Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Transport  

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/075 

Key Decision 

Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Vision Zero Team Leader (Anthony.Kirkwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk)  

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDT8). 

Proposed changes for safety reasons along the A361 corridor include reductions to 40 and 50mph on various lengths and are being promoted under Vision Zero projects.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve the following speed limit amendments on the A361 between Williamscot & Bradwell, as advertised:

(a)           New 40mph speed limits:

                                 i.         at Williamscot Hill, between its junction with the access to ‘Earlswood’ at Thatchems Farm, and a point northeast of its junction with Thorpe Road,

                                ii.         at Shipton-under-Wychwood, between a point south of its junction with Dog Kennel Lane, and a point south of its junction with Upper End,

                               iii.         at Bradwell Grove, between a point north of Woodside Drive at Bradwell Grove, and a point south of the Kencot junction.

(b)           A new 50mph speed limit between Chipping Norton & Shipton-under-Wychwood.