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Chief Executive’s Directorate Legal and Democratic Services The Lonsdale Building The Courts Carlisle Cumbria CA3 8NA Fax 01228 226372 Tel 01228 606060 Email [email protected] 23 November 2015 To: The Chair and Members of the County Council Local Committee for Eden Agenda COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR EDEN A meeting of the County Council Local Committee for Eden will be held as follows: Date: Tuesday 1 December 2015 Time: 10.30 am Place: Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership ((LEP), Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria Please note at the end of the meeting there will be a private members’ briefing on Public Health and On Street Parking Enforcement. Dawn Roberts Assistant Director – Corporate Governance Group Meetings: Conservative: 9.00am Liberal Democrat: 9.00am Enquiries and requests for supporting papers to: Jackie Currie Direct Line: 01228 221030 Email: [email protected] This agenda is available on request in alternative formats Serving the people of Cumbria 1 MEMBERSHIP Conservative (6) Independent (1) Liberal Democrat (2) Mr M Stephenson (Vice- Mrs M Robinson Mrs PA Bell Chair) Mr N Hughes Mrs HF Carrick (Chair) Mrs O Bateman Miss HJ Fearon Mr GB Strong Mr T Wentworth Waites 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 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence 2 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 (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 3 (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). 3 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items of business on the Agenda 4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There are no questions, petitions or deputations relating to the business of the Committee on this occasion. 5 MINUTES To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Local Committee held on 29 September 2015 (copy enclosed) (Pages 7 - 22) 6 PRESENTATION ON CUMBRIA HIGHWAYS STRATEGY For member to receive a presentation on the Cumbria Highways Strategy 7 PRESENTATION - GREENGARTH For members to receive an update presentation on Greengarth 4 EXECUTIVE BUSINESS 8 CONNECTING CUMBRIA BROADBAND UPDATE To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 23 - 28) 9 BETTER PLACES FOR LEARNING – LASL AND CASL INVOLVEMENT To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Children’s Services (copy enclosed) (Pages 29 - 38) 10 LOCAL COMMITTEE DEVOLVED BUDGET 2015/16 - COMMUNITIES MONITORING To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 39 - 52) 11 LOCAL COMMITTEE DEVOLVED BUDGET 2015/16 - HIGHWAYS BUDGET/PROGRAMME PROGRESS REPORT To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 53 - 64) 12 LOCAL COMMITTEE 2016/17 DRAFT DEVOLVED HIGHWAYS CAPITAL PROGRAMME To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 65 - 86) 13 APPLEBY FAIR ANNUAL REPORT To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 87 - 102) 14 LAND DISPOSAL TO A PARTNER ORGANISATION - FIELD (OFF MUSGRAVE LANE AND MAIN STREET), BROUGH' To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 103 - 110) 15 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS LOCAL MEMBERS SCHEME To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 111 - 118) 16 0-19 YOUTH GRANTS To consider a report from the Corporate Director – Environment & Community Services (Pages 119 - 126) 5 17 LA GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS To receive a report from the Acting Corporate Director – Children’s Services (copy enclosed) A schedule of recommendations for local authority governor appointments to schools in Eden. (Pages 127 - 128) 18 EDEN LC SEMINAR NOTES To receive notes from the Eden Local Committee Seminars held on 27 August 2015 and 28 October 2015 (copies enclosed) (Pages 129 - 146) 19 UPDATE FROM REPRESENTATIVES ON OUTSIDE BODIES To receive a verbal update from members on any outside bodies they attend on behalf of Eden Local Committee 6 Agenda Item 5 COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR EDEN Minutes of a Meeting of the County Council Local Committee for Eden held on Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 10.30 am at The Control Room, Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service HQ, Penrith PRESENT: Mrs HF Carrick (Chair) Mr M Stephenson (Vice-Chair) Mrs M Robinson Mrs O Bateman Mr GB Strong Mrs PA Bell Mr T Wentworth Waites Mr N Hughes Also in Attendance:- Mrs J Currie - Senior Democratic Services Officer Mr M Clement - Strategic Policy and Scrutiny Adviser (Social & Communities) Mr K Crawley - Traffic Management Team Leader (East) Mr P Dodson - Area Manager - Eden Mr P Landreth - Transport Modelling Officer Mr JJE Smith - Senior Manager - Network Management Mr D Spence - Highways Network Manager (Eden) Ms L Metcalf - Apprentice Manager PART 1 – ITEMS CONSIDERED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS 44 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Miss H J Fearon. 45 DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST There were no disclosures of interest made on this occasion. 46 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC RESOLVED, that the press and public be not excluded from the meeting during consideration of any items of business on the Agenda. Page 7 47 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There were no petitions, deputations or questions on this occasion. However, the Chair had received an email from Melmerby Parish Council asking that their thanks be recorded to the Eden Highways Team for the work they had done in relation to the Tour of Britain. It had been a brilliant event which had showcased the area. The Parish Council felt the work that had been undertaken by officers around highways issues was fundamental to the success of this event. Highways Officers also commended the staff in the Area Support Team, for the contribution their work with local communities had made to make the event a huge success. Members added their thanks to both teams and commented on the positive contribution that the race had made to the local economy and the potential future benefits for the tourism locally. 48 MINUTES RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 20 July 2015 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair. At the last meeting there had been a discussion about whether members of District and Parish Councils should be invited to attend future meetings of the local committee, to improve communication and improve engagement and working together. One of the members briefed the committee on the system which was currently operated by South Lakeland Local Committee. The proposal was discussed in detail and upon conclusion of this it was AGREED to put this to a vote. The results of this were:- FOR 2 AGAINST 6 It was therefore decided that Eden Local Committee would not to adopt the system, which operated in South Lakeland. 49 LOCAL COMMITTEE DEVOLVED BUDGET 2015/16 - COMMUNITIES MONITORING Members considered a report from the Corporate Director – Environment and Community Services, which presented the actual expenditure and commitments recorded against the Local Committee’s Communities Budget as at 31st August 2015.

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