Landscape Contract Framework Information Session Parishes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Landscape Contract Framework Information Session Parishes Forum 17 June 2021 Rebecca Trouse, Commissioning Programme Manager (supported by Penny Fletcher) Agenda – Core Drivers for approach from 2023 – Options for consideration – Parish experiences – Further discussion, next steps and timeline Housekeeping • Stay on ‘Mute’ to prevent feedback • Raise hand to talk • Join the discussion Devolved Landscape Services • Tranche 1 (6) from 2014 • Tranche 2 (further 6) from 2020 • Third Options (4) from 2020 • You told us (last survey) the benefits were: • Flexible to community needs • More understanding of what’s required • More satisfied residents • Ability to set own priorities The olden Thread Parish Landscape Service Delivery - from 2020 Campbell Park Castlethorpe Hanslope Lavendon Olney Ravenstone Shenley Brook End and Tattenhoe Sherington Stony Stratford West Bletchley Weston Underwood Woughton Abbey Hill Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Simpson and Ashland Stoke Goldington Core Drivers for approach to 2023 Better, more Investment / Contributing to Delivering accountable locally enhancement in Greenest City Greenest City Reducing delivered services local services and Agenda Policy outcomes Carbon / Biodiversity through partnership uniformity in working delivery specifications B i o d i v e r s i t y P a r t n e r s h i p s Options – all working within Co-operative Principles (Partnership with Parishes) Option A - Enhanced Status Quo - 12 devolveds plus offer devolution out to other 32 parishes with enhanced specification / Biodiversity requirements Option B - Co-operative Consortium – Direct Delivery (CCDD ) Parishes Consortium MKC can have custodian share, allowing reserved places on the board and some powers of veto (board made up representatives of the member organisations, i.e. parishes) Option C – Outsource to a Local Authority Controlled Co-operative (LACC) 51% owned by MKC, 49% owned by parishes (one share is one vote, not one member one vote) Option D – Enhanced Partnership Model - continue to devolve (tranche 3 - 2023, tranche 4 – 2025 and tranche 5 – 2028) with view to full Parish Co- operative / devolvement / clusters model by 2030) * The Corporate Landscape Service could be insourced or outsourced alongside Option A, B and D Parish experiences Full Devo – from 2014 West Bletchley Cllr Veronica Belcher – Chair Full Devo - from 2020 Campbell Park Dominic Warner – Clerk Third Option Simpson & Ashland Cllr David Pye - Chair Considered Devo / didn't go forward Walton Lesley Sung – Council Manager • Discussion and questions Parishes and Landscaping Timeline July 21 – Delegated November Feb -May 21 decision on 2021 – Discussions parishes who Expressions of with decide not to interest – New April 2023 – devolved operate in delivery New Service parishes new model model Begins June Summer - December 2021 – Autumn 2021 – Talks 2021 – co- Package for with all production those who parishes workshops have expressed an interest New partnership delivery model Next steps Consider all information and feedback into recommendation Decision has to be made in July - what will happen from 2023 Implementation of decision – from August 2021 Go live date – April 2023.