Cabinet Wednesday 24 March 2021 10.00 am Virtual meeting – Web ex meeting AGENDA Item Discussion Portfolio 1 Apologies Leader of the Council To note any apologies for absence. 2 Minutes (Pages 1 - 14) Leader of the Council To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2021 (minutes attached). 3 Declarations of Interest Leader of the Council To declare any pecuniary or personal interests relating to specific matters on the agenda. Please see information note (1) at the end of the agenda 4 Questions at Cabinet Meetings Leader of the Council Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item. Written questions To answer any written questions from a County Councillor, (or any person living or working in the county, or is affected by the work of the County Council), about any matter which relates to any item on the agenda for this meeting. The closing date for the receipt of written questions is 4.00 pm on Thursday 18 March 2021. Please submit any questions to [email protected] A written answer will be provided for each written question received (to be presented to the questioner and to Cabinet (in advance of the meeting). The questions and answers will be taken as read and will not be read out at the meeting. At the discretion of the Leader of Council, each questioner ( in attendance at the meeting) will be allowed to ask one supplementary question (in response to the answer given to the original question). A copy of all written questions and written answers circulated at the meeting will be attached to the signed copy of the minutes of the meeting. Urgent questions An urgent written question may be asked by a member of the public about any item on the Cabinet agenda for that meeting which the Chairperson considers could not have been reasonably submitted by the deadline for the receipt of written questions, provided he or she gives notice of the question to the Chief Executive by 12 noon the day before the meeting. Decisions 5 Proposed nomination for open call for a community to host a Cabinet Member - world first fusion power plant and associated opportunities Economy, (Pages 15 - 22) Education and Skills, Cabinet Member - Environment and Planning 6 M5 J10 Infrastructure Recovery Strategy Progress Report Cabinet Member - (Pages 23 - 44) Environment and Planning 7 M5 Junction 9 & A46 Progress Report (Pages 45 - 54) Cabinet Member - Environment and Please note: this report contains both exempt and non-exempt Planning information. To discuss the exempt information detailed in the appendices to the published report, consideration must first be given to whether the public and press should be excluded from the meeting b passing the following resolution:- In accordance with Regulation 4 (2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, consideration must be given to 24 March 2021 confirm whether members of the public and press should be excluded from the meeting for this item of business because it is likely that, if present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 A to the Act, and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public. 8 Road Safety Cabinet Panel Report (Pages 55 - 118) Cabinet Member - Public Protection, Parking and Libraries 9 Proposed adoption of the Gloucestershire Local Development Cabinet Member - Guide 2021 (Pages 119 - 166) Environment and Planning 10 Gloucestershire School Places Strategy (SPS) 2021 - 2026 and Cabinet Member - Implementation Plan (Pages 167 - 464) Economy, Education and Skills 11 Children & Families Capital Programme Update (Pages 465 - Cabinet Member - 474) Economy, Education and Skills 12 Banded Funding for SEND and EHCP (Pages 475 - 490) Cabinet Member - Economy, Education and Skills, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member - Children's Safeguarding and Early Years 13 Financial Monitoring Report 2020/21 (Pages 491 - 506) Cabinet Member - Finance and Change 24 March 2021 14 Tender and Award of Materials Recycling, Reuse and Cabinet Member - Recovery Services under the Dynamic Purchasing System for Environment and Household Recycling Centres (Pages 507 - 516) Planning 15 Mental Health Accommodation Based Support (Pages 517 - Cabinet Member - 526) Adult Social Care Commissioning 16 Schedule of Proposed Disposals and Acquisitions and Cabinet Member - amendments to Disposals Policy (Pages 527 - 538) Finance and Change To consider the disposal of properties and sites deemed surplus to requirement in line with the Council’s Policy for the Disposal of Property. Please note: this report contains both exempt and non-exempt information. To discuss the exempt information detailed in the appendices to the published report, consideration must first be given to whether the public and press should be excluded from the meeting b passing the following resolution:- In accordance with Regulation 4 (2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, consideration must be given to confirm whether members of the public and press should be excluded from the meeting for this item of business because it is likely that, if present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 A to the Act, and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public. Other Decisions 17 Changes to Gloucestershire County Council's Constitution by Leader of the the Monitoring Officer (Pages 539 - 540) Council Cabinet to note the changes made to the Constitution by the Monitoring Officer. Cabinet Cllr Richard Boyles, Cllr Carole Allaway Martin, Cllr Tim Harman, Cllr Mark Hawthorne MBE, Cllr Patrick Molyneux, Cllr Nigel Moor, Cllr David Norman MBE, Cllr Vernon Smith, Cllr Lynden Stowe and Cllr Kathy Williams 24 March 2021 NOTES 1. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST – Members requiring advice or clarification about whether to make a declaration of interest are invited to contact the Director of Policy, Performance and Governance ( 01452 328506 e-mail: [email protected]) prior to the start of the meeting. 2. 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Please remain there and await further instructions. 24 March 2021 This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 2 CABINET Gloucestershire County Council 27 January 2021 Minutes PRESENT Cllr Mark Hawthorne MBE Leader of Council Cllr Richard Boyles Deputy Leader/ Children’s Safeguarding & Early Years Cllr Carole Allaway Martin Adult Social Care (Commissioning) Cllr Tim Harman Public Health and Communities Cllr Patrick Molyneux Economy, Education and Skills Cllr Nigel Moor Environment and Planning Cllr David Norman MBE Public Protection, Parking and Libraries Cllr Vernon Smith Highways and Flood Cllr Lynden Stowe Finance and Change Cllr Kathy Williams Adult Social Care (Delivery) Apologies: 1. Apologies No apologies 2. Minutes The minutes of the meeting on 16 December 2020 were agreed as a correct record. The Leader of Council noted that it was UK Holocaust Memorial Day and a moment of silence was observed. 3. Declarations of Interest No declarations of interest were made at the meeting. 4. Questions at Cabinet Meetings Page 1 Minutes subject to their acceptance as a correct record at the next meeting A total of 8 public questions and 19 member questions were submitted for consideration in advance of the meeting. The following supplementary questions were asked at the meeting. Question 1: Chloe Turner asked if clarification could be given that the target date for carbon neutraility was 2045 as different answers had been given to questions. She asked whether in the week that global ice sheets were seen retreating in line with worst case scenarios this was the appropriate response. Response by: Cllr Nigel Moor (Cabinet Member Environment and Planning) It was clarified that the target should be 2045 and that the member felt that this was an appropriate response, noting the Council’s own commitment to being carbon neutral in 2021. Question 3: Max Wilkinson asked if the member could explain the disconnect between the LTP and Gear Change report and why the Cheltenham cycle network was not being taken forward. Response by: Cllr Nigel Moor (Cabinet Member Environment and Planning) It was outlined that the priority was for the Gloucester Cheltenham cycleway, but that did not exclude further work in future years. Question 5: Karl Hobley asked for clarification of whether the concept of a joined up cycle network for Cheltenham had been taken forward in the LTP.