Tom Beckett - Councillor for Cherwell (Bicester East)

Councillor Tom Beckett

The Green Party Bicester East

Email: tom.beckett@cherwell-dc.gov.uk

Council: Cherwell

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Budget Planning Committee (Committee Member) Executive (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Shareholder Committee (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

50 meetings · Page 1 of 10

Executive Committee Member

Executive - Tuesday 3 February 2026 6.30 pm

February 03, 2026, 6:30 pm
Executive Committee Member

Executive - Tuesday 6 January 2026 6.30 pm

January 06, 2026
Council Committee Member

Council - Monday 15 December 2025 6.30 pm

December 15, 2025
Shareholder Committee Committee Member

Shareholder Committee - Thursday 11 December 2025 6.30 pm

December 11, 2025
Budget Planning Committee Committee Member

Budget Planning Committee - Tuesday 9 December 2025 6.30 pm

December 09, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

178 decisions · Page 5 of 36

Response to Motion: Planning Support for Town and Parish Councils

From: Executive - Tuesday 2 December 2025 6.30 pm - December 02, 2025

...to support Town and Parish Councils in responding to planning applications, the Executive approved in-year funding of up to £15,000 and a corresponding virement from the Health and Wellbeing budget to Planning and Development Management.

Recommendations Approved

Finance Monitoring Report October 2025

From: Executive - Tuesday 2 December 2025 6.30 pm - December 02, 2025

...to note the October 2025 financial management report, approve the use of reserve and grant funding requests, and recommend Council approve a £1.65m capital budget allocation for roof replacement at Castle Quay.

Recommendations Approved

Executive Response to Overview and Scrutiny Recommendations

From: Executive - Tuesday 2 December 2025 6.30 pm - December 02, 2025

...the Executive agreed to the Executive Responses to the Overview and Scrutiny Recommendations regarding Planning Application Appeals, Climate Action, Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and the Cherwell Safer Communities Partnership.

Recommendations Approved

Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2026-2027

From: Executive - Tuesday 2 December 2025 6.30 pm - December 02, 2025

...to recommend to Council that the current Council Tax Reduction Scheme, adjusted for inflationary purposes, be retained for 2026/27.

Recommendations approved

Local Government Reorganisation - Full Proposal

From: Special Executive, Executive - Thursday 13 November 2025 6.30 pm - November 13, 2025

...the Executive of Cherwell approved the Council's final proposal for Local Government Reorganisation in Oxfordshire, advocating for a two-unitary model with one authority covering Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, and Oxford City (Oxford & Shires ) and another covering South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, and West Berkshire (Ridgeway ), and agreed to submit it to the government by November 28, 2025.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 50

Average per Month: 2.3

Decisions Recorded: 178