Decisions

Resolved

(1)      That the exempt presentation be noted.

Resolved

(1)      That the Council’s self-assessment against the requirements of CIPFA’s Financial Management Code be noted.

Resolved

(1)      That the contents of the report be noted.

Resolved

(1)      That the Committee Work Plan be noted.

Resolved

(1)       That the presentation be noted.

(2)       That the work being undertaken be commended.

(3)       That officers be requested to provide additional information on the Mental Health support provided by the County and/or MIND for adolescents (13 – 19 year olds) in the district.

Resolved

(1)       That the performance elements of the monthly Performance, Risk and Finance monitoring position for July 2021 be noted.

Resolved

(1)       That the verbal updates regarding suggested topics for scrutiny be noted.

(2)       That the scoping document for the Members Education and Training review group be approved.

(3)       That the update on items previously submitted to Overview and Scrutiny be noted.

(4)       That the indicative work programme for 2021-2022 be noted.

Resolved

(1)       That the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 September 2021 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman subject to the following amendments (in italics):

Minute 18, Constitution Review 2021

The reason for the Labour Group’s decision was because the 2020 review process had resulted in one third of recommendations that had cross-party agreement at the working group stage, when considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resulting in different recommendations going forward to Full Council and unless the working group was changed would not take part.

Resolved

(1)          That the following change of Conservative Group committee membership be noted:

Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee

Remove: Councillor Tony Ilott

Add: Councillor Adam Nell

Resolved

(1)          That the Terms of Reference for the Community Governance Review (CGR) (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

(2)          That authority be delegated to the Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Chairman (or Vice-Chairman in the Chairman’s absence) of the Parliamentary Boundary and Community Governance Review working group, to make minor amendments to the timetable for the Community Governance Review if required. 

Resolved

(1)          That an increase in the Capital Programme of £1.240m Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), funded by grant received from the Government, be approved.

Resolved

(1)          That the calendar of meetings for Cherwell District Council for the municipal year 2022/2023 (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved.

Resolved

(1)          That the report and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Cherwell District Council for 2020/21 be received.

Resolved

(1)          That the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (Annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be adopted as a replacement for the current statement of community involvement (CSCI) adopted on 18 July 2016.

(2)          That the adoption of future Statements of Community Involvement and the approval of amendments be delegated to the Executive.

(3)          That authority to modify the Statement of Community Involvement in exceptional circumstances be delegated to the Assistant Director – Planning and Development the with the agreement of the Lead Member for Planning.

Resolved

(1)          That the following motion be adopted:

“This council believes that planning works best when developers and communities work closely together to shape local areas when delivering new homes, infrastructure and commercial sites.

Notwithstanding the above, this Council further believes that the ability of individual residents to support or object to planning applications is an invaluable part of the planning system.  As we await the emerging Planning Reform Bill, this council calls on the Leader of the Council to closely monitor the situation and lobby as appropriate, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, The Local Government Association and the District Councils Network to ask them to support and uphold this vital principle”

(For information, following debate of the proposed motion, on being put to the vote the amendment was lost and subsequently fell)

(2)          That the following motion be adopted:

“This Council welcomes Banbury FM’s objective to secure a licence to provide a locally run radio station dedicated to the listeners of North Oxfordshire.

More particularly, this Council supports Banbury FM’s aspiration to operate the local DAB multiplex and to secure an FM community radio licence when they become available.

This Council requests that the Leader writes to Ofcom and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to convey our support to Banbury FM for its initiative to persuade Ofcom of Banbury FM’s community-mindedness and licensing credentials to ensure that Banbury FM’s laudable aims can be realised”.

(For information, following debate of the Oxford Cambridge Arc motion, on being put to the vote the motion was lost and subsequently fell)