West Oxfordshire District Council Council Plan 2020-2024

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1 Introduction In 2018, we invited the Local We are keen to take the initiative on We recognise that sometimes it will Government Association (LGA) to this opportunity and this new Council be a town or parish that takes a lead conduct a Corporate Peer Challenge - Plan is a start, but to make sure we on a particular issue and the District an external review of a Council’s continue to develop this work, we need Council and other partners will need functioning and its ability to deliver on to work with our partner organisations to act in support of this initiative and its plans. Its report outlines a range of and local communities, to secure their enable improvements where possible. positive factors in the Council’s contributions to our action plan. An example of this might be town leadership and performance but it also partnership work that seeks to provides some helpful pointers for We will work in a variety of ways, enhance the vitality of a market town. improvement. leading by example, in support of our place-making role and advancing the Alongside our community leadership Our Peer Review found that the new future strength and sustainability of local role, we will continue to ensure that Council Plan is an opportunity to: communities. A key part of this will be we provide efficient value for money our community leadership role working services. Our financial strategy is •Align strategic objectives with partners and local areas. positioned to plan for and stay ahead • Make good use of community inputs of future challenges, such as changes Whilst taking a strategic lead to help – building on work in the Local Plan to Government funding, service create the future for West Oxfordshire, process demand and other emerging risks. we plan to listen to and engage in joint We are developing a Commissioning •Set out our economic ambitions as work with our local communities. Our Strategy and Commercial Strategy part of Oxfordshire’s successful regular Town and Parish Forums are an which aim to ensure the Council local economy example of this commitment. retains its current healthy financial position whilst becoming less reliant • Consider the scope to support upon volatile central government future community development. funding. Our planned Commissioning Strategy will cover everything we do and is focussed on meeting local needs and delivering excellent and efficient services in support of the Council Plan.

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5 6 Key Priority 2 Vision Vision Our vision is to support West Oxfordshire to be Key Priority 3 fit for theOur future vision through: is to support West Oxfordshire to be fit for the future through: Key Priority 4 1. Climate Action Leading the1. wayClimate in protecting Action and enhancing the environment by taking actionLeading locally th one way climate in protecting change and and biodiversit enhancingy. the environment by taking action locally on climate change and biodiversity. 2. Healthy Towns and Villages • Work with OxLEP to expand opportunities to engage and Facilitating healthy lifestyles and better wellbeing for everyone. Key actionsinspire to young include: people and create pathways into vocational work 2. Healthy Towns and Villages and skills in the local economy.Healthy Towns and Villages Facilitating healthy lifestyles and better wellbeing for everyone. •Ensuring an adequate overall supply •Identifying and enabling opportunities • Supporting the rural economy throughMeasures appropriate of success:to meet planning the accommodation and needs of 3. A Vibrant District Economy of housingeconomic to meedevelopmentt identified policy needs and Government programme includingassistance those where in need applicable. of affordable The Council willt reportravelling annually comm on theun ities.implementation Securing futu3. reA economicVibrant success District through Economy supporting existing local of key actions, indicative measures of progress include: Key Priority 5 housing. businesses andSec attractinguring futu newre economic businesses success to deliver through the economic supporting existing local ambitions of the Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy. A Vibrant District Economy• Review of the position shown in updates to the health businesses and attracting new businesses to deliver the economic • Measures to increase the number of and wellbeing measures that inform the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Health and Wellbeing Strategy; and ambitions of the Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy. affordable housing units delivered Key Priority 5 Measures of success: Director of Public Health’s Annual Report. annuall y, including the promotion of 4. Strong Local Communities The Council will report annually on the• implementationSubmission of Health of key Impactactions, Assessments indicative measures with all of innovative housing solutions, so that we Supporting4. and building prosperous and inclusive local communities. progress include: strategic planning applicationsMeeting and the implementation Strong Local Communities can reduce the housing waiting list.Strongof theLocal findings Communities through the development scheme to Supporting and building prosperous and inclusive local communities. • Economic indicators including activity whichrates; employment/it relates. Housing unemployment Needs levels; tracking the position in business formation/Measures survival rates;of success: and the quality of local jobs over time - 5. Meeting the Housing Needs of our Changing •The promotionwork-place and versus deliver residenty of wage self-build levels.• Production of a Leisureof our Strategy for West Oxfordshire, and custom build plots and opportunitiesThe Councilincorporating will report wide-ranging annually health, on the wellbeing implementation and of Population5. Meeti ng the Housing Needs of our Changing • New employment space and jobskey created actions,community as aindicative result benefits. of measuresstrategicChanging site of developmentprogress include: and Securing the provision of market and affordable housing of a high to meet thethe reportingneeds of of agglomerationthose on the gains linked to Oxfordshire’s developing Local Industrial Population Council’sStrategy. self-build register. • Reviewing change inPopulation West Oxfordshire through aligning quality for theS ecwideuring range the ofprovision householders of market making and theiraffordable home housing in of a high our Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report with the West Oxfordshire. 12 quality for the wide range of householders making their home in • Business land / premises availability.Council Plan so that weMeasures can assess of changes success: in key •Investigating a new West Oxfordshireeconomic, social and environmental indicators. West Oxfordshire. • Identifying,living rent• targetingTourism to ensure related and that developmentsecuring affordable appropriate schemes permitted - Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report. funding opportunities with external •agencies. A periodic look at howThe the Council District will scores report against annually 6. Modern Council Services and Sustainable Finance homes• areTown tr ucentrely affordable retail and businessfor local occupancy rates. comparative analyses onshown the implementationin for example: theof key Thriving Delivering excellent modern services whilst ensuring the financial 3 • Referencingpeople andour ke Councily workers. Plan prioritiesPlaces as the Index; and the Sustainableactions, indicative Growth measures Index. of 6. Modern Council Services and Sustainable Finance sustainability of the Council. context for assessing grant funding applications Measuresprogress ofinclude: success: Delivering excellent modern services whilst ensuring the financial • Increased engagement with towns and parishes in support of community projects. •Using the planning system to ensureto t hataddress priority community concerns. sustainability of the Council. new developments provide a range of The•T Councilhe Council’s will report annual monitoring 14 annuallywill on include: the implementation five-year housing 8 housing products, including low-cost of key landactions, supply indicative measurement; measures total home ownership models, and the right of progressnumbers include: of new dwellings; 8 size and flexibility of properties and additional affordable housing • More residents transacting property types to meet the current and withunits the constructed; Council through number of self future needs of our residents. self-serviceand custom channels. build opportunities 7 delivered; number of new pitches •Increasing the rate of delivery on larger • Improvementsand plots to meetin measures the needs of the of customertravelling community. satisfaction. strategic sites through proactive planning and the use of appropriate mechanisms • •NAn updatedumber of Medium new homes Term built to Financial Strategy which includes accessible and adaptable standards (planning performance agreements the impact of changes to central and planning conditions), work with governmentin accordance funding, with incorporatesoptional Part infrastructure providers, and sustainable realisticM4(2) andof the achievable Building Regulations.actions to mitigate reductions in government methods of construction where •Ofunding,ur performance and plans to against achieve a appropriate. balancedmeeting budget the housing within needs the of nextour five communities: years. number of •Exploring and developing new successful affordable housing • Council tax level within lowest allocations; number of temporary partnerships (for example the Blenheim five shire districts in the country. approach) to deliver on: modern methods accommodation units available of construction to reduce carbon to the Council; number of empty homes within the District. footprints, more landowner provided housing and genuine community-led housing opportunities. Vision

Our vision is to support West Oxfordshire to be fit for the future through:

The District Council will also work to enhance our natural environment and 1. Climate Action boost biodiversity. Our overarching goal is to establish robust, resilient, well- ClimateLeading Actionthe way in protecting and enhancing the environmentfunctioning ecological networks which will require: Leading the way in protecting and enhancing the environment • Ongoing support for key local projects by bytaking taking action action locally onlocally climate on change climate and changebiodiversity. and biodiversity. 1 and initiatives, including the Lower We will foster our strategic approach to securing a low carbon future, taking Windrush Valley Project, the Measures of steps to mitigate and adapt to climate change and deliver a net gain in biodiversity. Wychwood Project, Thames Valley 2. Healthy Towns and Villages Environmental Records Centre Success The District Council will develop and implement a Climate Change Strategy (TVERC) and the Berkshire, Facilitating healthy lifestyles and better wellbeing for everyone. The Council will report annually for West Oxfordshire with key actions to include: Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire on the implementation of key Wildlife Trust (BBOWT). actions, indicative measures of progress including: • A Carbon Action3. PlanA developed Vibran tot identify District and implement Economy the action and • Managing the Council’s land and assets projects required to become a Carbon Neutral Council by 2030. • Achievement of targets within Securing future economic success through supporting existing for biodiversity, local including the restoration the Carbon Action Plan for a of priority habitats, the recovery of Carbon Neutral Council by •Work across functionsbu andsinesses disciplines, and withattracting partners new both businessesin the Council to and deliver the preconomiciority species populations and 2030. outside of the Council, to drive forward climate action across the District. ambitions of the Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy. opportunities for tree planting in suitable • Establishing a Climate Change This will address: locations. Strategy in 2021 and use this to then chart improvement in 1. meeting carbon reduction targets; • Seeking to implement and maintain measurable environmental and biodiversity enhancements. 2. improving air4. andStrong water quality; Local Communities recommendations contained in the Supporting and building prosperous and inclusive local communities. ‘Windrush in Witney’ Landscape • Production and delivery of a 3. a natural environment increasing in value for biodiversity and people; Management Strategy. Green Infrastructure Strategy, incorporating the use of 4. a landscape adapted to the pressures of flood risk; and Building with Nature principles. • Continuing to support Oxfordshire’s 5. the design and5. buildingMeeti ofng sustainable, the Hou low-carbonsing communities.Needs of our Changing Conservation Target Areas and Local • The successful delivery of a Wildlife Sites Project. Nature Recovery Strategy for Oxfordshire. • Identifying initiatives Populationtowards preparing for and adapting to climate change, • Supporting the preparation and delivery including enabling residentsSecuring to adapt the toprovision extreme weatherof market events, and informed affordable housing of a high • The implementation of of a Nature Recovery Strategy for a Biodiversity Net Gain through engagement with local communities and partners. quality for the wide range of householders making their O homexfordshire in (including the mapping of mechanism in Development a Nature Recovery Network). • Piloting initiatives throughWest the Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village and considering roll out to other new areas of development. • Using the Council’s planning powers to ensure that new developments deliver a •Increasing residential6. Modern and commercial Council reuse and Servicesrecycling and encouragingand Sustainable Financenet gain in biodiversity. composting. Delivering excellent modern services whilst ensuring the financial sustainability of the Council. 4

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Healthy Towns and Villages Key Priority 2We will pursue a place-based approach, working collaboratively Healthy Towns and Villages with the health and voluntary sector and local communities, to enhance the health and wellbeing of West Oxfordshire’s residents. Measures of success: 2 Key actions to include:

The Council will report annually on the implementation of key actions, indicative measures of progress include:• W orking with the health sector (especially the Clinical Commissioning Group and Public Health) and other partners to establish a comprehensive • Review of the position shown in updates to the health netw ork of healthcare facilities and services including creative approaches. and wellbeing measures that inform the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Health and Wellbeing Strategy;• Adoptingand a ‘healthy place-shaping’ approach in new and existing developments, Director of Public Health’s Annual Report. ensuring that the necessary green and blue infrastructure, and the public realm, is provided to encourage healthy lifestyles and tackle physical inactivity; and • Submission of Health Impact Assessments with all that these link with established communities so that both new and existing strategic planning applications and implementation residents benefit. of the findings through the development scheme to Measures of Success which it relates. • Working closely and creatively with residents to understand needs and co- The Council will report annually on the implementation of key actions, indicative produce sustainable community-led solutions to tackle health and wellbeing • Production of a Leisure Strategy for West Oxfordshire, measures of progress include: challenges, for example tackling rural isolation and loneliness. incorporating wide-ranging health, wellbeing and • Review of the position shown in updates to the health and wellbeing measures that community benefits. • Reviewing and delivering the Council’s grants programme to ensure that inform the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Health and Wellbeing Strategy; and it facilitates the enhancement of community facilities and the provision of Director of Public Health’s Annual Report. activities which promote health and wellbeing. • Submission of Health Impact Assessments with all strategic planning applications and implementation of the findingsHealthy through Townsthe development and Villagesscheme to which it relates. • Working proactively12 and in partnership to ensure residents benefit from effective large scale county-wide or national health and wellbeing • Production of a Leisure Strategy for West Oxfordshire, incorporating wide-ranging health, wellbeing and communityMeasures benefits. of success: programmes. • Producing an Asset Management Plan to maximise the community The Council will report annually on the implementation benefits of the Council’s estate. of key actions, indicative measures of progress include: • Challenging the stigma around mental health and using creative • Review of the position shown in updates to the health interventions to help improve services especially for young people. and wellbeing measures that inform the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Health and Wellbeing Strategy; and • Working with communities on healthy living initiatives in partnership with Director of Public Health’s Annual Report. our leisure contractor, GLL. • Submission of Health Impact Assessments with all strategic planning applications and implementation of the findings through the development scheme to which it relates. 5 • Production of a Leisure Strategy for West Oxfordshire, incorporating wide-ranging health, wellbeing and community benefits.

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• Work with OxLEP to expand opportunities to engage and inspire young people and create pathways into vocational work and skills in the local economy.

• Supporting the rural economy through appropriate planning and economic development policy and Government programme assistance where applicable. Securing futureA economic Vibrant successDistrict through Economy supporting existing local businesses andSecuring attracting future new economic businesses success to through deliver supporting the economic existing local A Vibrant District Economy ambitions of thebusinesses Oxfordshire and attracting Local Industrialnew businesses Strateg to delivery. the economic 3 ambitions of the Oxfordshire Local Industrial Strategy. Measures of success: Key actions to include:

The Council will report annually on the implementation of key actions, indicative measures of•W orking with business groups and partners including the Oxfordshire Local progress include: Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) to ensure there is a comprehensive range of support available for businesses. • Economic indicators including activity rates; employment/ unemployment levels; tracking the position in business formation/ survival rates; and the quality of local jobs over time -•Cr eating an environment where businesses can grow through ample, high Measures of Success work-place versus resident wage levels. quality land/ sites for employment purposes, including key hubs at Carterton, The Council will report annually on the implementation of key actions, indicative measures of progress include: • New employment space and jobs created as a result of strategic site development and Witney, Chipping Norton and the new Garden Village. the reporting of agglomeration gains linked to Oxfordshire’s developing Local Industrial • Economic indicators including activity rates; employment/ unemployment levels; Strategy. •Working with partners to secure new and upgraded infrastructure, including tracking the position in business formation/ survival rates; and the quality of local short and long-term enhancements to the A40 and the Cotswold railway line. jobs over time - work-place versus resident wage levels. • Business land / premises availability. • New employment space and jobs created as a result of strategic site development • Identifying and pursuing creative solutions for the provision of housing for key and the reporting of agglomeration gains linked to Oxfordshire’s developing Local • Tourism related development schemes permitted - Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report. workers (in partnership with main employers in the district). Industrial Strategy. • Business land / premises availability. • Town centre retail and business occupancy rates. • Developing an approach to secure the future vitality and viability of our town centres that adapts to the specific challenges and opportunities faced in • Tourism related development schemes permitted - Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report. individual towns (key actions need to include the promotion of towns as destinations). • Town centre retail and business occupancy rates. 14 • Promoting the development of successful tourism enterprises in appropriate, sustainable locations in accordance with Local Plan Policy.

•The development of public realm improvement projects, electric vehicle charging points and policies to allow town centres to evolve to meet changing shopping and leisure habits.

• Where opportunities present, the Council can pursue investment opportunities that can stimulate development to deliver both an economic gain and a revenue return.

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• Identifying, targeting and securing appropriate funding opportunities with external agencies. Modern Council Services and Sustainable Finance Delivering excellent modern services whilst ensuring the financial • Referencing our Council Plan priorities as the sustainability of the Council. context for assessing grant funding applications 6 Measures of success: in support of community projects. We will continue to ensure that we provide efficient, value for money services whilst modernising Council services to ensure that they meet the Measures of Success The Council will report evolving needs of customers and the area. annually on the implementation The Council will report annually on the implementation of key actions, indicative measures of progress include: of key actions, indicative measuresKey actions to include: of progress include: • More residents transacting with the Council through self-service channels. • Improvements in measures of customer satisfaction. • More residents transacting•W orking with Publica, Ubico and other partners, to improve services by with the Council through maximising accessibility, simplicity and quality. • An updated Medium Term Financial Strategy which includes the impact of changes self-service channels. to central government funding, incorporates realistic and achievable actions to mitigate reductions in government funding, and plans to achieve a balanced budget •Engaging with service users to inform future service redesign. within the next five years. • Improvements in measures of customer satisfaction.• Introducing a new Council website that enables improved service access. • Council tax level within lowest five shire districts in the country.

• An updated Medium Term•D eveloping a property strategy/ asset management plan to outline how Financial Strategy which includesthe Council can use its own property to deliver Council Plan objectives. the impact of changes to central government funding, incorporates•Refreshing the Medium Term Financial Strategy to incorporate financial realistic and achievable actionstargets to and setting a policy on the level of Council Tax which facilitates mitigate reductions in governmentthe Council ’s financial sustainability. funding, and plans to achieve a balanced budget within the• Developing a Commissioning Strategy and Commercial Strategy which next five years. aim to ensure our financial position remains healthy whilst becoming less reliant upon volatile central government funding. • Council tax level within lowest five shire districts in the• country. Looking for opportunities through the One Public Estate programme to ensure that the public estate meets local needs and provides efficiencies.

• Using our investments, where appropriate opportunities present, to deliver on multiple objectives that deliver Council Plan priorities.

• Identifying, targeting and securing appropriate funding opportunities with external agencies. • Referencing our Council Plan priorities as the context for assessing grant funding applications in support of community projects. 9 Key Priority 4 Key Priority 2 Key Priority 3 Key actions to include: Key Priority 5 •Ensuring an adequate overall supply •Identifying and enabling opportunities of housing to meet identified needs to meet the accommodation needs of including those in need of affordable travelling communities. Key Priority 5 Visionhousing.

• Measures to increase the number of affordable housing units delivered annually, including the promotion of Our vision is to support• WorkWest with OxLEP Oxfordshire to expand opportunities to to engagebe and innovative housing solutions, so thatinspire we young peopleMeeting and create the pathways into vocational work can reduce the housing waiting list. and skills in the local economy. fit for the future through: Housing Needs • Supporting the rural economy through appropriate planning and •The promotion and delivery of self-buildeconomic developmentof our policy and Government programme assistance where applicable. and custom1. Climate build plots and A opportunitiesction • Identifying,Changing targeting and securing appropriate to meet theLeading needs of tthosehe way on thein protectingfunding and enhancingopportunities the withenvironment external agencies. Council’s self-build register. A Vibrant DistrictPopulation Economy Strong Local CommunitiesHealthyby taking Towns action and locallyVillages on• climateReferencing change our and Council biodiversit Plan prioritiesy. as the contextMeasures for assessing of success: grant funding applications Measures of success: •InvestigatingMeasures a new of We success:st Oxfordshire Measures of success: Measures of success: in support of community projects. living rent to ensure that affordable The Council will report annually on2. theTheH implementation Councilealthy will report T ofown annuallys on an theThe implementationd Council Villages will report The Councilannually willon the report implementation annually of key actions, indicative measures ofThe Council will report homes areof tr keyuly actions, affordable indicative for measures local ofprogress progress include: include: key actions, indicative measures of progressFacilitating include: healthy lifestyles and betteron the implementation wellbeing of for key everyone. annually on the implementation people and key workers. actions, indicative measures of • Review of the position shown in updates• Economic to the indicators health including activity rates; employment/ unemployment levels; tracking of key actions, indicative measures progress include: • Reviewing change in West Oxfordshireand through wellbeing aligning measures that inform thethe Joint position Strategic in business formation/ survival rates; and the quality of local jobs over time - of progress include: our Local Plan Annual•U Monitoringsing the Report planNeedsning with Assessment, system the to Health ensure and Wellbeingthatwork-place Strategy; versus and resident wage levels. Director of Public Health’s Annual Report. •The Council’s annual monitoring Council Plan so that we ncanew assess de3.velopme changesA Vibnt sin provide keyran t aDistrict range of Economy • More residents transacting economic, social and environmental indicators. • New employment spacewill include: and jobs five-year created ashousing a result of strategic site development and housing produ•S ecSubmissionctus,ring including offutu Health relow-cost Impact economic Assessments the reportingsuccess with all of agglomeration through gainssuppor linked toting Oxfordshire’s existing developing local Local Industrial with the Council through land supply measurement; total bustrategicsinesses planning and applications attracting and implementationStrategy. new businesses to deliver the economic self-service channels. • A periodic look at how thehome District ownership scoresof the againstmodels,findings through and the the rightdevelopment scheme to numbers of new dwellings; comparative analyses shownsize andin for fle example:ambitionsxibilitwhichy itof therelates. proper Thriving of thties e anOxfordshired • Business land Local / premises additionalIndustrial availability. affordable Strateg housingy. • Improvements in measures Places Index; and the Sustainable Growth Index. units constructed; number of self property ty• pesProduction to mee oft athe Leisure current Strategy and for• TourismWest Oxfordshire, related development schemes permitted - Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report. of customer satisfaction. and custom build opportunities future needs incorporatingof our residen wide-rangingts. health, wellbeing and • Increased engagement with towns and parishes delivered; number of new pitches community benefits. • Town centre retail and business occupancy rates. • An updated Medium Term to address priority community concerns.4. Strong Local Communitiesand plots to meet the needs of the West Oxfordshire•Increasing the rate of delivery on larger Financial Strategy which includes Supporting and building prosperoustravelling and inclusive community. local communities. District Councilstrategic sites through proactive planning the impact of changes to central 12 government funding, incorporates January 2020and the use of appropriate mechanisms •Number of new homes built to realistic14 and achievable actions to (planning performance agreements accessible and adaptable standards 5. Meeting the Housing Needs of our Changing mitigate reductions in government in accordance with optional Part Elmfield and planning conditions), work with funding, and plans to achieve a infrastructuPopulationre providers, and sustainable M4(2) of the Building Regulations. New Yatt Road balanced budget within the methods ofS constructionecuring th ewhere provision of market and affordable housing of a high next five years. Witney quality for the wide range of householders•Our performance making against their home in appropriate. meeting the housing needs of • Council tax level within lowest OX28 1PB West Oxfordshire. our communities: number of five shire districts in the country. •Exploring and developing new successful affordable housing 01993 861000par tnerships (for example the Blenheim allocations; number of temporary approac6.h) to deliver on: modern methods accommodation units available [email protected] Council Services and Sustainable Finance of construction to reduce carbon to the Council; number of empty Delivering excellent modern serviceshomes whilst within theensuring District. the financial footprints, sustainabilitymore landowner of provided the Counc il. housing and genuine community-led housing opportunities.

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