Future Oxfordshire Partnership response to recommendations of the Partnership Scrutiny Panel made on

15 March 2022

 

The Future Oxfordshire Partnership is requested to provide a response to the recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel for decision at its meeting on 25 January.  

 

Recommendation

Agree?

Comment

1.     That the Future Oxfordshire Partnership be requested to:

a.    undertake a further Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Regulation 18 consultation.

b.    provide a detailed update on the timetable for the production of the Oxfordshire Plan 2050.

c.    initiate a peer review of the Oxfordshire Growth Needs Assessment.

d.    set out how decisions relating to future housing numbers within the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 will be taken in an open and transparent way.

 

 

 

2.     That the Future Oxfordshire Partnership be requested to liaise with Oxfordshire’s universities to promote innovation.

 

3.     That the future Oxfordshire Partnership support the need for gender inclusivity in innovation and STEM.

 

 

 

 

4.     That the Future Oxfordshire Partnership be requested to

a.    support the planning and delivery of real time passenger information system on an Oxfordshire wide basis, taking into account the difference in needs between rural and urban bus users and bus frequency.

b.    Investigate the potential of bus interchanges in encouraging greater use of buses, particularly off peak.

c.    support the acknowledgement within the Bus Service Improvement Plan and Enhanced Partnership of the comparative lack of scheduled bus provision within the districts to the City of Oxford.

d.    support the involvement of school bus providers within the Bus Service Improvement Plan and Enhanced Partnership.