Decisions

(1)  To authorise the Head of Housing to complete the transfer of the remaining Curo leased residential properties to full Council ownership including agreement of post transfer housing management arrangements.

(2)  To authorise the continued use of these properties as social rented accommodation as part of the wider B&NES Homes programme.

(3)  To fully approve £430k of capital funding from unallocated Right to Buy receipts to support the transfer and purchase of these units.

To set out the case for a further 2 month extension to the supported bus service 672.

The Cabinet Member agrees to:

Release up to £70,000 from the Council’s earmarked public transport reserves to enable a 2 month extension to the 672 supported bus service until 30 July 2023. 

·  To delegate approval to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the S151 Officer, to accept £182,250 of the Green Recovery Fund grant from the West of England Combined Authority.  These funds will be spent in line with a change request to an approved full business case for an electric vehicle project.

·  To delegate approval to implement the proposals set out within the report to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Climate and Sustainable Travel, and the S151 Officer in accordance with the requirements of the Grant Funding Agreement.

·  To agree that the council conducts a trial of EV cable channel products, which is currently proposed to the following details:

o  Up to three different cable channel models trialled in-situ on public footways.

o  Up to twenty units/model trialled, making a maximum of sixty participants in the trial.

o  Trial units in-situ for up to twelve months, to be subject to full annual weather cycle.

o  Trial project is expected to take 18 months in total, to start when funding is released, expected April 2023 at the earliest.

o  Trial monitoring and participant surveys to inform decisions on the nature of a cable channel offer and council approval of offering to residents.

o  Participants may be required to open chargers to the public via 3^rd party community charging services where feasible, to increase trial impact to public EV users.

·  To facilitate required oversight, trial criteria be delegated to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the member with responsibility for Climate and Sustainable Travel.

Climate Emergency Strategy and Annual report & Ecological Emergency Action Plan.

(1)  To note the positive progress and achievements over the last year on implementation of the Council’s Climate Strategy.  This is summarised in the Climate Progress Report, at Annex 1, which includes a range of climate and nature case studies and the annual carbon performance dashboard for the whole area. 

(2)  To note the particular progress made in understanding renewable energy in Bath and North East Somerset and in the development of the delivery pipeline shown in the renewables section of the Climate Progress Report, at Annex 1.

(3)  To note the Climate Action Plan and Route-map to 2030, at Annex 2.

(4)  To note the updated Climate Strategy, at Annex 3

(5)  To note the development of the Ecological Emergency Action Plan, at Annex 4

(6)  To note that the ambition on nature recovery contained in the Ecological Emergency Action Plan will only be fully realised with external investment and through working in partnership.

(7)  To approve the Climate Annual Report and the new Ecological Emergency Action Plan, before submission of the report package to full Council on 16 March 2023.

A report showing the performance of the Council basket of 23 Strategic Performance indicators for 2022/23.

To note progress on the delivery of key aspects of the Council’s service delivery, details of which are highlighted in section 3.6 and Annex 1 of the report.

To request the Council’s Leader to write formally to the WECA Mayor requesting that the Mayor:

(a)  Commissions an independent review of options for the franchising of bus operations with the West of England, including considering the adoption of precepting powers; and provides a fully costed business case for the recommended changes engaging fully with each of the WECA constituent authorities at all stages of the review.

(b)  Provides regular updates to the Planning, Transport and Housing Board on the progress of the review.

Update to the rolling 5 year business plan for Heritage Services.

To approve the Heritage Services Business Plan.

Update on the delivery of the Milsom Quarter Masterplan.

(1)  Confirm the Council objectives with regards to the King Edward’s School building as being the following:

(a)  Assist in expediting the delivery of a suitable scheme for the King Edward’s School building to bring it back into use;

(b)  Safeguard its listed building status;

(c)   Ensure the building makes a positive contribution to the broader regeneration of Milsom Quarter and Bath city centre in general;

(d)  Avoid excessive cost and risk for the Council.

(e)  Officers are requested to produce a public report on the internal and external condition of the building for consideration at the next scheduled meeting of the Cabinet.

(2)  To delegate approval to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the s151 Officer, to agree to “meanwhile use” lettings (as described in paragraph 3.7 of the report) of vacant units within the Old Post Office block at less than open market value for regeneration purposes, on the basis that the benefit of the regeneration-led meanwhile use proposals outweighs the need to achieve best consideration on a case by case lettings basis.

Approved as set out in the minutes.

To agree the Joint Community Safety Plan and to recommend it for adoption at Council.

To approve Option 3 – closure of the Wansdyke Business Centre and returning the long leasehold to the market, as office, industrial and warehouse accommodation.

NOTE: on 16^th March 2023 this decision was called-in by 17 Councillors.  The call-in request was verified by the Chief Executive and the Monitoring Officer.

(1)  To proceed with the shortlist of interventions set out in paragraphs3.8 of the report:

a)  Improvements to the footpath between Temple Cloud and Clutton;

b)  Provision of benches and other furniture around Temple Cloud Playing Field;

c)  Pedestrian priority crossings on Temple Inn Lane;

d)  A controlled crossing on the A37 in the South of the village;

e)  Improvements to the footpath between Cameley Surgery and the north of the village (Camley Surgery to Village Hall);

f)  The provision of street lighting along the St Barnabas’ Church footpath and Brandown Close;

g)  A reduces speed limit of 30mph through Temple Bridge;

h)  A community gateway at the Temple Inn Lane entrance to the village; and

i)  Link Temple Cloud to Temple Bridge to help facilitate a circular route and better connectivity.

And in paragraph 3.9 of the report:

a)  Extend the 30mph speed limit on Temple Inn Lane; and

b)  Improvements to the footpath between the north-east and south of the village (Eastcourt Road to Village Hall)

Now taking them forward to preliminary design and engagement.

(2)  To note that the proposed shortlist is based on work done with these communities to first identify their needs and then co-design potential solutions to address those needs, as summarised in Appendix A of the report.

(3)  To note that the proposed shortlist was next subject to technical review, both in terms of alignment with the Liveable Neighbourhoods strategy and other factors such as cost, practicalities and timelines, as summarised in Appendix B of the report.

(4)  To note that the proposed shortlist was then referenced back to the applications put forward by ward councillors in Spring 2021 to ensure that the package of interventions satisfied the aims of the original proposals.

(5)  To note the opportunity to “fast track” the shortlisted interventions set out in paragraph 3.12 of the report:

a)  Improvementto thefootpath betweenCameley Surgery and the north of the village (Camley Surgery to Village Hall);

b)  Improvementsto thefootpath betweenthe north-eastand south of the village (Eastcourt Road to Village Hall); and

c)  Theprovision ofstreet lightingalong theSt Barnabas’Church footpath and Brandown Close.

(6)  To note that the ability to proceed is subject to funding being available for the design, engagement, consultation and implementation work required because of this decision.

(7)  Note that the ability to proceed is subject to funding being available for the design, engagement, consultation and implementation work required because of this decision.

To agree the following allocations:

(1)  An allocation of £20,000 up to £75,000 to provide a new Zebra Crossing at Hope House on Lansdown Road in Bath.

(2)  An allocation of £99,304 to support improvements of the infrastructure at Bath BMX Club in the Odd Down Ward.