Agenda
	Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 6.30 pm Virtual meeting viewable by weblink From 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, the Oxfordshire Growth Board meetings are managed by Vale of White Horse District Council. Contact: Kevin Jacob, Growth Board Democratic Services Officer E-mail: democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org Telephone: 01235 422191 Website: www.oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

Members:

Councillor Andrew Gant (Chair) Councillor John Tanner Councillor Craig Simmons	Oxford City Council
Councillor Tom Wallis Councillor Lucinda Wing Councillor Sean Woodcock, (Vice-Chair)	Cherwell District Council
Councillor Nick Carter Councillor Damian Haywood Councillor Richard Webber	Oxfordshire County Council
Councillor Peter Dragonetti Councillor David Turner Councillor Sarah Gray	South Oxfordshire District Council
Councillor Andy Cooke Councillor Jenny Hannaby Councillor Matt Barber	Vale of White Horse District Council
Councillor Derek Cotterill Councillor Alex Postan Councillor Julian Cooper	West Oxfordshire District Council

The quorum is six members, one from each council. Substitutes are allowed and should be notified to the contact above.

The meeting will be web streamed. Please see the note at: http://democratic.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=604&MId=2787 on how to observe the meeting.

As a matter of courtesy, if you intend to record the meeting please let the contact officer know in advance of this meeting. 

AGENDA

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1.	Apologies for absence, substitutes; declarations of interest and Chair's announcements

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2.	Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 6 - 12)
To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 17 November 2020

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Public participation (To Follow)

Members of the public may submit an address or question in writing to the Scrutiny Panel, where full notice of the question or address is given to the secretariat no later than 17:00 on Wednesday 13 January 2021. Questions and addresses submitted should be no longer than one side of A4 paper in Arial 12 font. The address or question will be circulated to the Panel and public speakers will be invited to speak at the virtual meeting, subject to technical arrangements being in place. Written submissions may also be read out by the Chair or Democratic Services Officer where requested or if the person making the request for public speaking is not able to attend the meeting. A response may begiven at the meeting or a written answer supplied. Questions and notice of addresses must be submitted to democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

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4.	England's Economic Heartland Briefing (To Be Tabled)
To receive a presentation/update to the Growth Board from England’s Economic Heartland regarding the outcomes of their recent Transport Strategy consultation, and next steps for finalising the Strategy.

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5.	Growth Board response to Scrutiny Panel recommendations (Pages 13 - 14)
To consider the Growth Board’s response to the recommendations from the Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 17 November 2020.

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6.	Update on Healthy Place Shaping (Pages 15 - 48)
To consider a report to the Growth Board which provides an update on activities that have been undertaken to embed healthy place shaping into its workstreams and the strategies that underpin them.  As part of this work a Health Impact Assessment Toolkit has been developed for use in Oxfordshire and the Growth Board is asked to endorse its use across the county.

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7.	Community Led Housing (Pages 49 - 51)
To consider a draft letter from the Growth Board to HM Government concerning Community Led Housing which the Growth Board is asked to endorse.

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8.	Housing and Growth Deal Reports

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(a)	Infrastructure sub-group update (Pages 52 - 55)
To receive the summary notes from the meeting held on 14 December 2020

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(b)	Oxfordshire Plan 2050 sub-group update (Pages 56 - 57)
To receive the summary notes from the meeting held on 18 December 2020

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9.	Work Programme for the Scrutiny Panel and Action Log - January 2021 (Pages 58 - 66)
To discuss the draft work programme for the Panel as submitted by the Panel’s Scrutiny Officer and requests for information/actions from previous meetings

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10.	Dates of next meetings
The dates of future Scrutiny Panel meetings are below.  Tues 16 Feb 2021 6.30 pm (proposal that this be cancelled) Tues 16 Mar 2021 6.30 pm Tues 1 June 2021 6.30 pm

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Councillors’ duties on declaring interests

General duty

You must declare any disclosable pecuniary interests when the meeting reaches the item on the agenda headed “Declarations of Interest” or as soon as it becomes apparent to you.

What is a disclosable pecuniary interest?

Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to your* employment; sponsorship (ie payment for expenses incurred by you in carrying out your duties as a councillor or towards your election expenses); contracts; land in the council’s area; licences for land in the council’s area; corporate tenancies; and securities.  These declarations must be recorded in each councillor’s register of interests which is publicly available on the council’s website.

Declaring an interest

Where any matter disclosed in your register of interests is being considered at a meeting, you must declare that you have an interest.  You should also disclose the nature as well as the existence of the interest.  If you have a disclosable pecuniary interest, after having declared it at the meeting you must not participate in discussion or voting on the item and must withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is discussed.

Member’s Code of Conduct and public perception

Even if you do not have a disclosable pecuniary interest in a matter, the Councillors’ Code of Conduct says that a member “must serve only the public interest and must never improperly confer an advantage or disadvantage on any person including yourself” and that “you must not place yourself in situations where your honesty and integrity may be questioned”.  What this means is that the matter of interests must be viewed within the context of the code as a whole and regard should continue to be paid to the perception of the public.

*Disclosable pecuniary interests that must be declared are not only those of the member her or himself but also those of the member’s spouse, civil partner or person they are living with as husband or wife or as if they were civil partners. 

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