Purpose: to consider a report to advise and seek endorsement of the appointments from council partners to the three Housing and Growth Deal (the Deal) Advisory Sub Groups that will provide oversight of the delivery of the Deal together with the Growth Board Scrutiny Panel.

Recommendations:

1.    That the Growth Board note and endorse the appointments to the three Housing and Growth Deal Advisory Sub Groups and Scrutiny Panel contained in this report.

2.    That the Growth Board confirm nominations for the independent Chairs of the sub groups.

The Board considered a report setting out appointments from council partners to the three Housing and Growth Deal Advisory Sub Groups and the Growth Board Scrutiny Panel to provide oversight of the delivery of the Deal.

Councillor Wood confirmed that Councillor Woodcock would take Cherwell District Council’s third place on the scrutiny committee.

The Board recommended that all councils formalise their arrangements for substitute members for the sub-groups. They also recommended that all Sub-group members were sent minutes for all other Sub-groups as the work of the groups were inter-related.

The Growth Board resolved to:

1.    note and endorse the appointments to the three Housing and Growth Deal Advisory Sub Groups and Scrutiny Panel as set out below, and noting that Oxfordshire County Council would confirm their appointments on 19 June.

2.    confirm nominations for the independent Chairs of the sub groups as set out below.

*Appointments at 19 June Cabinet meeting were confirmed as:

·         Housing Advisory Sub Group – Cllr Liz Brighouse (sub Cllr Yvonne Constance)

·         JSSP Advisory Sub Group – Cllr Mike Fox-Davies (sub Cllr Jeanette Matelot)

Purpose:

The Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal included a commitment to review the Growth Board Terms of reference by April 2018 to reflect new responsibilities for oversight of delivery of the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal (the Deal). 

This report sets out the key changes that result from that review and the revised Terms of Reference.

Recommendations:

That the Growth Board endorse the revised Terms of Reference for the Oxfordshire Growth Board (the Joint Committee) contained in the report.

The Growth Board considered a report setting out the revised terms of reference including the new structure for sub-groups and scrutiny, and arrangements for delegation to the Executive Officers Group to provide resources for the new structures and the delivery plan.

Details of the three advisory sub-groups and the formal Growth Board Scrutiny Committee would be presented to the June meeting, by which time councils would have filled their allocated seats. Changes to officer structure would be made to support these groups.

Councillor Mills asked and was assured that the Board would continue to press Highways England to use data and evidence from Oxfordshire as a whole in its work on the Ox-Cam corridor.

The Growth Board endorsed the revised Terms of Reference for the Oxfordshire Growth Board (the Joint Committee) contained in the report with the following changes:

·         To amend 4.4 to allocate the Environment Agency a non-voting place on the Board;

·         Redraft some sections of the terms of reference to improve clarity of expression;

and asked that the final terms of reference be circulated for confirmation.