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Public Document Pack MEETING: CABINET DATE: Thursday 3rd September, 2009 TIME: 10.00 am VENUE: Town Hall, Bootle Member Councillor Robertson (Chair) Brodie - Browne P Dowd Fairclough Lord Fearn Griffiths Maher Parry Porter Tattersall COMMITTEE OFFICER: Steve Pearce Head of Committee and Member Services Telephone: 0151 934 2046 Fax: 0151 934 2034 E-mail: [email protected] The Cabinet is responsible for making what are known as Key Decisions, which will be notified on the Forward Plan. Items marked with an * on the agenda involve Key Decisions A key decision, as defined in the Council’s Constitution, is: - ● any Executive decision that is not in the Annual Revenue Budget and Capital Programme approved by the Council and which requires a gross budget expenditure, saving or virement of more than £100,000 or more than 2% of a Departmental budget, whichever is the greater ● any Executive decision where the outcome will have a significant impact on a significant number of people living or working in two or more Wards If you have any special needs that may require arrangements to facilitate your attendance at this meeting, please contact the Committee Officer named above, who will endeavour to assist. 1 This page is intentionally left blank. 2 A G E N D A Items marked with an * involve key decisions Item Subject/Author(s) Wards Affected No. 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Minutes (Pages 7 - Minutes of the meeting held on 6 August 2009 22) 3. Declarations of Interest Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct. 4. Area Police Performance in Sefton All Wards Chief Constable Bernard Hogan - Howe from Merseyside Police will give a presentation on the Area Police Performance in Sefton 5. Supported Housing Needs' Working Group All Wards (Pages 23 - Report 76) Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Health and Social Care) Working Group 6. Elected Members Media Guidelines All Wards (Pages 77 - Report of the Assistant Chief Executive 86) (Communications) and Legal Director * 7. Changes to Executive Arrangements – All Wards (Pages 87 - Leader or Elected Mayor for Sefton : 102) Consultation Process Report of the Legal Director 8. Treasury Management 2009/10 – Draft All Wards (Pages 103 - CIPFA Treasury Management Code 110) Report of the Finance and Information Services Director 3 * 9. Playbuilder Capital Grant 2009/10 All Wards (Pages 111 - Report of the Strategic Director of Children’s 118) Services * 10. South Sefton Sixth Form College - Update All Wards (Pages 119 - on Capital and Revenue Position 130) Report of the Strategic Director of Children’s Services 11. Core Strategy – Report of Early Consultation All Wards (Pages 131 - Report of the Planning and Economic 142) Regeneration Director 12. Core Strategy - Strategic Flood Risk All Wards (Pages 143 - Assessment for Sefton 148) Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director * 13. Sefton Strategic Housing Market All Wards (Pages 149 - Assessment 2008 162) Joint report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director and the Strategic Director of Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care) 14. Vesting of Properties and Land - Sefton Litherland (Pages 163 - Metropolitan Borough Council (Klondyke 168) and Hawthorne Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2005 Joint report of the Housing Market Renewal Director and the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director 15. Liverpool City Region - Housing and Spatial All Wards (Pages 169 - Planning Board Membership 172) Report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director * 16. Proposed Southport Cultural Centre All Wards (Pages 173 - Report of the Leisure Director 186) The Leisure Director will also give a presentation on the design proposals for the scheme 4 17. Cabinet Member Reports All Wards a) Cabinet Member - Children's Services (Pages 187 - 190) b) Cabinet Member - Communities (Pages 191 - 194) c) Cabinet Member - Corporate Services (Pages 195 - 200) d) Cabinet Member - Environmental (Pages 201 - 202) e) Cabinet Member - Health and Social Care (Pages 203 - 204) f) Cabinet Member - Leisure and Tourism (Pages 205 - 208) g) Cabinet Member - Performance and Governance (Pages 209 - 212) h) Cabinet Member - Regeneration (Pages 213 - 214) i) Cabinet Member - Technical Services (Pages 215 - 218) 18. Exclusion of Press and Public To consider passing the following resolution: That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public. 19. Southport Commerce Park – Speculative Kew (Pages 219 - Office Development 226) Report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environmental Services. 20. Approval of Contractor for Remediation of Litherland (Pages 227 - Former Tannery and Former Penpoll 232) Industrial Estate Report of the Housing Market Renewal Director 5 This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 2 THE “CALL IN” PERIOD FOR THIS SET OF MINUTES ENDS AT 12 NOON ON TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 2009. MINUTE NOS. 87 AND 108 ARE NOT SUBJECT TO “CALL-IN” CABINET MEETING HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, SOUTHPORT ON THURSDAY 6TH AUGUST, 2009 PRESENT: Councillor Robertson (in the Chair) Councillors Brodie - Browne, P Dowd, Fairclough, Lord Fearn, Griffiths, Maher, Parry and Tattersall ALSO PRESENT: Councillors Hands, Friel, McGuire and Shaw 79. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE An apology for absence was received from Councillor Porter. 80. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The following declarations of interest were received: Member Minute Reason Action Councillor 93 - Targetted Personal - He is Took part in the Brodie-Browne Capital Funding - the Chair of consideration of Kitchens/Dining Governors of the item and Rooms Farnborough voted thereon. Road Infant and Junior School which is referred to in the report Councillor 90 - Treasury Personal - His Took part in the Fairclough Management employer is consideration of 2009/10 - First referred to in the the item and Quarter update report voted thereo Councillor 97 - Funding Personal - He is Took part in the Fairclough Opportunities the Chair of the consideration of South Sefton the item and Development voted thereon Trust which is referred to in the report Page45 7 Agenda Item 2 CABINET- THURSDAY 6TH AUGUST, 2009 Councillor 93 - Targetted Personal - His Took part in the Maher Capital Funding - wife is employed consideration of Kitchens/Dining by Sefton the item and Rooms Catering voted thereon Services which is referred to in the report Councillor Shaw 93 - Targetted Personal - His Stayed in the Capital Funding - wife is employed room during the Kitchens/Dining at Farnborough consideration of Rooms Infant and Junior the item School, which is referred to in the report Councillor Shaw 105 - Southport Personal - his Stayed in the Cultural Centre son is employed room during the Community by Sefton Library consideration of Impact Service the item Councillor Shaw 107 - Southport Prejudicial - his Left the room Cultural Centre – son is employed during the Personnel issues by Sefton Library consideration of related to the Service the item temporary closure of Southport Arts Centre, Atkinson Art Gallery and Southport Library 81. MINUTES RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the Cabinet Meeting held on 9 July 2009 be confirmed as a correct record. 82. HOUSING MARKET RENEWAL PROGRAMME 2009 -10 – NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. Further to Minute No. 29 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member - Regeneration held on 5 August 2009, the Cabinet considered the report of the Housing Market Renewal Director which provided details of the further award of £1.05 million of grant funding by the Homes and Communities Agency for Housing Market Renewal activity in south Sefton during 2009/10 and the implications thereof. Page46 8 Agenda Item 2 CABINET- THURSDAY 6TH AUGUST, 2009 RESOLVED: That (1) the report be noted; (2) the proposed expenditure programme of £1.05 million and associated outputs be approved as an addition to the previously approved Housing Market Renewal programme 2009/10; and (3) it be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but, unfortunately, had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently, the Deputy Mayor in the absence of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Performance and Corporate Services) has been consulted under Rule 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules of the Constitution, to the decision being made by the Cabinet as a matter of urgency on the basis that it was impracticable to defer the decision until the commencement of the next Forward Plan because of the need to commence activity to ensure that 100% expenditure is achieved during 2009/10, thus preventing the loss of unspent resources, which would be at risk of 'claw-back' by the Homes and Communities Agency. 83. COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER IN THE BEDFORD AND QUEENS ROAD AREA OF BOOTLE In accordance with Rule 27 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules, the Cabinet considered a petition submitted by residents of the Borough objecting to the proposals for the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order in the Bedford Road and Queens Road area of Bootle. Mr. P. Michael addressed the Cabinet on behalf of the residents and spoke in support of the petition. The Cabinet also considered copies of two letters from Mr. P. Michael objecting to the proposals. Further to Minute No. 29 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member - Regeneration held on 5 August 2009 the Cabinet then considered the joint report of the Housing Market Renewal Director and Planning and Economic Regeneration Director seeking approval to the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire land and new rights for the purpose of securing the assembly of land in the Bedford Road and Queens Road area of Bootle required for the implementation of the development of new mixed tenure housing.