Rachel Crouch - Councillor for West Oxfordshire ( Witney South)

Councillor Rachel Crouch

 Labour  Witney South  Executive Member for Stronger, Healthy Communities

Email: rachel.crouch@westoxon.gov.uk

Council: West Oxfordshire

Council Profile: View on council website

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

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

67 meetings · Page 1 of 14

Lowlands Area Planning Sub-Committee Committee Member

Lowlands Area Planning Sub-Committee - Monday, 8th December, 2025 2.00 pm

December 08, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025 2.00 pm

December 03, 2025
Executive Committee Member

Executive - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 2.00 pm

November 13, 2025
Council Committee Member

Extraordinary meeting, Council - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 2.00 pm

November 12, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Guest

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 5.30 pm

November 11, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

65 decisions · Page 1 of 13

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: 67

Average per Month: 2.9

Decisions Recorded: 65