Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

See guidance note on the back page.

The Committee is recommended to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2026 and to receive information arising from them.

Members of the public who wish to speak on an item on the agenda at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection.

Requests to speak must be submitted no later than 09.00 three working days before the meeting, i.e., Friday, 17 April, 2026.

Requests should be submitted to the Scrutiny Officer at scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that if the technology fails, then your views can still be taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am on the day of the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

Where there are a number of requests from persons wishing to present similar views on the same issue, the Chair may require that the views be put by a single spokesperson. It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances will a person (or organisation) be allowed to address more than one meeting on a particular issue in any period of six months.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress of previous recommendations and actions arising from previous meetings, having raised any questions on the contents.

Attached are the Cabinet responses to the Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee reports on:

·       Infrastructure Funding Statement and s.106

·       Movement and Place Plans

The Committee is asked to NOTE the response.

Recognising that its membership may change in the forthcoming municipal year, the Committee is recommended to AGREE a provisional work programme for forthcoming meetings, taking account of the Cabinet Forward Plan and of the Budget Management Monitoring Report.

The Committee has requested a report on minerals and waste planning in Oxfordshire.

Cllr Judy Roberts, Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action, Robin Rogers, Director of Economy and Place, David Periam, Planning Development Manager, have been invited to present the report and answer the Committee’s questions.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

The Committee has requested a report on school streets in Oxfordshire.

Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management, Paul Fermer, Director of Environment and Highways, Mark Gregory, Team Leader: Behavioural Change and Travel, Cathy Champion, Operations Manager: Civil Enforcement, and Melissa Goodacre, Sustainable Transport Manager, have been invited to present the report and answer the Committee’s questions.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

The Committee has requested a report on bus services and rural transport, including mobility hubs, in Oxfordshire.

Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet member for Transport Management, Cllr Judy Roberts, Cabinet member for Place, Environment, and Climate Change, Paul Fermer, Director of Environment and Highways, and Ben Smith, Strategic Transport Manager, Melissa Goodacre, Sustainable Transport Manager, Ashley Hayden, Team Leader: Area Travel Plans, Dave Harrison, Team Leader: Public Transport, Eric Manners: Technical Leader: Active Travel, have been invited to present the report.  

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

At the time it considered the implementation of the temporary congestion charge scheme in August 2025, the Committee agreed to receive a monitoring report in April 2026.

Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet member for Transport Management, Paul Fermer, Director of Environment and Highways, and Aron Wisdom, Programme Lead: Central, have been invited to present the report.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

At the conclusion of this item, the Committee will adjourn and will reconvene at 13.30.

c. 13:30

The Committee has requested an interim report on the illegal waste site near Kidlington.

The Committee has invited Cllr Liz Leffman, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Judy Roberts, Cabinet member for Place, Environment, and Climate Change, Robin Rogers, Director of Economy and Place, Nicola Riley, Cherwell District Council’s Assistant Director: Wellbeing and Housing Services, Simon Hawkins, the Environment Agency’s Director of Operations for East and South East England, to attend as well as officers from the Council’s regulatory planning and enforcement service.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.