Agenda


Shareholder Committee - Thursday 5 March 2026 1.30 pm

Venue: 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, OX16 5FD

Contact: Kerry Wincott, Law and Governance  Email: kerry.wincott@cherwell-dc.gov.uk, 01295 221586

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

 

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 202 KB

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 December 2026.

Additional documents:

4.

Chair's Announcements

To receive communications from the Chair

5.

Urgent Business

The Chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

6.

Crown House Banbury Ltd - Quarter Three Business Report 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 533 KB

**Exempt appendices of this report are included on this agenda as a separate item, item 8**

 

Purpose of report

 

To note, comment and approve recommendations in response to Crown House Banbury Limited Quarter Three 2025/26 Business Report.?

 

Recommendations

 

The Shareholder Committee resolves:

 

1.1     Note and comment on the Crown House Banbury Limited Quarter Three 2025/26 Business Report as contained in this report.?

7.

Exclusion of the Public and Press

The following items of business contain exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

 

3.     Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

Members are reminded that whilst the following items have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

 

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to pass the following recommendation:

 

“That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 of Schedule 12A of that Act and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

8.

Crown House Banbury Ltd - Quarter Three Business Report 2025/26 - Exempt Appendices

As set out in agenda item 6

9.

Crown House Banbury Ltd - Business Plan Update 2025-2027

Exempt report of Shareholder Representative

10.

Readmittance of the Public and Press

The Shareholder Committee to resolve to readmit the public and press to the meeting.

 

11.

Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) - Governance Review Action Plan – Update pdf icon PDF 420 KB

Report of the Assistant Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer.

 

Purpose of report

 

This report presents an update of the Governance Review Action Plan, which commenced following a request at the Shareholder Committee meeting dated 05 July 2023 to ensure oversight of the remaining actions emerging from the Governance Review, carried out by WBD Solicitors.?

 

Recommendations

 

The Shareholder Committee resolves:

 

1.1     To note the updated Graven Hill Governance Review Action Plan attached as Appendix A.

 

 

Additional documents:

12.

Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) - Quarter Three Business Report 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 238 KB

**An exempt version of this report and exempt appendices are included on this agenda as a separate item, item 14**

 

 

Report of the Shareholder Representative

 

Purpose of report

 

To note, comment and approve recommendations in response to the GHVDC Quarter Three Business Report.

 

 Recommendations

 

The Shareholder Committee is recommended to:

 

 

1.1     To note and comment on the GHVDC Quarter Three Business Report. 

 

1.2     To approve the GHVDC Quarter Three Business Report 

 

1.3     Note that the cost of living increases will be based on the Consumer Prices Index in line with previous years (CPI as of January 2026) 

 

1.4     To approve the recommendations of the GHVDC Remuneration Committee Report. Shareholder Committee consent is sought in accordance with Clause 4.11 and 8.1.20 of the 08 October 2025 Shareholder Agreement Matters requiring Consent of the Council. 

 

1.5     To note and comment on the GHVDC Market Demand and Interest Report. Appendix C within the exempt report. 

 

 

13.

Exclusion of the Public and Press

The following items of business contain exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

 

3.     Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

 

Members are reminded that whilst the following items have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

 

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to pass the following recommendation:

 

“That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 of Schedule 12A of that Act and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

 

 

 

 

 

14.

Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) - Quarter Three Business Report 2025/26

As set out in agenda item 12.

15.

Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) - Strategic Business Plan Update 2026/27

Exempt report of Shareholder Representative

16.

Company Board Minutes

Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) have regular board meetings. The meeting minutes are presented to the Shareholder Committee for information purposes.

 

Recommendations

 

The Shareholder Committee resolves:

 

To receive the Graven Hill Village Development Company (GHVDC) board minutes for the meetings of 30 October 2025 and 27 November 2025.