Decisions

The Select Committee received a presentation and report regarding this item.

As part of Phase 2 of the joint Council/CCG review of community care and support services, this report presents a draft Commissioning Intentions Consultation Document for approval.  It also seeks approval of the market engagement approach.

RESOLVED (unanimously) to:

1)  Approve, for consultation, the document ‘Proposals to Review Community Services Consultation Document NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG and Bath & North East Somerset Council’.

2)  Approve the Market Engagement Approach set out in the report.

The Neighbourhood Planning Protocol needs to be amended with regard to the process of the Council making and bringing into force Neighbourhood Plans to make it clear that this is a Cabinet decision.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet APPROVED the amendments to My Neighbourhood: A Neighbourhood Planning Protocol for Bath & North East Somerset to:

1)  Clarify that the decision to make (bring into force) a Neighbourhood Plan once it has passed its referendum should be made by Cabinet;

2)  Clarify the process of issuing a Decision Statement following Independent Examination; and

3)  Delegate authority to the Divisional Director – Development to issue a Decision Statement once a Neighbourhood Plan has been made; and

4)  Clarify the process of approving Neighbourhood Area applications for Parish & Town Councils, where the boundary of the proposed Neighbourhood Area is different to the Parish/Town Council boundary; and

5)  Make minor factual alterations

To provide an update to Cabinet on the proposed Community Asset Transfer of the above premises and note work to establish agreed social objectives between the Council and the proposed occupier as part of the transfer terms.

RESOLVED (unanimously) to:

1)  Note that the transfer was approved under the Community Asset Transfer policy by the previous Administration

2)  Note the transfer facilitated the release of 1-3 James Street West for development generating both a capital and revenue income

3)  Note the community benefits as currently assessed under the transfer

4)  Note the range of uses that are considered inappropriate for the environment

5)  Note that the transfer is subject to Genesis obtaining planning permission.

6)  Request that a further report is brought back to cabinet within the next 4 months to consider and approve that the provisions in 5.7 have been satisfied.

To fully approve the capital budgets for leisure facilities and agree the drawdown from the Invest to Save Reserve.

RESOLVED (unanimously):

1)  To fully approve the element of current capital budget of £7.635m for Bath Leisure Centre Refurbishment.

2)  To fully approve the capital budget of £2.0m for potential Council costs associated with the delivery of the contract.

3)  To fully approve the capital budget of £2.0m for Bath Recreation Ground Trust capital works.

4)  To extend the use of the Invest to Save reserve to up to 6 years (rather than the previously approved 4 years) to optimise the smoothing of Council and Leisure Operator costs, and that this be repaid over a period of up to 10 years.

5)  To increase the Leisure base budget by £175kpa to cover the ongoing cost of the annual payment to the Bath Recreation Ground Trust thus increasing the financial pressure on the Council which will need to be considered as a commitment as part of the 2016/17 budget.

This report outlines the results of the Stowey Sutton Neighbourhood Plan referendum and recommends that the Neighbourhood Plan is made and brought into force.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that:

The Cabinet make and bring into force the Stowey Sutton Neighbourhood Development Plan as part of the Development Plan for the Stowey Sutton Neighbourhood Area, in accordance with Section 38A(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) (as amended by the Localism Act, 2011).

In 2015 a consultation was carried out to seek views from stakeholders on whether a PSPO should be introduced to ban amplified busking in areas around Bath Abbey. This item reports the findings of the consultation and confirms the Council's approach.

RESOLVED (unanimously) to:

1)  In the light of the very close response numbers for and against, not to introduce a Public Space Protection Order to ban amplification of busking at this stage.

2)  Endorse the continued use of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) and engagement with the Busker Stakeholder Group.

3)  Review this decision in December 2015.

This report gives details of performance against the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy & Annual Investment Plan 2015/16 for the first three months of 2015/16.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that:

1)  The Treasury Management Report to 30th June 2015, prepared in accordance with the CIPFA Treasury Code of Practice, is noted

2)  The Treasury Management Indicators to 30th June 2015 are noted.

This report presents the first monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2015/16 to the end of July 2015.  The report also includes a number of budget transfer requests for both revenue and capital.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that:

1)  Strategic Directors should continue to work towards managing within budget in the current year for their respective service areas, and to manage below budget where possible by not committing unnecessary expenditure, through tight budgetary control.

2)  This year’s revenue budget position is noted.

3)  The capital expenditure position for the Council in the financial year to the end of July and the year-end projections are noted.

4)  The revenue virements listed for approval are agreed.

5)  The changes in the capital programme are noted.

Centenary Fields is a programme run by Fields in Trust, and aims to secure recreational spaces in perpetuity to honour the memory of the millions of people who lost their lives in World War I.

This item was approved by Cabinet and Council, as set out in the reports to those meetings.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that subject to discussion with the Charities Commission, that Cabinet recommends to the Council that it enter into a legal deed of dedication giving Centenary Field designation to Firs Field; that Cabinet recommends to the Council that the Leader of the Council agrees, on behalf of the Council as corporate trustee, to include the land held on trust within this designation, on the basis that Centenary Field designation will appropriately serve the aims of the trust created.