(Public Pack)Agenda Document for the Cabinet, 13/01/2014 14:00
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The Cabinet Notice of Meeting Monday 13 January 2014 2.00 p.m. The Council Chamber Elizabeth House Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon Members of The Cabinet are requested to attend Leader Councillor Christopher Saint Deputy Leader Councillor Stephen Thirlwell (Partnerships Portfolio) Councillor Mike Brain Customer Access Portfolio Councillor Jennie Ellard Finance and Business Administration Portfolio Councillor Maurice Howse Enterprise, Housing and Revenues Portfolio Councillor Lynda Organ Technical Services Portfolio Councillor Gillian Roache Community Safety, Health and Wellbeing Portfolio Councillor Jonathan Spence Environment & Planning Portfolio Observers: Councillor Christopher Mills Chairman of the Council Councillor Stephen Gray Chairman of the OSC Councillor Richard Cheney Leader Liberal Democrat Group Councillor Roger Wright Leader Independent Group Councillor Juliet Short Leader Stratford First Independent Group Paul Lankester Chief Executive Elizabeth House, Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX For further information about this agenda Telephone 01789 267575 Contact: Caroline Nash Facsimile 01789 260007 Minicom 01789 260747 Telephone: 01789 260245 DX700737 STRATFORD-ON-AVON 2 e-mail: [email protected] website www.stratford.gov.uk THE CABINET PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS Members of the public are permitted to address The Cabinet if notice has been given in writing or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive no later than midday two clear days before the day of the meeting. Each notice must give the name and address of the speaker. At any one meeting speakers may only address The Cabinet on matters contained within the Agenda. The speaker will be invited to address the meeting at the time the item they wish to make representations on is to be discussed in accordance with the following procedure: • a time allowance of three minutes for each member of the public to address The Cabinet be implemented; and • if more than one person wishes to address the meeting on one particular subject, a maximum of 5 minutes would be allowed in total. Members of the public will be encouraged to nominate a spokesperson if they consider that they would not have sufficient time to adequately express their points. Scope of statement The Chief Executive may reject a statement if it:- • is not about a matter for which the Council has a responsibility or which affects the District; • is defamatory, frivolous or offensive; • is substantially the same statement which has been put at a meeting of The Cabinet in the past six months; or • requires the disclosure of confidential or exempt information. No audio recording, filming, video recording or photography etc of any part of this meeting is permitted without express consent Notice of Webcasting of Meeting Please note that this meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site - at the start of the meeting the Chairman will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the Data Protection Act. Data collected during this webcast will be retained in accordance with the Council’s published policy. Therefore by entering the Council Chamber and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings for web casting and/or training purposes. If members of the public do not wish to have their image captured they should contact Members Services on 01789 260245 who will make alternative seating arrangements. THE CABINET 13 January 2014 AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Disclosure of Interests Members are reminded that, unless they have been granted a dispensation, if they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter as defined by Regulations made by the Secretary of State where the interest is theirs, their spouse’s or civil partner’s, or is an interest of somebody with whom they are living as a husband or wife or as if they were civil partners, they may not participate in any discussion of or vote on the matter and must also leave the room for the duration of the matter. They must also disclose the interest if it has not yet been entered on the Authority’s register unless it is a sensitive interest. 3. Minutes (Pages 1 - 10) To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2013. Part A - Matters to be referred to Council Leader: Leadership and Governance 4. Core Strategy and Local Development Scheme Update (Pages 11 - 26) To consider an update on work associated with the preparation of the Core Strategy and changes to the current Local Development Scheme and to consider the latest evidence concerning the District housing requirement. NB: Recommendations 1 and 2 are to be referred to Council and therefore not subject to Call-in. 5. Notice of Motion - Neighbourhood Plans (Pages 27 - 28) To consider the following Notice of Motion in the names of Councillors Cheney and J Fradgley that the Council at its meeting on 16 December 2013 referred to The Cabinet for consideration and report: In view of the likely further delays in the adoption of the Core Strategy, the Council reiterates its support for those teams working on Neighbourhood Plans and urges them to continue to aim to complete their Plans in a timely fashion. It further requests, the Chief Executive to write to the relevant ministers and local MPs, to request that appropriate changes should be introduced to allow the planning process to give significant weight to completed Neighbourhood Plans, provided that the relevant Core Strategies are at least at deposit draft stage and those Neighbourhood Plans are not in conflict with that emerging Core Strategy. Part B - Matters for Decision by The Cabinet Leader: Leadership and Governance 6. Revenue and Capital Budget To receive the draft revenue and capital budgets for 2014/15 to 2018/19 for consultation with the public, business ratepayers and the Overview and Scrutiny Committee prior to formal recommendations being formulated at the meeting of The Cabinet on 17 February 2014. NB This item is not subject to Call-in as the final recommendations are to be submitted to the Council meeting on 24 February 2014. The budget papers are to be circulated under separate cover for ease of future reference. 7. Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull Green Infrastructure (Pages 29 - 34) Strategy To receive the Green Infrastructure Strategy for the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull area as evidence for the preparation of plans and policies at a sub-regional and local level setting out how green infrastructure can be delivered with the involvement of a range of partners, including landowners and developers. 8. Alcester Neighbourhood Plan Area Application (Pages 35 - 42) To receive a report on th e consultation exercise undertaken in respect of the Alcester Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation. 9. Bishops Itchington Neighbourhood Plan Area Application (Pages 43 - 50) To receive a report on the consultation exercise undertaken in respect of the Bishops Itchington Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation. 10. Snitterfield Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation (Pages 51 - 58) To receive a report on the consultation exercise undertaken in respect of the Snitterfield Neighbourhood Plan Area Designation. 11. Lighthorne Parish Plan 2012 (Pages 59 - 98) To consider the assessment of the Lighthorne Parish Plan 2012. 12. Wellesbourne Village Design Statement (Pages 99 - 162) To consider the summary of the assessment of the Wellesbourne Village Design Statement. Enterprise, Housing & Revenues Portfolio 13. Stratford District Community Transport Scheme - Call (Pages 163 - 168) Centre Contract To consider the proposed tender evaluation criteria for a Call Centre to manage the booking and journey scheduling for Stratford District Community Transport Scheme. Finance and Business Administration 14. Capital Budget Monitoring 2013/14 - Periods 1 - 8 (Pages 169 - 184) To consider the Capital Budget Monitoring for the Period 1 – 8 (April 2013 – 30 November 2013). 15. Revenue Budget Monitoring - Period 8 Budget Variance & (Pages 185 - 194) Estimated Outturn Position for 2013/14 To receive an update on the overall financial position of the Authority in relation to the revenue account. This report provides Members with an analysis of net expenditure against the Period 8 budget for 2013/14 and presents an estimated revenue outturn position for each service. 16. People Strategy (Pages 195 - 202) To consider a revised People Strategy. Technical Services Portfolio 17. Enforcement of Off-Street Parking - Residents' Parking in (Pages 203 - 214) Telegraph Street Car Park To consider the results of a consultation exercise relating to the use of the Telegraph Street car park in Shipston-on-Stour for residents’ parking. 18. Enforcement of On-Street Parking - Provision of Parking (Pages 215 - 218) Services To consider whether the Council wishes to bid for the Enforcement of On-Street Parking Contract and whether to include off-street parking enforcement within the invitations to tender. Part C - Issues arising from Overview and Scrutiny Committees None. Part D - En-bloc Items NOTE: For the items in this section, the reports and recommendations will be approved en-bloc unless a request is made to the Leader at the start of the meeting for the item to be discussed. Leader: Leadership and Governance 19. The Cabinet Work Programme To note The Cabinet Work Programme for 10 February 2014. To be published 10 January 2014. 20. Leader's Advisory Group (Pages 219 - 222) To receive the notes of the meetings of the Group held on the following dates: 7 October and 2 December 2013. Enterprise, Housing & Revenues Portfolio 21. Enterprise Planning and Housing Policy Advisory Panel (Pages 223 - 228) To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 3 December 2013. Part E - Other Matters 22. Urgent Business To consider any business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, is urgent in accordance with the provisions of Section 100B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972.