Geoff Saul - Councillor for West Oxfordshire ( Chipping Norton)

Councillor Geoff Saul

 Labour and Co-operative  Chipping Norton  Executive Member for Housing and Social Care

Email: geoff.saul@westoxon.gov.uk

Council: West Oxfordshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Audit and Governance Committee Executive (Committee Member) Uplands Area Planning Sub-Committee (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Guest) Council Development Control Committee (Committee Member) Performance and Appointments Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

61 meetings · Page 4 of 13

Executive Committee Member

Executive - Wednesday, 9th July, 2025 2.00 pm

July 09, 2025
Executive

Executive - Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 2.00 pm

June 11, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 4th June, 2025 5.30 pm

June 04, 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

72 decisions · Page 1 of 15

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: 61

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 72