*DRAFT* South Oxfordshire District Council Climate Emergency Advisory Committee Forward Programme 2020-21
NOTE: the timescale of many of the agenda items below is to be confirmed due to vacancies within the Insight and Policy Team.
W = item in the approved year-one work programme for CEAC.
|
Meeting date |
Agenda item |
Purpose |
Cabinet Member |
Contact Officer |
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3 August 2020 |
Task and Finish group update (W) |
Verbal update from member of the Task and Finish group on presentation received from commissioned consultants Aether on the scope for the District carbon emissions baseline with recommendations to Cabinet. |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
3 August 2020 |
Task and Finish group update (W) |
Verbal update from member of the Task and Finish group. CEAC has the opportunity to feed into Planning design guide project through a Teams Forum.
*urgent business*For CEAC to discuss ideas to be involved in amendments to climate and biodiversity policies to improve the soundness of the Local Plan. Particular focus on CEAC’s input on help in preparing supporting text for policy DES11 and monitoring indicators – Task and Finish group to be established in next 2 weeks – Councillor nominations for taking part to be received so officers can organise.
|
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson and Cllr. Robin Bennett |
Suzanne Malcolm |
|
3 August 2020 |
Task and Finish group update (W) |
Verbal update from member of the Task and Finish group on the biodiversity work programme and tree opportunities map
|
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson |
Dominic Lamb |
|
September 2020 |
Power Purchase Agreement |
For CEAC to review the opportunity to enter into negotiations with the Low Carbon Hub and other Oxfordshire Councils on a potential Power Purchase Agreement and make recommendations to Cabinet |
Cllr. Leigh Rawlins |
Michelle Wells/Heather Saunders |
|
September 2020 |
England’s Economic Heartland Consultation |
For the CEAC to review consultation materials and consider their input to Cabinet and officers for inclusion into the Councils submission into the consultation |
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson |
Lucy Murfett |
|
September 2020 |
Corporate Plan 2020-24 – Input into proposed metrics for Climate Emergency and Protect and Restore our Natural Environment themes |
For CEAC to make suggestions for and input into proposed measures for the Climate Emergency and Protect and Restore our Natural Environment themes of the proposed Corporate Plan 2020-24. |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
October 2020 |
Planning/Legal/ advice in respect of the Local Plan 2034 and climate change. |
For the committee to note the
contents of this report and the legal advice
provided, |
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson |
Suzanne Malcolm/Adrian Duffield and Margaret Reed |
|
October 2020 |
CIL spending strategy refresh |
For CEAC to review the refreshed CIL spending strategy and provide recommendations to Cabinet on the content. |
Cllr. Robin Bennett |
Jayne Bolton |
|
October 2020 |
Greentech membership year one support package review for supporting the low carbon economy in South Oxfordshire (W) |
For CEAC to review and provide input into the year one support package with Greentech and the Economic Development team. |
Cllr. Robin Bennett |
Nick King/Bioregional |
|
December 2020 |
Circular economy
|
For CEAC to review a discussion paper on the circular economy and consider input into this area as part of the Corporate Plan 2020-24. |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
December 2020
|
One-year work programme progress update, alignment to Corporate Plan themes and future planning (W) |
For CEAC to review the progress of the projects in the approved one-year work programme and consider their alignment to Corporate Plan 2020-24 themes (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
December 2020 |
Feasibility study into Identifying opportunities to invest in solar energy off site (W) |
For CEAC to review and discuss the feasibility study into identifying opportunities for the council to invest in off-site solar energy and provide any recommendations to Cabinet (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells/Heather Saunders |
|
December 2020 |
Carbon Neutral Council and Government Funding Schemes |
For CEAC to receive a project update and review any potential applications for grant funding |
Cllr. Robin Bennett |
Suzanne Malcolm/Emily Cockle/Michelle Wells |
|
December 2020 |
Oxfordshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy update (W) |
For CEAC to receive a project update and discuss ahead of the Strategy being adopted (W) |
Cllr. David Rouane |
Michelle Wells/John Backley |
|
15 February 2021 |
Bioregional South Oxfordshire vision refresh (W) |
For CEAC to review the vision created for South Oxfordshire and recommend it’s adoption to Cabinet for use in work programme, future engagement and training materials (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
15 February 2021 |
Communications and Community Engagement plan and report on community engagement from the Corporate Plan 2020-24 focussed on comments received about Climate Change (W) |
For CEAC to review a draft communications and engagement plan for climate change, informed by comments received on the Climate Emergency and nature themes in the Corporate Plan 2020-24 engagement exercise. (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
15 February 2020 |
Virtual conference feasibility (W) |
For CEAC to review and input into plans for the feasibility of holding a virtual conference on Climate Change and recommend implementation to Cabinet (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
15 February 2020 |
Officer training on Climate Emergency (W) |
For CEAC to review options for delivering officer training on the Climate Emergency and discuss recommendations to Cabinet on it’s implementation (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
15 February 2020 |
Scenario Modelling for Carbon neutral District (W) |
For CEAC to receive a report that estimates future district-wide carbon emissions under different carbon reduction scenarios, and develop a model for future use to inform and target interventions required to achieve targets (W) |
Cllr. Andrea Powell |
Michelle Wells |
|
TBC |
Cycling and walking – active travel plans |
For CEAC to discuss and recommend actions to Cabinet on cycling and walking and active travel plans |
Cllr. Sam Casey-Rerhaye |
|
|
TBC |
Overview of Growth Board and Oxford-Cambridge arc intentions, Oxfordshire Plan 2050 and Oxfordshire Infrastructure Strategy updates. |
For CEAC to receive an update on the outcomes of the Growth Board review, the Oxford-Cambridge arc, Oxfordshire Plan 2050 and the refresh of the Oxfordshire Infrastructure Strategy and discuss any recommendations to Cabinet in respect of these areas. |
Cllr-Pieter-Paul Barker |
Andrew Down |
|
TBC |
Air Quality Update Report
|
For CEAC to receive an update on the air quality action plans |
Cllr. David Rouane |
Simon Hill |
|
TBC |
Garden Communities/Didcot Garden Town – Sustainability Projects
|
For CEAC to review the sustainability projects within the Garden Communities programme and make any recommendations to Cabinet on their implementation (W) |
Cllr. David Rouane |
Marybeth Harasz |
|
TBC |
Biodiversity Projects update |
For CEAC to review project progress (W) |
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson |
Dominic Lamb |
|
TBC |
Park and Charge Project |
For CEAC to receive a project update (W) |
Cllr. David Rouane |
John Backley |
|
TBC |
Design Guide Project update (W) |
For CEAC to review project progress following presentation to a joint South and Vale Task and Finish Group |
Cllr. Anne-Marie Simpson |
Dominic Lamb |