On being put to the vote the Committee agreed with the officer recommendation.

The Committee resolved to refuse planning application 16/01861/VAR: to remove condition 2 of 15/03503/CND in relation to the use of 'Tata SilentTrack' in Section I-1 for the following reason:

It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the provision of rail damping is not reasonably practicable for route-section I-1. While it may be reasonable to expect that rail damping will provide additional noise attenuation, and that safety and safe working conditions would not prevent the installation of rail damping, insufficient regard has been given in the application to local conditions and the financial considerations of installing rail damping. The application is therefore contrary to policies CP6 and CP10 of the adopted Oxford Local Plan 2001-2016, and policies CS13 and CS27 of the adopted Core Strategy 2026.