The Head of Planning Services has submitted a report to ask Cabinet to formally approve the Draft West End and Osney Mead Supplementary Planning Document to go out to public consultation.

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.        Approve the Draft West End and Osney Mead Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to go out to public consultation; and

2.        Authorise the Head of Planning Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery, to make any necessary editorial corrections to the SPD prior to going out to public consultation.

The Head of Planning Services had submitted a report seeking Cabinet approval for the Draft West End and Osney Mead Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to go out to public consultation.

Councillor Alex Hollingsworth, Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery, highlighted that the area formed a prominent part of both the Oxford Economic Strategy and the City Centre Action Plan and was a large, important, and complex site.  The site allocations for West End and Osney Mead were within the Local Plan; the SPD provided greater certainty for landowners and also the public on the implementation of existing adopted policies.  If approved by Cabinet, a formal consultation process would be undertaken and once concluded, and if adopted, the SPD would form an additional element to the 2036 Local Plan.

Cabinet resolved to:

1.       Approve the Draft West End and Osney Mead Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to go out to public consultation;

2.       Delegate authority to the Head of Planning Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery, to make any necessary editorial corrections to the SPD prior to going out to consultation.