Dear Wendlebury Residents,

THE GREAT WOLF RESULTS

It is now clear that the only way forward is for a judicial review but following Barry Wood’s contacts with Victoria Prentis it is clear that such reviews will only be permitted if certain criteria are met, the chief of which is any flaws in the process of the Inquiry,  Barry assures me, for what it is worth,  that he has David Peckford, Head of Planning and the legal team  working on this as a priority. At our end it will be helpful if you can identify and deficiencies in the process itself.  My personal view is that the role of OCC in this Inquiry left a lot to be desired over both consultation and content but you will understand this better than me.

I hope that you see this as a way of keeping you fully updated now that this is in the political dimension

This supersedes the information which was in the ‘Who does what’ factsheet issued by me back in Feb19 as I have recently made some minor changes to how some of our operational services are organised.  The Highway Maintenance service is now organised into three main teams:

• Asset Management & Programmes
• Area Maintenance & Operations
• Traffic and Road Safety

The main reasons for doing this are:

• To support a larger programme associated with s106 schemes, a committed “Road Safety and Accessibility” programme, and a renewed emphasis on 20mphs and road safety.
• The increased work on asset planning and programming required with a new Highway Asset Management Plan needed, including greater emphasis on member influence on the maintenance programme.
• Taking a step further to bring together planned, routine & reactive maintenance works, along with close community engagement – needs to continue to be developed and pushed consistently across Oxfordshire.

Organisation Chart – OPERATIONS