This item was taken before the public addresses.

Council had before it a report of the Assistant Chief Executive on the work of the Oxfordshire Growth Board.

Councillor Brown in her introduction and in answer to questions reported:

·         she would provide Council with updates on the Growth Board’s substantive business and on decisions affecting the city;

·         collaborative work on coherent development along the Oxford to Cambridge Arc was beginning: however formal meetings between local authorities along the Arc were not yet established, She would press for transparency and accountability in their set up and operation;

·         the Growth Board was of the view that good growth was clean/low carbon and sustainable, and were discussing how to secure this in across the county.

Council noted the report and the answers to questions.