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Decision details

West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031 - Regulation 10A Review

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Councillor Carl Rylett, Executive Member for Planning and Sustainable Development, introduced and gave a detailed overview of the report, which considered a review of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031 in accordance with Regulation 10A of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

In debate, the Executive highlighted that work to assess Local Housing Needs would be commissioned externally, owing to the technical nature of the work desired to be undertaken, and that external commissioning would provide appropriate robustness within the project.

The importance of effective updates to the Local Plan was also emphasised by the Executive, and that a series of workshops held around the district, were of vital importance when engaging with residents to determine the most appropriate ways of creating a new, purposeful, and effective Local Plan.

Assurance was also provided that heritage site buffer zones would also be kept fully up to date as part of the Local Plan refresh.

Councillor Carl Rylett proposed that the Executive agree to recommendation ‘A’ as listed on the report, with recommendation ‘B’ amended to include ‘subject to the inclusion of additional wording, clarifying that the strategic allocations will be subject to an assessment of anticipated deliverability, prior to being taken forward as identified commitments’.

This was seconded by Councillor Lidia Arciszewska, was put to a vote, and was agreed unanimously by the Executive.

The Executive Resolved to:

  1. Note the content of the report;
  2. Approve the Regulation 10A review of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031, attached at Annex A, subject to the inclusion of additional wording, clarifying that the strategic allocations will be subject to an assessment of anticipated deliverability, prior to being taken forward as identified commitments.

Publication date: 13/10/2023

Date of decision: 11/10/2023

Decided at meeting: 11/10/2023 - Executive

Effective from: 22/10/2023

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