Agenda and minutes

(Note: Councillor Emily Smith, Vice-Chair of the Growth Board will attend the meeting as a guest from approximately 19:30).  

Recommendation: To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 30 May 2019.

The terms of reference of the Panel state:

Members of the public may address meetings of the Scrutiny Panel, where notice is given to the secretariat no later than 4.00pm on the last working day before the day of the meeting.

The Chair will have discretion to manage the public participation procedure as they see appropriate, including rejecting frivolous, defamatory or offensive questions and managing the time afforded to public addresses.

Notice of a wish to address the meeting, including the subject of the address or the full question to be asked, must be sent to democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

by 4.00pm on Wednesday 18 September 2019.

The Chair’s decision will be final.

Purpose: To consider the Growth Board’s response to the recommendations to the Board from the Scrutiny Panel meeting on 30 May 2019.

Information:  response attached

Recommendation: To discuss and note the response.

Purpose: To consider reports and matters on the agenda for the Oxfordshire Growth Board meeting on 24 September 2019. Reports are set out under the sub-headings below:

Recommendation: To make any recommendations to the Growth Board.

This report sets out an update from England’s Economic Heartland on progress towards establishing a Transport Strategy for the region and requests support for the principle of a joint consultation response.

This reports sets out the Quarter 1 progress report for the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal to the Growth Board.

This report summarise progress on the Oxfordshire Rail Connectivity Study.

This report sets out the proposed scope of Growth Board review.

This report sets out the context of a proposal to seek the Growth Board’s endorsement of a revised work programme and timetable for the Oxfordshire Plan 2050.

This reports sets out progress in adopting Local Plans for each of the five districts.

Purpose: To discuss the draft work programme for the Panel submitted for consideration by the Panel’s Scrutiny Officer and record of request for information and actions.

Information: Work programme (attached)

Recommendation: To agree the draft work programme and actions as set out and to note that other relevant items may be added to agendas.

To consider the Growth Board Forward Programme.

To consider notes from meetings of the following Growth Board Members Advisory Sub-Groups:

·         Oxfordshire Plan 2050 – 25 July 2019

·         Infrastructure Sub-Group – 28 May 2019

·         Infrastructure Sub-Group – 23 July 2019

·         Housing Advisory Sub-Group – 3 September 2019