Julian Cooper - Councillor for West Oxfordshire ( Woodstock and Bladon)

Councillor Julian Cooper

 Liberal Democrats  Woodstock and Bladon  Chair of Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee

Email: julian.cooper@westoxon.gov.uk

Council: West Oxfordshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Executive (Guest) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Guest, Committee Member) Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee (Chair) Council (Committee Member) Development Control Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Committee Lowlands Area Planning Sub-Committee Lowlands Area Planning Sub-Committee Council Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee Development Control Committee Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee Audit and Governance Committee (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

77 meetings · Page 4 of 16

Executive Guest

Executive - Wednesday, 9th July, 2025 2.00 pm

July 09, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025 5.30 pm

July 02, 2025
Executive

Executive - Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 2.00 pm

June 11, 2025
Development Control Committee

Development Control Committee - Monday, 2nd June, 2025 2.00 pm

June 02, 2025
Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee

Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 28th May, 2025 2.00 pm

May 28, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

30 decisions · Page 1 of 6

Private Sector Housing and Caravan Sites policy review and update.

From: Executive - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 13, 2025

...to approve recommendations to update the Private Sector Housing and Caravan Sites policy, reviewing fees, enforcement, and civil penalties.

Recommendations Approved

Council tax support 2026/27

From: Executive - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 13, 2025

...to recommend to Full Council the revised Council Tax Support Scheme for the financial year 2026/2027, including a 3.5% increase to income bands from 1 April 2026 or the inflationary increase in welfare benefits (whichever is greater), and the transfer of any surplus in the Hardship Fund to 2026/2027.

Recommendations Approved

Local Government Reorganisation

From: Executive - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 13, 2025

... recommendations regarding Local Government Reorganisation were approved, including submitting a full proposal for a two unitary model, subject to call-in.

For Determination

Westhive update and consideration of future options

From: Executive - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 13, 2025

...to ensure continued community grant funding, officers were requested to review platform hosting options, and the Director of Place was delegated responsibility for procuring a new service, subject to call-in.

Recommendations Approved

Local Plan Spatial Options

From: Executive - Wednesday, 22nd October, 2025 2.00 pm - October 22, 2025

... to publish a consultation paper on preferred spatial options for the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2043, addressing the plan period, settlement hierarchy, spatial strategy, and potential development areas.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 77

Average per Month: 3.3

Decisions Recorded: 30