Public Document Pack MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC: YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND TO OBSERVE THE PROCEEDINGS. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. CABINET AAG E N D A Venue The Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent Date and Time: Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 1.00 pm Contact Officer: Suzanne Hackley (Team Leader - Cabinet and Committee Support) Tel: 01782 232622 E-mail: [email protected] Meeting rooms are wheelchair accessible and induction loops are fitted in most rooms. Please switch off your mobile phone. This meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s website – at the start of the meeting the chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. The images and sound recording may be used for training purposes within the Council. Generally, the public seating areas are not filmed. 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Please consider the environment before printing this agenda The agenda for this meeting is available on line at stoke.gov.uk/committees iPad and Android apps are available to view this agenda Contact: Democratic Services, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RN Apps are available from the App store and Google Play store – search for “mod.gov” to download for free You can also follow us on: Facebook - www.facebook.com/sotcitycouncil Twitter - @sotcitycouncil PART 1 – OPEN AGENDA 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of previous Meetings (4 and 16 January 2018) (Pages 1 - 14) 3. Disclosure of Interests 4. Overview and Scrutiny recommendations / comments on the (Pages 15 - 24) 2018/19 – 2019/20 Budget Consultation proposals and Capital Investment Proposals 2018/19 – 2022/23. Finance and Partnerships: 5. Medium Term Financial Strategy 2018/19-2019/20 and Council (Pages 25 - 188) Tax Setting 2018/19 Education and Economy and Finance and Partnerships: 6. Local Schools Funding Formula (Pages 189 - 198) Date of Next Meeting - Tuesday, 27 February 2018 at 1.00 pm This page is left blank intentionally Page 1 Agenda Item 2 City of Stoke-on-Trent CABINET Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet of the City of Stoke-on-Trent held at the Civic Offices, Stoke-on-Trent, on Thursday, 4 January 2018 RECORD OF ATTENDANCE Portfolio Holders: Councillor David Conway (Leader of the Council) (in the Chair), Councillor Abi Brown (Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Partnerships), Councillor Janine Bridges (Cabinet Member for Education and Economy), Councillor Randolph Conteh (Cabinet Member for Housing, Communities and Safer City) and Councillor Daniel Jellyman (Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Transport and Heritage) Cabinet Support Members: Councillor Jackie Barnes, Councillor Alan Dutton and Councillor Joanne Powell-Beckett Other Attendees: Suzanne Hackley (Team Leader - Cabinet and Committee Support) (Secretary) and Julie Colclough (Democratic Services Officer) (Secretary) Phil Cresswell (Director of Place, Growth and Prosperity), David Hughes (Assistant Director - Investment, Planning and Regeneration), Harmesh Jassal (Strategic Manager - Planning Services), Fiona Ledden (Assistant Director - Governance), Joanne Mayne (Team Manager Planning Policy) and David Sidaway (City Director) 272. APOLOGIES An apology was received from Councillor James. 273. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS None received. 274. JOINT LOCAL PLAN PREFERRED OPTIONS Councillor Munday, Cabinet Member for Greener city, Development and Leisure presented the Joint Local Plan Preferred Options report the purpose of which was to advise Cabinet on the completion and outcome of the previous formal consultation on the “Strategic Options” stage of the Joint Local Plan and to provide an update on the plan-making process for the 1 Prepared by Democratic Services Page 2 City of Stoke-on-Trent CABINET Thursday, 4 January 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Local Plan and to seek approval to go out to public consultation on the Preferred Options Consultation Document. In addition the report also sought approval for the public consultation exercise to be carried out between 1 February and 1 March 2018 and to confirm that this exercise would be carried out in line with the adopted Statement of Community Involvement. The Cabinet Member confirmed that the results of the consultation exercise on the Preferred Options Consultation document would be reported back to Cabinet in September 2018. Continuing, Councillor Munday further confirmed that the Joint Local Plan Preferred Options Consultation Documents had been approved by the City Council’s Planning Committee – Development Management and Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Planning Committee the previous day (3/1/2018). Both Committees supported the recommendations for the documents to go out for public consultation purposes. Councillor Munday then proceeded to give details of the preferred growth option (Scenario C) which would deliver the Objectively Assessed Need of a minimum of 199 hectares of employment land with 27,800 new homes between 2013 and 2033. In terms of supply of sites, there was sufficient supply in Stoke-on-Trent to meet its agreed apportionment of the requirement that being 131 hectares of employment land and 16080 dwellings. Stoke-on- Trent were identifying sites which would deliver 167 hectares of employment land, prioritising sites within the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone and Stoke-on-Trent’s preferred supply over 120 hectares already with planning consent or had been built out. In terms of housing supply the Council had identified capacity for 16892 dwellings. He explained that the employment and housing figures both included buffer allowances to ensure flexibility of the sties coming forward and confirmed that Stoke-on-Trent had identified new preferred options sites capable of accommodation 10301 dwellings of which 8000 were within or close to existing centres and 2200 were within the wider urban area, excluding the greenbelt. The Cabinet Member also extended his thanks to officers who had been involved in the process, emphasising that this was a flexible document. Cabinet Members Questions/Comments: Councillor Conteh referred to media coverage of this item and asked about details relation to the ration of new homes to jobs. The Cabinet Member suggested that Councillor Conteh be provided with these details by officers. Councillor Bridges thanked officers involved in the process to date and indicated that the plan was robust and fit for purpose. Decision(s): Agreed (i) - That Cabinet notes the responses to the previous consultation exercise carried out on the Strategic Options Consultation Document, as summarised in the 2 Page 3 City of Stoke-on-Trent CABINET Thursday, 4 January 2018 Preferred Options Consultation document which is included on the Joint Local Plan web page. Agreed (ii) - That approval is given for: 1. The Preferred Options Consultation document (attached as Appendix 1 to this report) to be published for formal public consultation between 1st February 2018 and 1st March 2018; 2. The consultation to be carried out in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI); 3. The results of the consultation exercise be reported back to Cabinet in September 2018 to inform the next stage of plan preparation in partnership with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. COUNCILLOR DAVID CONWAY (CHAIR) 3 This page is left blank intentionally Page 5 City of Stoke-on-Trent CABINET Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet of the City of Stoke-on-Trent held at the Civic Offices, Stoke-on-Trent, on Tuesday, 16 January 2018 RECORD OF ATTENDANCE Portfolio Holders: Councillor David Conway (Leader of the Council) (in the Chair), Councillor Abi Brown (Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Partnerships), Councillor Janine Bridges (Cabinet Member for Education and Economy), Councillor Randolph Conteh (Cabinet Member for Housing, Communities and Safer City), Councillor Ann James (Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care) and Councillor Daniel Jellyman (Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Transport and Heritage) Cabinet Support Members: Councillor Jackie Barnes, Councillor Alan Dutton and Councillor Joanne Powell-Beckett Other Attendees: Suzanne Hackley (Team Leader - Cabinet and Committee Support) (Secretary) and Ellen Washington (Scrutiny Officer) (Secretary) Carl Brazier (Director of Housing and Customer Services), Gerry Clarke (Principal Solicitor and Team Manager (Place)), Phil Cresswell (Director of Place, Growth and Prosperity), Lesley Mountford (Director of Public Health and Adult Social Care), Louise Rees (Director of Children and Family Services), David Sidaway (City Director), Paul Boden (Strategic Manager - Finance), Philip Brundrett (Strategic Manager - Housing Development and Regeneration), Frances Jones (Strategic Manager - Policy and Performance) and Simon Thompson (Assistant Director - Private Sector Housing, Development