Meeting documents

The Cabinet considered a report which set out the proposal to establish a Growth Board for the Central Area which would contribute to the wider economic ambitions for the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor.  Cabinet were also asked to consider whether the Council should play an active role in the Growth Board.

Having considered the recommendations in the report, the Cabinet

RESOLVED that

1)     a Central Area Growth Board in the form of a Joint Committee be established and that it be agreed to work with partners with the aim of accelerating and increasing growth and securing investment in infrastructure across the area;

2)     that the draft Terms of Reference for the Central Area Growth Board, attached as Appendix 1, be agreed and the Director of Services be authorised in consultation with the  Leader to agree any final wording;

3)     that pursuant to s101 (5) and 102 of the Local Government Act 1972,s9EB of the Local Government Act 2000 and (where applicable) to the Local Authorities (Arrangement for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012, the Council agrees to participate in the Central Area Growth Board Joint Committee and to delegate its executive functions in so far as they relate to accelerating and increasing growth and securing investment in infrastructure across the Central Area;

4)     that the Leader, or another member of the Cabinet nominated by the Leader, be the representative for the Council at future meetings of the Growth Board; and

5)     that the current position with regards to the whole corridor (Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge) and the Bucks Growth Strategy be noted.