a) Approve the adoption and publication of the Introduction Chapter (Annex A) providing overarching and context information for all Movement & Place Plans, which supports all specific Movement & Place Plans.
b) Approve the adoption and publication of the Science Vale Movement and Place Plan (Annex B), and its subsequent supporting documents at B1- B4) (e.g. summary, delivery plan etc).
Additional documents:
- 1. Annex A Movement and Place Plan - Introduction, item 11
PDF 3 MB
- 2. Annex B - Movement and Place Plan - Science Vale (Live Document), item 11
PDF 5 MB
- 2.1. Annex B1 - Delivery Plan_SV MAPS Objectives and Actions (Live List), item 11
PDF 220 KB
- 2.2. Annex B2 SV-MAPS-proposalsmap-v7 (3), item 11
PDF 5 MB
- 2.4 Annex B3 - SV_People Postcards, item 11
PDF 7 MB
- 2.5 Annex B4 - Movement and Place Plan - Science Vale Summary (Live Version), item 11
PDF 3 MB
- 3. Annex C - Initial officers’ draft Movement and Place Plans Programme, item 11
PDF 127 KB
- 4. Annex D - Movement and Place Plan - Science Vale Consultation Summary Report (Live Version), item 11
PDF 1 MB
- Annex D1. Science Vale MaP OBC Group response FINAL 251201, item 11
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- Annex D2. Science Vale Movement & Place Plan - Final Consultation, item 11
PDF 155 KB
- Annex D3. 2025-11-26 Science Vale MAP Plan - South Oxfordshire, item 11
PDF 239 KB
- Annex D4. 2025-11-26 Science Vale MAP Plan - Vale of White Horse, item 11
PDF 235 KB
- Annex D5. Grove TC (A_Holding_GPC_Transport_email), item 11
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- Annex D6. Response to Bicester & Science Vale Movement and Place Plans- OCC climate, item 11
PDF 112 KB
- Annex D7. CoHSAT Response to the Science Vale MAPP Nov25, item 11
PDF 165 KB
- 5. Annex E - Equalities Impact Assessment, item 11
PDF 299 KB
- 6. Annex F - Climate Impact Assessment - Science Vale, item 11
PDF 227 KB
Decision:
Recommendations approved.
Minutes:
Cabinet had before it report seeking Cabinet approval for the Science Vale Movement and Place (MAP) Plan. These Plans will replace the current “Area Strategies” as adopted in 2016, as part of Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4).
Councillor Judy Roberts, Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action, presented the report. Councillor Roberts explained the plan's shift towards integrating transport and place-making, connecting employment and housing, and repurposing infrastructure to benefit local communities, with a commitment to ongoing community and locality engagement.
Councillor Roberts moved and Councillor Higgins seconded the recommendations and they were approved.
RESOLVED to: -
a) Approve the adoption and publication of the Introduction Chapter (Annex A) providing overarching and context information for all Movement & Place Plans, which supports all specific Movement & Place Plans.
b) Approve the adoption and publication of the Science Vale Movement and Place Plan (Annex B), and its subsequent supporting documents at B1- B4) (e.g. summary, delivery plan etc).