At Cabinet on 14 December 2022, it was agreed to “Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Development), in consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer, the Head of Law and Governance, and the Cabinet Members for Planning and Healthier Communities and for Finance & Asset Management to agree financial contributions and terms, and then enter into all relevant funding agreements and contracts.”

On 29 March 2023, the Council entered into Collaboration Agreement regarding the Design Phase of Cowley Branch Line (CBL), which included a funding allowance for “design-led studies to be procured which will relate to improving the connections to and the from the proposed two new stations, (termed the Infrastructure Place Study for this project)”.