At its meeting on 10^th July 2013, the City Executive Board resolved to include the Oxford Stadium on the Oxford Heritage Asset register as a “locally designated heritage asset”.

The report explains the purpose of the conservation area designation and sets out the reasons for proposing to designate Oxford Stadium as a conservation area. The extent of the area is shown on the plan attached as Appendix 1 of the report.

The Board is recommended to designate Oxford Stadium, Sandy Lane, as a Conservation Area.

The Head of City Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) concerning the proposal to designate Oxford Stadium as a Conservation Area. Councillor Colin Cook, Board Member for City Development, presented the report to the Board and provided some background to it.  He thanked Officers for all their hard work on this matter. The community value of this site was enormous, and he was proud to think that it could be designated as a conservation area.

Nick Worlledge, Heritage and Specialist Services Team Leader, added that Oxford City council had been quite progressive in recognising areas of the City that were valued locally. There had been a public consultation on this matter, but there was nothing in the responses that would lead officers to make a different recommendation from the one that was currently before the Board.

Resolved to designate Oxford Stadium, Sandy Lane, as a Conservation Area.