Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/142

Contact: Helen Gosnell-Whyman, Principal Planner – Minerals and Waste Policy (Helen.Gosnell-Whyman@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Economy and Place (CMDPECA5).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve the Local Aggregate Assessment presented herewith;

b)    Authorise the Director for Economy and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action to make any revisions and publish the Oxfordshire Local Aggregate Assessment for the calendar year 2024 on the Council website.

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.

Officers confirmed that the Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA) was a statutory obligation as Minerals and Waste Planning Authority and outlined some of the detail in the report, including why the APR rates were the same as the LAA in 2023.

The Chair and Director of Economy and Place thanked officers for their work on the LAA.

Officers noted the plan’s importance in supporting housing, economic growth and infrastructure projects.

The Chair agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    Approve the Local Aggregate Assessment presented herewith;

b)    Authorise the Director for Economy and Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action to make any revisions and publish the Oxfordshire Local Aggregate Assessment for the calendar year 2024 on the Council website.