Refresh of Oxfordshire Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) – have your say!
22nd February 2016
The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership is refreshing the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) for the county over the coming months. As part of this refresh, OxLEP are holding a series of workshops and there will be a one-month public (on line) consultation.
Three workshops have been organised by the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) for stakeholders to ‘check and challenge’ the existing Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) for the county and put forward ideas for the refreshed document.
We would urge you (and in turn get you to urge others) to attend one of these workshops to highlight concerns about the aggressive growth strategy as currently proposed – 100,000 houses and 85,000 jobs by 2031!
We understand that OxLEP is not looking to re-visit targets, but more or less limit the consultation to just updating the list of projects.
We do not believe this is acceptable and need to keep up the pressure!
OxLEP Workshops:
1. Strategic Economic Plan Refresh Workshop Central:
On: Friday 26 February 2016
At: The King’s Centre, Oxford
From: 09:30 to 1:30
To register for this event please follow this link.
2. Strategic Economic Plan Refresh Workshop North:
On: Monday 29 February 2016
At: Begbroke Science Park, Begbroke, Oxfordshire
From: 13:30 to 16:30
To register for this event please follow this link.
3. Strategic Economic Plan Refresh Workshop South:
On: Tuesday 01 March 2016
At: Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire
From: 13:30 to 16:30
To register for this event please follow this link.
The workshops will split down into discussions about OxLEP’s key priority areas:
People: Deliver and attract specialist and flexible skills at all levels, across all sectors, as required by our businesses, with full, inclusive employment and fulfilling jobs.
Place: Provide the quality environment and choice of homes needed to support growth and capitalise upon the exceptional quality of life, vibrant economy and the dynamic urban and rural communities of our county.
Enterprise: Encourage innovation led growth, underpinned by Oxfordshire’s strengths in University research and development, business collaboration and supply chain potential.
Connectivity: Allow people to move freely, connect easily and provide the services, environment and facilities needed by a dynamic, growing and dispersed economy.
When registering, OxLEP ask that you register your interest for the priority area that you would like to attend.
A set of Frequently Asked Questions can be found on the OxLEP website.
For more information about the SEP Refresh email: info@oxfordshirelep.com or phone: 01865 261433.
Public Consultation:
A public consultation will take place from 21 April 2016 to 19 May 2016, which will be hosted on the OxLEP website.
Keep an eye on this website for more information about the consultation.
Find out more:
See a copy of the SEP.
See a copy of the SEP Executive Summary.
CPRE Oxfordshire, 22 February