Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 10th December, 2025 5.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Woodgreen, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 1NB. View directions

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments. The quorum for the Committee is six members.
2.	Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations from Members of the Committee on any items to be considered at the meeting.
3.	Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 41 KB To approve the minutes of the Committee meeting held 11 November 2025.
4.	Chair's announcements To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
5.	Participation of the Public To receive any submissions from members of the public, in accordance with the Council’s Rules of Procedure, anyone who lives in the district or who pays council tax or business rates to the Council is eligible to read a statement or express an opinion at this meeting. You can register to speak by sending your written submission of no more than 750 words to [email protected] by no later than 10.00am on the working day before the meeting.
6.	Report back on recommendations PDF 171 KB For the Committee to note the Executive’s response to any recommendations arising from the previous Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. Additional documents: Youth Officer Recommendations Report Back , item 6. PDF 187 KB
7.	Updates from Task and Finish Groups To receive any updates from the Committee’s task and finish groups.
8.	2025/26 Quarterly Finance Review Q2 PDF 420 KB View the background to item 8. Purpose Pre-decision scrutiny of an Executive report detailing the financial performance of the Council in the second quarter of 2025/26. Recommendation That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to: 1. Note the report and agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive. Additional documents: Annex A , item 8. PDF 591 KB Annex B , item 8. PDF 561 KB
9.	2025/26 Quarterly Service Review Q2 PDF 97 KB View the background to item 9. Purpose Pre-decision scrutiny of an Executive report detailing the service performance of the Council in the second quarter of 2025/26. Recommendation That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to: 1. Note the report and agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive. Additional documents: Annex A - Council Priorities Report , item 9. PDF 255 KB Annex B - Corporate Plan Action Tracker , item 9. PDF 125 KB Annex C - Performance Indicator Report , item 9. PDF 1 MB
10.	Local Plan Annual Monitoring 2024/25 PDF 159 KB View the background to item 10. Purpose Pre-decision scrutiny of an Executive report detailing the Council’s Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report for 2024/25. Recommendation That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to: 1. Note the report and agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive. Additional documents: Annex A - Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report 2024_25 SCRUTINY , item 10. PDF 2 MB
11.	Promoting Rural Exception Sites View the background to item 11. Purpose To receive a verbal update on the Council’s work around promoting rural exception. Recommendation That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to: 1. Note the presentation and agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive.
12.	Committee Work Programme PDF 100 KB Purpose: For the Committee to review and note its work programme. Recommendation: That the Committee notes and comments on the work programme.
13.	Executive Work Programme PDF 146 KB Purpose: To give the Committee the opportunity to comment on the Executive Work Programme. Recommendation: That the Committee agrees which items on the Executive Work Programme should be subject to pre-decision scrutiny and the priority order of those items.

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