Issue - meetings

Exempt report of the Corporate Director – Resources and Transformation.

Resolved       

(1)   That having given due consideration, the Graven Hill Village Development Company Update be noted.

The Corporate Director – Resources and Transformation submitted an exempt report detailing the Graven Hill Development Company (GHVDC) Phase 2 progress, performance in 2024/25, and governance arrangements.

The Committee received a presentation from the GHVDC Managing Director detailing the Graven Hill 2024/25 Business Plan & Budget as well as providing an up-to-date position statement. In introducing the presentation, the GHVDC Managing Director advised that it had been a challenging year in the housing market, due to factors such as higher mortgage costs, slowing buyer decisions, lack of government incentive schemes and changes to stamp duty land tax.

Officers responded to detailed pre-submitted questions from the Committee and agreed to circulate the answers after the meeting.

In response to a question regarding GHVDC’s social housing policy, the GHVDC Managing Director advised that levels of Affordable Housing included initially were compliant with national policy at the time of the initial application, and future applications would continue to be compliant with appropriate national policy.

In response to a question as to whether the Integrated Care Board (ICB) could be invited to discuss Primary Care provision at Graven Hill, the Assistant Director Law and Governance, Monitoring Officer explained that health scrutiny was the responsibility of the County Council and therefore questions regarding the ICB would be best placed with the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee at Oxfordshire County Council.     

Resolved       

(1)   That having given due consideration, the Graven Hill Village Development Company Update be noted.