The Director of Planning and Regulation submitted a report to request Cabinet’s approval of the Local Development Scheme 2025-2030, which sets out the work programme for the revised Oxford Local Plan 2045. 

Cabinet is recommended to:

1.    Approve the Local Development Scheme 2025-2030;

2.    Authorise the Director of Planning and Regulation Services to make any necessary minor corrections not materially affecting the document prior to publication.

3.    Agree the change to the Oxford Local Plan period from 2022-2042 to 2025-2045

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Local Development Scheme 2025-2030;
2. Authorise the Director of Planning and Regulation Services to make any necessary minor corrections not materially affecting the document prior to publication.
3. Agree the change to the Oxford Local Plan period from 2022-2042 to 2025-2045

The Director of Planning and Regulation submitted a report to request Cabinet’s approval of the Local Development Scheme 2025-2030, which sets out the work programme for the revised Oxford Local Plan 2045. 

Councillor Hollingsworth presented the report. He said that they were proposing an adjustment to the timetable, but there were no other significant changes to the local plan as it had been presented previously.

The Planning Policy and Place Manager added that they were now referring to the Local Plan as the Local Plan 2045. She said that they adjusted the time period after receiving advice, to ensure that they included enough time after the adoption of the Plan.

Councillor Hollingsworth noted the changes that central government was making in the planning system. He said that the National Policy Planning Framework was due to be updated sometime in the next week.

Cabinet resolved to:

1. Approve the Local Development Scheme 2025-2030;
2. Authorise the Director of Planning and Regulation Services to make any necessary minor corrections not materially affecting the document prior to publication.
3. Agree the change to the Oxford Local Plan period from 2022-2042 to 2025-2045