Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Transport Evidence

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The City and District Councils of Oxfordshire have collectively agreed to produce a Joint Statutory Spatial Plan (known as ‘the Oxfordshire Plan 2050’), which will build upon existing joint working and partnership arrangements through the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal and provide a transformational strategic planning policy framework for Oxfordshire to 2050. An initial consultation stage for the new plan was completed in Spring 2019 . On behalf of the above authorities, Oxford City Council now wishes to commission some specialist transport advice to supplement other sources of transport evidence (refer later in this brief) and inform the preparation of the Plan. This commission will be in two parts. Part One will be a high level appraisal of a set of Spatial Development Options for Oxfordshire against key transport, movement and connectivity criteria and associated indicators. Part Two will provide advice (drawing on best practice together with the experience and expertise of the appointed consultant) on the scope, form and content of the transport evidence that would be appropriate to support the Oxfordshire Plan at Examination, having regard to the substantive differences between this Plan and a typical Local Plan. Keywords: Transport , Strategic Planning