Oxfordshire County Council is set to approve £15.3 million to fund developments at an Oxford fire station. 

The council is seeking approval for the money, which will "forward fund" projects at Oxford Rewley Road Fire Station and the Oxford Grandpont depot site, at the next cabinet meeting taking place tomorrow (Tuesday, September 17).

These are part of the Property and Emergency Response Strategy for Oxford City and Carterton, which was approved by the cabinet in September 2023.

Part one of the strategy included projects to redevelop Rewley Road to a two-bay fire station, a new training facility at the Grandpont depot site, and a new fire station and training facility at Carterton.

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The Rewley Road fire station developments and the training facility at Grandpont are being delivered directly by a developer and approval is being sought by the council in the meeting to forward-fund these costs. 

The council said this is because there has been an increase in the cost identified since initial estimates during the feasibility stage of the project.

This includes "remediation of contamination at Rewley Road, purchase of adjoining land required for access and increased build costs".

According to the council, the £15.3m includes these increased costs as well as "risk and contingency sums" to account for "unpredictable costs that remain unknown at this early stage of the project".