The Head of City Development submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) seeking approval for a three-year programme for the preparation of various planning documents that would form part of the City Council’s Local Development Framework.

The Planning Policy Manager reported that since the agenda had been published brief comments from the Planning Inspectorate and West Oxfordshire District Council had been received but these did not alter the recommendations in the report.

Resolved to:-

(1)   Approve the Oxford Local Development Scheme 2011-14 for submission to the Secretary of State;

(2)   Agree that the Local Development Scheme 2011-14 would take effect four weeks after submission unless the Secretary of State intervened and requested more time or more work to be done; and

(3)   Authorise the Head of City Development to make any necessary editorial corrections to the document prior to submission to the Secretary of State.