Recommendations and updates from other committees to Cabinet 8 March 2022

Below are updates from other committees to the Vale’s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 8 March 2022. 

Scrutiny Committee

The committee met on 1 February to discuss the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 and the Quarter 2 Corporate Plan Performance Monitoring Report. 

Oxfordshire Plan 2050 – the committee:

(i) noted the summary results from the recent regulation 18 (part 2) consultation;

(ii) noted the revised scope of the Oxfordshire Plan, with clarification over its relationship to city and district Local Plans and supporting evidence base;

(iii) noted the next steps of the Oxfordshire Plan process;

(iv) recommend the adoption of the revised Statement of Community Involvement, subject to approval at the cabinets of the five Oxfordshire councils; and

(v) request that officers examine the suitability of a housing density policy, either as part of the Oxfordshire Plan or locally, and that preferably this work is undertaken before a final decision on the Oxfordshire Plan at the regulation 19 meeting (the formal plan preparation stage). 

Quarter 2 performance monitoring report – was noted but no recommendations to Cabinet. 

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8 March 2022