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Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am three working days before the meeting, ask a question on an item on the agenda.

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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2026 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/044

Non-key decision

Contact: Mark Saunders, Energy Systems and Investment Manager (Mark.Saunders@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Economy and Place (CMDPECA6)

A small contract covering the council's role in an innovation project funded by Innovate UK. The contract covers the council's role in testing the development of 3D visualisation of GIS data for local area energy planning and the EV charge point programme. Space Clipper seek our feedback in the development of their software tool given our expertise in the use cases they wish to investigate.

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Agree that the Council enters into a sub-contract agreement with Space Clipper for the purpose of supporting delivery of an innovation project to improve visualisation of Local Area Energy Plans and EV charge point plans.