Growth Board response to recommendations of the Growth Board Scrutiny Panel

Recommendations made on 19^th January 2021

The Growth Board is requested to provide a response to the recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel for decision at its meeting on 26 January 2021.

Recommendation	Agree?	Comment
Recommendation 1. That the Health Impact Assessment Toolkit and supporting text be amended to greater emphasise that it can also apply to existing developments as part of ongoing and new place shaping initiatives.	Yes	The Growth Board believes that the paper makes clear that healthy place shaping can be applied to existing communities as well as new developments, however we will ask that an additional reference is made to this in the summary on page 1.
Recommendation 2. That the Growth Board write to the Department for Food and Rural Affairs requesting greater investment in preventative measures to address flooding in Oxfordshire.	Yes	The Growth Board first wishes to acknowledge the excellent work being led by the Environment Agency to develop the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme.  The Board supports this recommendation to address flood risk in other parts of the county and will ask officers develop an appropriate letter for sign off and submission by the Growth Board Chair.