The Committee is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2025 as a true and accurate record.

Public addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda. Up to five minutes is available for each public address.

The request to speak accompanied by the full text of the address must be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on 7 January 2026.

Councillor addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda. Up to five minutes is available for each address.

The request should be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on 7 January 2026.

Cabinet, at its meeting on 21 January 2026, will consider a report to share current progress on the Workforce Equalities Report and Action Plan and to present and seek approval for the publication of the annual Workforce Equality Report 2024/2025, the Gender Pay Gap Report, Ethnicity Pay Gap Report and Disability Pay Gap Report.   

Councillor Nigel Chapman, Cabinet Member for Focused Services and Council Companies, Gail Malkin, Head of People and Sobia Afrida, EDI Specialist have been invited to present the report and take part in discussions.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and agree any recommendations.

Cabinet, at its meeting on 21 January 2026, will consider a report to recommend that Council approve the Proposed Submission Draft Local Plan 2045 for public consultation and, subject to the outcome of the consultation, if no matters are raised that materially impact upon the Plan strategy, to submit the Submission Draft Oxford Local Plan 2045 to the Secretary of State for formal examination.

Councillor Alex Hollingsworth, Cabinet Member for Planning and Culture, David Butler, Director of Planning and Regulation, Rachel Williams, Planning Policy and Place Manager and Sarah Harrison, Planning Policy Team Leader have been invited to present the report and take part in discussions.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and agree any recommendations.

The Work Plan is driven to a very large extent by the Cabinet Forward Plan. The Scrutiny Committee agrees its priorities for items coming onto the Forward Plan, which then form part of its Work Plan.

The Committee is recommended to confirm its agreement to the Work Plan, or agree any amendments as required.

At its meeting on 10 December 2025, Cabinet considered the following reports from Scrutiny and made responses to the recommendations:

·       Authority Monitoring Report and Infrastructure Funding Statement

·       Biodiversity Strategy and Environment Act Update

·       ODS clienting

The Committee is asked to:

1.     Note Cabinet’s responses to its recommendations.

There have been no meetings of the Working Groups since the Scrutiny Committee’s previous meeting on 2 December 2025.

Scrutiny Committee

·       3 February 2026

·       10 March 2026

·       7 April 2026

All meetings start at 6:00 pm.