Corporate, Customer and Community Services Directorate Legal and Democratic Services Cumbria House 107 – 117 Botchergate Carlisle Cumbria CA1 1RD Tel 01228 227354 Email [email protected] 9 May 2018 To: The Chair and Members of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland Agenda COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND A meeting of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland will be held as follows: Date: Thursday 17 May 2018 Time: 10.00am Place: Council Chamber, County Offices, Kendal Please note: there will be two Private Member Briefings on the rising of the Committee on:- - Alternative Provision - LDNP Local Plan Review Dawn Roberts Executive Director– Corporate, Customer and Community Services Group Meetings: Conservative: 9.00am Committee Room 1 Liberal Democrat: 9.00am Committee Room 2 Labour 9.00am Committee Room 4 Enquiries and requests for supporting papers to: Holly English Direct Line: 01228 227354 Email: [email protected] This agenda is available on request in alternative formats Serving the People of Cumbria 1 MEMBERSHIP Conservative (6) Liberal Democrat (11) Mr J Airey Mr W Clark Mr B Berry Mr SB Collins Mr RK Bingham Mr GD Cook Mr J Bland Mr N Cotton Mr M Brereton Mrs S Evans Mr WJ Wearing Mrs BC Gray Mr C Hogg Mrs S Sanderson Mr I Stewart Mr P Thornton Mrs J Willis Labour (1) Mr M Wilson Parish Council (2) South Lakeland District Council (2) Mr A Muirhead Mr G Archibald Mr J Saunders Mr J Brook ACCESS TO INFORMATION Agenda and Reports Copies of the agenda and Part I reports are available for members of the public to inspect prior to the meeting. Copies will also be available at the meeting. The agenda and Part I reports are also available on the County Council’s website – www.cumbria.gov.uk Background Papers Requests for the background papers to the Part I reports, excluding those papers that contain exempt information, can be made to Legal and Democratic Services at the address overleaf between the hours of 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday. 2 A G E N D A PART 1: ITEMS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC 1 ELECTION OF CHAIR To elect a Chair for the Local Committee for the ensuing year. 2 ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR To elect a Vice-Chair of the Local Committee for the ensuing year. 3 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence. 4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (1) There are no public questions, deputations or petitions relating to any items on the agenda. 5 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items on the agenda. 6 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises 1 Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain. 2 Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses. (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. 3 Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority 3 (a) Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and (b) Which has not been fully discharged. 4 Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority. 5 Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer. 6 Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge) (a) The landlord is the authority; and (b) The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest. 7 Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where (a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and (b) Either – (i) The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or (ii) If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class. In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered. Note A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners). 7 MINUTES To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Local Committee held on 26 March 2018 (copy enclosed). (Pages 7 - 24) 4 EXECUTIVE BUSINESS 8 COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY AND BUDGET [Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland] To consider a report by the Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services (copy enclosed). This report provides information and offers recommendations to the Local Committee for approval from meetings of the Strategic Planning Working Group held on 24 April 2018 and the Children and Young Peoples Working Group held on 11 April 2018. It also updates the Local Committee on previously agreed activity supported with the latest financial statement. (Pages 25 - 48) 9 2017-18 HIGHWAYS DEVOLVED REVENUE AND CAPITAL OUTTURN REPORT [Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland] To consider a report by the Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure (copy enclosed). This report provides details of the Local Committee’s Highways Revenue and Capital and Non-Devolved Capital Budgets. (Pages 49 - 60) 10 HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP To consider a report by the Executive Director – Economy and Infrastructure (copy enclosed). This report presents the minutes of the meeting of the Highways and Transportation Working Group held on 11 April 2018 and brings forward recommendations for consideration by the Local Committee. (Pages 61 - 74) 11 APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY COUNCIL GOVERNORS [Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland] To consider a schedule by the Executive Director – People (Deputy Chief Executive) (copy enclosed). This report seeks approval of nominated County Council Governors of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools. (Pages 75 - 76) 5 INFORMATION REPORTS 12 CHILDREN'S CHAMPION Update by the Children’s Champion. 13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITY UPDATE [Electoral Divisions: All South Lakeland] To consider a report by the Executive Director – People (Deputy Chief Executive) (copy enclosed). This report details the Public Health Activity undertaken by the South Lakeland Area Support Team and Locality Public Health Manager. (Pages 77 - 86) 14 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS a Outside Bodies To receive feedback from members on the outside bodies that they serve, and from the Local Member Champions. 6 Agenda Item 7 COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH LAKELAND Minutes of a Meeting of the County Council Local Committee for South Lakeland held on Monday, 26 March 2018 at 10.00 am at Council Chamber, County Offices, Kendal PRESENT: Mr N Cotton (Chair) Mr J Airey Mrs S Evans Mr B Berry Mrs BC Gray Mr J Bland Mr I Stewart Mr M Brereton Mr WJ Wearing Mr W Clark Mr M Wilson Mr SB Collins Mr GD Cook District Council Parish Councils Mr G Archibald Mr A Muirhead Mr J Saunders Officers in Attendance Mrs K Johnson - Area Manager Miss H English - Democratic Services Mr P Hosking - Highways Network Manager Mrs V Upton - Team Leader, Traffic Management - South Mr M Conefrey - Public Health Locality Manager Mr G Rusbridge - Senior Advisor – Natural England PART 1 – ITEMS CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS 69 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Mr R Bingham, Mr J Brook, Mr C Hogg, Mrs S Sanderson, Mrs J Willis and Mr P Thornton. 7 70 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (1) There were no petitions considered at the meeting. (2) Mr D Evans was in attendance to read out the following statement: We Need the Best Cycle Route “The need for a safe, convenient and enjoyable North Kendal cycle route - to link the Mintsfeet Area of Kendal, which includes the Morrisons shopping area on the Old County Showground site and the Mintsfeet, Mint Bridge and Gilthwaiterigg Lane Industrial Estates, with the centre of town and also to the Windermere Road area on the West of the River for students at Queen Katherine School - has long been a significant problem for the County Council and the people of Kendal. Currently there is no route for cyclists, other than by taking your life in your hands, and traversing the extremely busy A6 Shap Road or the A685 Appleby Road which merge at the Duke of Cumberland junction, and then pass under the railway bridge. These routes then continue to the extremely difficult and even dangerous mini roundabout junction with Station Road and Ann Street, where traffic from three directions merge and funnel into a two lane one-way street (Wildman Street), which narrows to one and a half lanes part way along its length, before widening again to two lanes (all within a distance of 100 metres); finally splitting into three at the Stramongate Bridge, Beezon Road, and Castle Street junction.