Decisions

The Events Policy was agreed by Cabinet on 9 November 2011.  The document was revised and approved, via Single Member Cabinet Decision on 31 March 2015, a further revision is required to tighten the process for events across B&NES.

The Cabinet Member agrees the Events Policy Review – November 2017.

Bright Start Children’s Centre Services currently operate from Parkside Children Centre, Charlotte Street, Bath. The Social Care Family Intervention Team currently operates from 117 Newbridge Hill, Bath. Both services are located in buildings which are not suitable in the long term, both need significant investment in alterations and improvements so that they are suitable for future use.  Whilst the People & Community Directorate has looked at alternative options, capital funding to enable such developments has been limited.

The Cabinet Members agree:

• The proposal to relocate staff from Parkside Children’s Centre and 117 Newbridge Hill into one adapted premises in Charlotte Street, Bath.
• To approve £718k of the provisionally approved sum of £7.445 million in the 17/18 capital budget for Innovation Quay, to fund the refurbishment of accommodation in Charlotte Street.
• Approve the disposal of 117 Newbridge Hill to ADL, and to release the receipt in whole or in part to contribute to the Healthy Living Centre in Radstock.
• Approve the transfer of the Parkside site to the Place Directorate for incorporation into plans linked to Bath Quays regeneration. 

The Council has successfully bid to WECA for funding to assist with developing four key transport schemes, East of Bath Link, A37 to Somer Valley Enterprise Zone, Hicks Gate Roundabout and Freezing Hill.

RESOLVED (unanimously) the Cabinet agreed to approve:

(1)  the inclusion of the two new schemes listed below into the Capital Programme:

a)  A37 to A362 Improvements to access Somer Valley Enterprise Zone, Business Case Development, £280k

b)  Hicks Gate Roundabout Improvement, Business Case Development, £460k

(2)  the inclusion into the Revenue Budget of the two studies listed below:

a)  East of Bath Link, Development Support, £250k

b)  Freezing Hill Lane Junction Improvement, Feasibility and  Business Case Development,  £100k

Subject to passing the community referendum in November 2017 this report will seek to make and bring into force the Whitchurch Village Neighbourhood Development Plan.

RESOLVED (unanimously) the Cabinet agreed to:

Make and bring into force the Whitchurch Village Neighbourhood Development Plan, as set out in Appendix 1, as part of the Development Plan for the Whitchurch Neighbourhood Area, in accordance with Section 38A(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011 and the Housing and Planning Act 2016).

The Children & Young People Policy Development & Scrutiny Panel received a report providing information on the consultation and the decision making process involved at their meeting on November 21^st 2017. The Panel noted that the proposal is to close Camerton Church School.

The Cabinet will consider the consultation responses and decide whether to publish a statutory notice proposing the closure of Camerton Church School.

RESOLVED (unanimously) that the Cabinet, based on the educational, social and emotional needs of pupils, agreed to the publication of a statutory notice proposing the closure of Camerton Church School which will allow a further four week consultation period to take place.

This report presents the second monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2017/18 to the end of October 2017.  The report also includes a number of budget transfer requests for both revenue and capital.

RESOLVED (unanimously) the Cabinet agreed that:

2.1  Strategic Directors should continue to work towards managing within budget in the current year for their respective service areas and develop an action plan of how this will be achieved, including not committing any unnecessary expenditure and stringent budgetary control.

2.2  This year’s revenue budget position as shown in paragraph 5.3 is noted.

2.3  The mitigations that will be required shown in paragraph 5.8, if the over budget position cannot be reduced by the end of the financial year, are noted.

2.4  The capital year end forecast detailed in paragraph 5.18 of this report, is noted.

2.5  The revenue virements listed for information in Appendix 2(i) are noted.

2.6  The changes in the capital programme listed in Appendix 3(i) are noted.