Oxfordshire Growth Board

The Oxfordshire Growth Board is a partnership of councils, businesses, the universities and other key partners in Oxfordshire. Through collaborative working it delivers projects that promote high quality growth in Oxfordshire as well as priorities agreed in the City Deal and Local Growth Deals.

The Board also exists to advise on matters of collective interest, to seek agreement on local priorities and influence relevant local, regional and national bodies.

Latest Update

Didcot Garden Town: Oxfordshire County Council secures £218m for major transport improvements – Transport improvements in and around Didcot will support the creation of new jobs and homes, thanks to a successful grant funding bid led by Oxfordshire County Council
Book tokens up for grabs as children invited to draw their ‘Oxfordshire in 2050′ – Children can win book tokens as part of a drawing competition for the Oxfordshire Plan 2050
Extra care homes for Chipping Norton supported by Growth Deal – A planning application for an extra care housing scheme in West Oxfordshire supported by £2.9 million of funding from the Oxfordshire Housing & Growth Deal, has been approved

Oxfordshire Plan 2050 – Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report has been prepared to identify the scope and level of detail to be included in the Sustainability Appraisal (SA). The SA is a legal requirement in the production of the Local Plan and promotes sustainable development by assessing the extent to which the Plan’s policy options will help to achieve relevant environmental, economic and social objectives.

This consultation is now CLOSED. You can still view the responses online here .

Purpose of the Oxfordshire Growth Board (from the terms of reference):

to facilitate and enable collaboration between local authorities on economic development, strategic planning and growth
to deliver cross-boundary programmes of work including the City Deal, Growth Deal, Strategic Economic Plan and Local Transport Board programmes, within government timescales. This includes agreeing the detailed contents of specific priorities, plans, projects and programmes
to approve and monitor the implementation of a detailed work programme as laid out in the City Deal, Strategic Economic Plan and Local Transport Board programmes, together with any future Growth Deals or other programmes as agreed
to bid for the allocation of resources to support the above purposes.

Who attends the Growth Board?

The board includes the local authorities within the Oxfordshire LEP. These are: Cherwell District Council, Oxford City Council, South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale of White Horse District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Oxfordshire County Council and they are represented by their respective leaders and chief executives.

The are some non-voting representatives including

Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Oxfordshire Skills Board
Oxford Universities
Homes and Communities Agency
Environment Agency
Network Rail
Highways Agency

Where can I read more?

Please visit the Oxfordshire Growth Boardwebsite.

The Growth Board meetings take place every other month. From 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, the meetings are being hosted and chaired by South Oxfordshire District Council.

Minutes

All current and historic minutes and agendas for the Growth Board can be found here. https://www.oxfordshiregrowthboard.org/meetings/

There you can also find the questions posed by members of the public to the Board, as well as the responses.

Programme Manager

You can contact the Oxfordshire Growth Board Team, who are based at South Oxfordshire Council, using the details below:

South Oxfordshire District Council

Partnership and Insight

135 Eastern Avenue

Milton Park

Milton

Oxfordshire

OX14 4SB

01235 422655

oxfordshire.growthboard@southandvale.gov.uk

Contact us - Planning policy

01235 422600
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

planning.policy@southoxon.gov.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council
135 Eastern Avenue
Milton Park
Abingdon
OX14 4SB