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Oxford Railway Station Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Meeting: 20/06/2017 - City Executive Board (became Cabinet on 13 May 2019) (Item 20)

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The Interim Assistant Chief Executive for Regeneration and Economy and the Executive Director for Sustainable City have submitted a report which seeks approval of the Draft Oxford Station Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for public consultation.

 

Recommendations: That the City Executive Board resolves to:

 

1.    Approve the Draft Oxford Station Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for public consultation (Appendix 1)

 

2.    Approve the Draft Oxford Station SPD as a material consideration in determining planning applications

 

3.    Endorse the accompanying Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Combined Screening and Scoping Report (Appendix 2)

 

4.    Delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to make any necessary editorial corrections to the document prior to publication, in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive for Regeneration and Economy and the Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Smith handed the Chair to Councillor Turner at the start of this item.

 

The Interim Assistant Chief Executive for Regeneration and Economy and the Executive Director for Sustainable City submitted a report which sought approval of the Draft Oxford Station Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for public consultation.

 

Councillor Hollingsworth, Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, introduced the report.

 

The City Executive Board resolved to:

 

1.    Approve the Draft Oxford Station Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for public consultation (Appendix 1)

 

2.    Approve the Draft Oxford Station SPD as a material consideration in determining planning applications

 

3.    Endorse the accompanying Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Combined Screening and Scoping Report (Appendix 2)

 

4.    Delegate authority to the Head of Planning, Sustainable Development and Regulatory Services to make any necessary editorial corrections to the document prior to publication, in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive for Regeneration and Economy and the Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services. 

 


Meeting: 14/06/2017 - Scrutiny Committee (Item 10)

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Background Information

The Scrutiny Committee has asked for this item to be included on the agenda for pre-decision scrutiny.

Why is it on the agenda?

The City Executive Board on 20 June 2017 will be asked to agree the Oxford Railway Station SPD for public consultation. This is an opportunity for the Scrutiny Committee to make recommendations to the City Executive Board.

Who has been invited to comment?

·         Councillor Hollingsworth, Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services;

·         Fiona Piercy, Assistant Chief Executive for Regeneration and Economy

·         Tom Morris, Principal Economic Development and Spatial Officer

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Interim Assistant Chief Executive for regeneration and economy introduced the report. The Head of Planning and Regulatory and the Board Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, Councillor Hollingsworth, answered questions.

 

Councillors asked for the milestones and times in the document to be updated before it was issued for consultation.

 

They noted that the consultation on this SPD would run concurrently with that for the Local Plan, and noted the steps taken to ensure that the SPD was appropriately publicised as a separate document and to relevant special-interest groups.

 

The Committee made no recommendations and commended the document to the City Executive Board.