Agenda

Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel

Tuesday 16 March 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 Victoria Haval	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=2788

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, Chair's announcements

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Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 7 - 10)

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 19 January 2021

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Public participation

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 Midday Monday 15 March 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. 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 be given at the meeting or a written answer supplied. Questions and notice of addresses must be submitted to democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

Note: This meeting may be recorded for live broadcast via the Growth Board’s YouTube Channel - at the start of the meeting the Chairman will confirm the meeting is being filmed. By registering to speak you are consenting to being recorded and to the use of those video and audio recordings for webcasting.

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Growth Board response to Scrutiny Panel recommendations (Page 11)

To consider the Growth Board’s response to the recommendations from the Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 19 January 2021

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Scrutiny Panel Task and Finish Group Report - private investment in infrastructure (Pages 12 - 24)

To consider the report of the Task and Finish group established by the Panel in November 2020 to assess what options are available among the Growth Board partners to establish means and ways of securing private investment in public infrastructure projects.

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Oxfordshire Rail Corridor Study: Completion and Next Steps (Pages 25 - 41)

To consider a report to the Growth Board asking it to consider endorsing the next stage of work to be progressed in partnership with Network Rail.

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Oxfordshire Strategic Vision (To Follow)

To consider a report to the Growth Board setting out feedback received through the Strategic Vision engagement exercise and that the Growth Board consider endorsement of a revised Strategic Vision for Oxfordshire.

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Establishment of a Growth Board Environment Subgroup (To Follow)

To consider a report to the Growth Board proposing the establishment of an Environment Advisory Sub-group for the Growth Board, together with a draft set of Terms of Reference for endorsement.

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9.	Housing and Growth Deal Reports

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(a)

Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal Progress Report - Year 3, Quarter 3 (Pages 42 - 51)

To consider a report to the Growth Board setting out the 2020/2021 Quarter 3 progress report for the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal and asking the Growth Board to endorse any amendments to the programmes of work as necessary.

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(b)

Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal Financial Report - Year 3, Quarter 3 (Pages 52 - 60)

To consider a report to the Growth Board setting out a financial summary for 2021/2022 Quarter 3 for the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal

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(c)

Infrastructure sub-group update (Pages 61 - 65)

To receive the summary notes from the meetings held on 8 February 2021 and 1 March 2021.

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(d)

Housing sub-group update (Pages 66 - 68)

To receive the summary notes from the meeting held on 23 February 2021

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(e)

Oxfordshire Plan 2050 subgroup update (Pages 69 - 71)

To receive the summary notes from the meeting held on 18 February 2021

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(f)

Joint Oxfordshire Plan 2050/Infrastructure Subgroup (Pages 72 - 73)

To receive the summary notes of the joint meeting of the Oxfordshire Plan 2050 and Infrastructure Subgroups held on 21 January 2021

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10.

Oxford to Cambridge Arc Update (Pages 74 - 76)

To consider an update from the Chair of the Growth Board's Executive Officer Group following recent announcements made by HM Government concerning their ambition for an Arc wide Spatial Framework.

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11.

Work programme for the Scrutiny Panel and action log - March 2021 (Pages 77 - 81)

To discuss the draft work programme for the Panel as submitted by the Panel’s Scrutiny Officer and requests for information from previous meetings

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12.

Dates of next meetings

The dates of confirmed future Scrutiny Panel meetings are below. Please refer to https://www.oxfordshiregrowthboard.org/meetings/ for the most up to date information on times and locations.

· Tuesday 1 June 2021

Provisional Scrutiny Panel meeting dates 2021/2022:

· Monday 12 July 2021

· Monday 13 September 2021

· Monday 15 November 2021

· Monday 17 January 2022

· Tuesday 15 March 2022

· Tuesday 31 May 2022

· Tuesday 19 July 2022

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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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