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Cabinet

This committee is chaired by the Leader of the council who selects their Cabinet members.

Cabinet reviews reports prepared by council staff working with the Cabinet member who represents them. The report recommends a decision on an important subject, and the Cabinet debates and votes on it in a public meeting.

Each Cabinet member can represent a number of different council services and can make decisions on less important subjects themselves – we call this an Individual Cabinet Member Decision.

We publish all decisions made by the Cabinet, and all Individual Cabinet Member Decisions on our democratic pages.

See our calendar for the dates of all of our Cabinet meetings. Five working days before a meeting, we will publish the reports the Cabinet is reviewing. You can find these reports on the calendar.

Cabinet Members and the areas they represent

Cabinet Members and the areas they represent

Councillor David Rouane – Leader

  • Information Governance, Data Protection, GDPR, EIR and FOI
  • Legal and Land Charges, Democratic and Elections
  • Communications and Engagement
  • Local Government Reorganisation and Devolution

Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers – Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Hub, and Deputy Leader

  • Housing Needs, Disabled Facility Grants, Private Sector Housing
  • Community Hub and Migration

Councillor Tony Worgan – Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration

  • Economic Development, Support for Local Businesses and Market Towns
  • Affordable Housing, Housing Strategy and Delivery, Community Led Housing, Mobile Home Parks
  • Garden Communities

Councillor Pieter-Paul Barker – Cabinet Member for Finance and Property Assets

  • Strategic Finance and Financial Management
  • S106 and CIL
  • Revenues and Benefits
  • Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud
  • Exchequer Services and Procurement
  • Strategic Property, Asset Management Strategy, Development Initiatives and Disposals Policy
  • Property Database and Estates Management
  • Regional and national partnership
  • Health and Safety

Councillor Sam James-Lawrie – Cabinet Member for Environment

  • Climate Action, including Climate Action Plan, Climate Action Fund and Nature Recovery.
  • Waste and Recycling, Waste Depot and Fleet Management
    Litter and Street Cleaning
  • Food and Workplace Safety, Environmental Protection
    Grounds and Parks Maintenance
  • Engineering services (Sewerage, Flooding and Drainage)
    Cemeteries, Car parks and Moorings

Councillor Leigh Rawlins – Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Policy and Programmes

  • Customer Services and Complaints
  • HR, Payroll, Workforce and Organisational Development
  • Equalities and Inclusivity
  • IT Strategy, Programmes, Operations and Development
  • Corporate Programmes, Project Management, Performance Management
  • Corporate Policy (including Council Plan)
  • Emergency Planning and Business Continuity

Councillor Anne-Marie Simpson – Cabinet Member for Planning

  • Major & Minor Applications, Appeals and Enforcement
  • Building Control and Registration DM
  • Footpaths (Connectivity)
  • Planning Business Support
  • Urban Design, Conservation, Listed Buildings, Trees, Landscape and Ecology
    Planning Policy (including the Joint Local Plan)

Councillor Georgina Heritage – Cabinet Member for Communities

  • Cornerstone Arts Centre
  • Arts Strategy and Development
  • Community Art
  • Community Safety
  • Licensing
  • Grants
  • Leisure Services

Contact us - Democratic services

01235 422520
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

democratic.services@southandvale.gov.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE

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