Decision details
Appropriation of land at Underhill Circus
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Appropriation of land at Underhill Circus to a
planning purpose as well as appropriation from the General Fund
(GF) to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
Decision:
Cabinet resolved to:
1. Note that following the statutory public notification process of the Council’s intention to appropriate the Land to planning purposes, no written representations were received in response to the public notice; and
2. Approve the appropriation of the land in the Council’s ownership at Underhill Circus (see Image 1) (“the Land”), to planning purposes;
3. Subject to obtaining planning consent, recommend to Council the appropriation of the land owned by Oxford City Council that forms the development site for housing at Underhill Circus from the General Fund (“GF”) into the Housing Revenue Account (“HRA”) at the established red book valuation figure.
Report author: Dave Scholes
Publication date: 18/09/2025
Date of decision: 17/09/2025
Decided at meeting: 17/09/2025 - Cabinet
Effective from: 23/09/2025
Accompanying Documents:
- September 2025 Cabinet Appropriation at Underhill Circus
PDF 2 MB View as DOCX (1) 2 MB - Appendix 1a Advert for appropriation - Underhill Circus
PDF 69 KB View as DOCX (2) 31 KB - Appendix 1b Site Location Plan
PDF 353 KB - Appendix 2 Equality-Impact-Assessment Underhill Circus
PDF 610 KB View as DOCX (4) 513 KB - Restricted enclosure View reasons restricted