To update CEB on the progress of the Oxford Growth Strategy and to make adequate financial provision in respect of it.  It is recommended that the CEB note the contents of this report, in particular the potential need to identify additional resources and agrees to transfer £310,000 from reserves to support the work streams detailed in this report.

The Oxford Growth Strategy is a coordinated set of workstreams encompassing the preparation of a high level case for sustainable urban extensions to Oxford as the most sustainable way of addressing Oxford’s unmet housing needs, as well as joint working with the other Oxfordshire local authorities, and involvement in their local plans’ preparation and examination, to seek to ensure that Oxford’s unmet housing needs are fully addressed in a sustainable manner on a cross-boundary basis.