Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Items
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414. |
Apologies for absence
Minutes:
No apologies for absence were received.
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Minutes PDF 205 KB
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on
8 November 2022 (copy attached).
Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting held on 8 November
2022 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the
Chair.
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Declarations of interest
Members are reminded of their responsibility
to declare any pecuniary or local non pecuniary interest which they
have in any item of business on the agenda, no later than when
that item is reached and, when appropriate, to leave the
meeting prior to discussion and voting on the item.
Minutes:
Members’ declarations of interest are
recorded under the item to which the declaration relates.
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Open forum
At each Cabinet meeting, up to 15 minutes
shall be allocated for questions or statements from and discussion
with, non-Cabinet members. Members wishing to speak during this
session are encouraged to give notice in advance. Who speaks and
for how long will be at the complete discretion of the person
presiding.
Minutes:
The following non-Cabinet members spoke under
this item, as indicated in the order shown below. A summary of the issues raised have been
recorded:
A.
Agenda Item 9 – Report number CAB/WS/22/066:
Recommendations of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee: 17
November 2022: Delivering a Sustainable Medium-Term Budget: Street
Lighting
1.
Councillor Andy Neal, Ward Member for Mildenhall
Queensway
2.
Councillor Phil Wittam, Ward Member for Brandon East
3.
Councillor Victor Lukaniuk, Ward Member for Brandon
Central
Concerns continued to be raised by these
particular Members with regards to the arrangements for street
lighting costs within the district.
They again stated their view that some of the towns/villages,
within the former Forest Heath area, were being treated unfairly
because the Town/Parish Councils paid for some of the street
lighting, which was not the case in the former St Edmundsbury
area. The Members stated that provision
needed to be made within the forthcoming West Suffolk Council
budgets for 2023/2024 to address this disparity.
The Chair thanked the non-Cabinet Members for
attending the meeting and raising these concerns again, along with
the discussions which had also been held at the Cabinet meeting on
8 November 2022 and the Performance and
Audit Scrutiny Committee at their meeting on 17 November 2022 on
this matter. However, the Chair did
also wish to remind Members that at their previous meeting on 8
November 2022, the Cabinet had agreed that streetlight ownership
would be part of a wider planned review with Town/Parish Councils
to be undertaken in 2023.
Councillor Carol Bull, Portfolio Holder for
Governance, also wished to again explain that the current situation
was as a result of historic working practices adopted by all three
tiers of local government in the respective areas. She also referred to the recommendations agreed by
Cabinet on 8 November 2022, which included the timescales and the
processes for taking this matter forward, which would involve both
the Town/Parish Councils and Suffolk County Council. In conclusion, Councillor Bull wished to reassure
the Members present, that the Council had acknowledged their
concerns and was working with its partners to explore this.
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Public participation
Members of the public who live or work in the
district are invited to put one question or statement of not more
than three minutes duration relating to items to be discussed in
Part 1 of the agenda only. If a question is asked and answered
within three minutes, the person who asked the question may ask a
supplementary question that arises from the reply.
A person who wishes to speak must register at
least 15 minutes before the time the meeting is scheduled to start.
This can be done online by sending the request to democratic.services@westsuffolk.gov.uk
or telephoning 01638 719237 or in person by
telling the Committee Administrator present at the meeting. We
would urge anyone who wishes to register to speak to notify
Democratic Services by 9am on the day of the meeting so that advice
can be given on the arrangements in place.
There is an overall time limit of 15 minutes
for public speaking, which may be extended at the Chair’s
discretion.
Minutes:
There were no members of the public in
attendance on this occasion.
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Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: 10 November 2022 PDF 131 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/063
Chair of the Committee:
Councillor Ian Shipp
Lead officer: Christine
Brain
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/063)
The Cabinet received and noted this report,
which informed Members of the following substantive items discussed
by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 10
November 2022:
1.
Air Quality and Vehicle Idling
2.
Suffolk County Council Health Scrutiny – 12 October 2022
3.
Work Programme Update 2022
It was also noted that a separate report on
the Air Quality and Vehicle Idling would be considered later on the
Cabinet agenda.
Councillor Ian Shipp, Chair of the Overview
and Scrutiny Committee drew relevant issues to the attention of
Cabinet.
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Report of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee: 17 November 2022 PDF 142 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/064
Portfolio holder: Councillor
Sarah Broughton
Chair of the Committee:
Councillor Ian Houlder
Lead officer: Christine
Brain
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/064)
The Cabinet received and noted this report,
which informed Members of the following substantive items discussed
by the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee at its meeting held
on 17 November 2022:
1.
Internal Audit Mid-Year Progress Report (2022 to 2023)
2.
Delivering a Sustainable Medium-Term Budget
3.
Treasury Management Report (September 2022)
4.
Work Programme Update
5.
2022 to 2023 Performance Report (Quarter 2)
It was also noted that separate reports on
Delivering a Sustainable Budget Medium-Term Budget and the Treasury
Management Report (September 2022) would be considered later on the
Cabinet agenda.
Councillor Ian Houlder, Chair of the
Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee, drew relevant issues to
the attention of the Cabinet.
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Recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: 10 November 2022 - Air Quality and Vehicle Idling PDF 176 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/065
Portfolio holders: Councillors Andy Drummond
and Peter Stevens
Lead officer: Mark Walsh
Decision:
Resolved:
That, the following Options be endorsed:
1.
Option 2: That Civil Enforcement Officers continue
to provide informal advice and guidance to drivers as part of their
day-to-day activities.
2.
Option 3: That the Council continues to undertake
general air quality improvement work, focusing on vehicle idling
where proportionate, including education not just in schools but
also includes the general public; signs;
leaflets and social media.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/065)
The Cabinet considered this report, which was
recommending the endorsement of two options with regards to the
Council continuing its work on the improvement of air quality and
on the reduction of vehicle idling in West Suffolk.
On 10 November 2022, the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee received Report number OAS/WS/22/016, which contained
detailed information on air quality in West Suffolk; vehicle idling
and air quality; enforcement powers; a summary of anti-idling
research and best practice; West Suffolk enforcement implications
and costs; existing air quality actions; electric vehicles and
options and recommendations. The Committee had considered the
report in detail, along with the three options which were set out
in Section 3 of Report number OAS/WS/22/016.
Therefore, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
were recommending to Cabinet, that Options 2 and 3, including the
additional wording set out in italics at Option 3, be endorsed.
Councillor Andy Drummond, Portfolio Holder for
Regulatory and Environment and Councillor Peter Stevens, Portfolio
Holder for Operations, both drew relevant issues to the attention
of Cabinet and both expressed their support for the two options
being recommended by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Councillor Robert Everitt, Portfolio Holder
for Families and Communities, also explained that, in his capacity
as Chair of the Bury St Edmunds Air Quality Residents Group, the
Group had worked extremely hard to highlight the issue of air
quality and vehicle idling within the Town. Therefore, Councillor Everitt also welcomed these
proposed recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee.
Resolved:
That, the following
Options be endorsed:
1.
Option 2: That Civil Enforcement Officers continue
to provide informal advice and guidance to drivers as part of their
day-to-day activities.
2.
Option 3: That the Council continues to undertake
general air quality improvement work, focusing on vehicle idling
where proportionate, including education not just in schools but
also includes the general public; signs; leaflets and social
media.
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Recommendations of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee: 17 November 2022 - Delivering a Sustainable Medium Term Budget PDF 187 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/066
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah
Broughton
Chair of the Committee: Councillor Ian
Houlder
Lead officer: Rachael Mann
Decision:
Recommended to Council:
(13 December 2022)
That the proposals as detailed
in Section 2 and Table 1 at Paragraph 3.2 of report number
PAS/WS/22/021, be included in the medium-term financial plans to
2027.
Noted:
The Cabinet noted the concerns
raised by some members of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny
Committee of the absence of specific funding for street lighting in
the former Forest Heath area.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/066)
The Cabinet considered this report, which was
recommending to Council, approval of proposals for inclusion in the
medium-term financial plans.
On 17 November 2022, the Performance and Audit
Scrutiny Committee (PASC) considered proposals for delivering a
sustainable balanced budget for 2023 to 2024 and for developing the
medium term plans. This included a number
of key budget assumptions proposed and the rational behind
those assumptions, as set out in Section 2 and Table 1 of paragraph
3.2 of Report number PAS/WS/22/021.
Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder
for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues to the attention
of the Cabinet.
Having considered the process and approach to
setting the Council’s 2023 to 2024 budget and the principles
and challenges faced in achieving this, the Cabinet supported the
recommendation of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny
Committee.
Recommended to Council (13 December 2022):
That the
proposals as detailed in Section 2 and Table 1 at
Paragraph 3.2 of report number PAS/WS/22/021, be included in the
medium-term financial plans to 2027.
The Cabinet also noted the
detailed discussions held by the Performance and Audit Scrutiny
Committee on 17 November 2022 on street lighting. Some of the Committee members had raised concerns
that there was no financial provision made in the budget for the
street lighting disparity and felt there was no definitive move to
resolve the issue and were sceptical that Cabinet would look at
this further in 2023. They considered that unless financial
provision was made for street lighting for the medium-term, then it
would slip again.
On 8 November 2022, the
Cabinet had agreed to the recommendations on street lighting, as
set out in Report number CAB/WS/22/058, including the timescales
and the process for taking this matter forward, which would include
Town/Parish Councils and Suffolk County Council.
In terms of the budget, there was provision
for street lighting for those currently in the Council’s
ownership. The Performance and Audit
Scrutiny Committee had been informed that when Forest Heath and St
Edmundsbury Councils joined up, street lighting had not been
highlighted as an issue, and asked Members to bear with Cabinet and
Officers given the focus over the last few years, since becoming a
single council, had been in supporting the West Suffolk businesses
and communities through a pandemic.
Resolved:
The
Cabinet noted and acknowledged the concerns raised by some members
of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee of the absence of
specific funding for street lighting in the former Forest Heath
area.
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Recommendations of the Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee: 17 November 2022 - Treasury Management Report - September 2022 PDF 127 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/067
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah
Broughton
Chair of the Committee: Councillor Ian
Houlder
Lead officer: Rachael Mann
Decision:
Recommended to Council:
(13 December 2022)
That the Treasury Management Report (September
2022), as contained in Report number FRS/WS/22/005, be
approved.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/067)
The Cabinet considered this report, which was
recommending to Council, approval of the Treasury Management Report
for the period 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022.
Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder
for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues to the attention
of the Cabinet, including that the total amount invested
at 30 September 2022 was
£78,000,000.
External borrowing as at 30 September 2022 was £13,875,000, a
reduction of £125,000 from 1 April 2022, which related to the
repayment plan for the recent PWLB £10m, 40 year loan, with
the Council’s level of internal borrowing increasing slightly
to £41,699,661, as at 30 September 2022. Overall borrowing, weighted towards internal
borrowing was expected to increase over the full financial
year.
The 2022 to 2023 Annual Treasury Management
and Investment Strategy set out the council’s projections for
the current financial year. The budget
for investment income for 2022 to 2023 was £45,000, which was
based on a 0.25% target interest rate of return on investments.
Recommended to Council (13 December 2022):
That the Treasury
Management Report (September 2022), as contained in Report number
FRS/WS/22/005, be approved.
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Western Way Project Review - December 2022 PDF 133 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/068
Portfolio holder: Councillor Joanna Rayner
Lead officer: Alex Wilson
Additional documents:
Decision:
Recommended to Council:
(13 December 2022)
That:
1.
This review and update of the business case for the Western Way
(WW) project, Bury St Edmunds and, as part of that wider scheme,
the replacement of the Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre, be approved
so that Cabinet and officers can continue to deliver phase 1 of the
project and any interim works to the rest of the site on the
revised basis set out in this review and in accordance with the
Council’s Constitution.
2.
The existing authorities, financial provisions, safeguards and
financial tests for delivery of the project be updated as
follows:
(a)
The remainder of the due diligence for the second stage of
tendering be carried out in accordance with the two new gateways
defined in Section E of this review.
(b)
For either facility to be included in the phase 1 construction
contract, Suffolk County Council must have entered into a formal
pre-let agreement for an archive facility and/or pre-school which
meets the One Public Estate principles of full cost recovery.
(c)
The previous spending caps and financial tests for the hub and
leisure centre be replaced by a new combined and reduced net
capital expenditure limit of £65 million for the total phase
1 scheme defined in this report i.e. project costs, market
analysis, enabling works, construction of the initial community
hub, installation of renewables.
(d)
In addition to this cap on expenditure, at the time the main
construction contract is signed, the phase 1 scheme must not
increase the Council’s existing MTFS provision of
£724,000 for Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre and, in relation
to other ancillary elements of the new hub, be capable of achieving
at least a break-even position over the whole life of the
borrowing.
(e)
In addition to the phase 1 scheme defined in the review, a further
capital allocation of up to £10 million be made in the
Council’s capital programme for interim works to the
remainder of the Western Way site as defined in Appendix 3 of this
report and also on the basis of at least a break-even income
position over the life of the borrowing.
(f)
Subject to consultation with the relevant portfolio holders,
approval be given for interim or enabling works ahead of the main
contract for phase 1, to be financed from within the new combined
WW capital budget of £75m. But only where these works will
increase the commercial value of the site irrespective of whether
the WW project proceeds or not.
(g)
The cash flow risk being managed.
(h)
The most beneficial and economic funding method for the project is
identified, including entering into agreements with third-party
investors if required; and
(i)
Any phase 2 scheme for a permanent use of the remainder of the WW
site be subject to a new and separate business case to councillors
before the conclusion of the phase 1 construction programme.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/068)
The Cabinet considered this report which
explained that the Western Way project in Bury St Edmunds was part
of a network of existing or planned community hub projects across
the whole West Suffolk area being delivered by partners in the
public, charity and community sectors.
These ranged in scale from a community-led hub project in Clare up
to the multi-agency Mildenhall Hub which opened in June 2021.
The Western Way project was first approved for
delivery by Council in late 2019 and achieved planning consent in
2021 on the completion of its Section 106 agreement. After
reviewing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council gave
support for a phased delivery of the project in June 2021. In both
instances, a set of financial tests were set to safeguard the
interests of taxpayers. A final review of these tests by Cabinet
was currently required before any contract could be awarded. This
would not occur before March 2023.
Given the current economic situation and the
changing requirements of partners, the Cabinet had asked that an
interim review of the status of the project be carried out before
the end of 2022, so that the Council could consider whether it
wished to continue with the current project. This report had
provided that review. Therefore, it was
now being proposed that a smaller phase 1 scheme for Western Way
continued through to the second stage of tendering, to allow a
start on site in 2023 and a projected opening of new facilities in
Autumn 2025.
Councillor Joanna Rayner, Portfolio Holder for
Leisure, Culture and Community Hubs, drew relevant issues to the
attention of the Cabinet. These included:
a.
Smaller phase 1 scheme: the original
proposal for the initial Western Way Development had an approved
expenditure cap of £140 million. During the scoping of this
and working closely with consultants, this figure was reduced to
around £100 million to reflect the impact of the pandemic and
a phased approach being needed. A smaller phase 1 scheme, for
consideration by the Council, requested support for a reduced
spending cap of £75 million, of which £40 million would
deliver a brand new leisure centre.
Within this cap over £5 million of spending would be sourced
from Suffolk County Council (SCC) and developer contributions and
£10 million related to interim works to the remainder of the
Western Way site not needed in phase 1 to ensure this could also
continue to generate an income to the Council as landowner.
b.
Leisure centre: the existing Bury St Edmunds leisure centre
provided a valued service to the local community; however, it was
approaching fifty years old and in need of immediate repairs. That,
coupled with a number of factors
detailed in the report including that it was no longer large enough
to suitably deliver an acceptable service to cope with the growth
in population to 2040, meant a ‘do nothing’ option
could not be applied. Refurbishment
options had been considered as detailed in Appendix 1; however,
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West Suffolk Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS) 2023 to 2024 PDF 176 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/069
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah
Broughton
Lead officers: Rachael Mann and Adrian
Mills
Additional documents:
Decision:
Recommended to
Council:
(13 December 2022)
That:
1.
The Local Council Tax Reduction (LCTRS) Scheme for
2023 to 2024 as outlined in Report number CAB/WS/22/069, be
reviewed.
2.
The changes to the Scheme outlined in section 2 of
Report number CAB/WS/22/069 and that the maximum discount change
only relates to 2023 to 2024, be agreed.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/069)
The Cabinet considered this report, which was
recommending to Council, approval of proposed changes to the West
Suffolk Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme.
Each year the Council was required to review
its Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTRS). This report provided an annual review of the 2022
to 2023 scheme and proposed to make changes to the scheme for 2023
to 2024.
Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder
for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues to the attention
of Cabinet, including that the proposed change to the Scheme,
effective from 1 April 2023 (and to last for one year only) was
that the maximum reduction on Council Tax paid should be increased
from 91.5 percent to 100 per cent. This would be a means tested scheme and would
reduce the amount that many Council Tax payers had to pay and could
result in some working-age residents paying zero Council Tax.
A consultation had been held from 18 October
to 18 November 2022. Major preceptors
and stakeholders had responded and the responses received and the
key points raised were covered in Section 4.1 of Report number
CAB/WS/22/069. It was noted that 70 per
cent of the respondents agreed/strongly agreed with the proposal to
increase the maximum discount on Council Tax.
Councillor Sarah Broughton
further explained that this was an opportunity that had the support
of stakeholders and the public to assist with the easing of the
financial burden that many were facing and she expressed her
support for this proposal.
Recommended to Council (13 December
2022):
That:
1.
The Local Council Tax Reduction (LCTRS) Scheme for
2023 to 2024 as outlined in Report number CAB/WS/22/069, be
reviewed.
2.
The changes to the Scheme outlined in section 2 of
Report number CAB/WS/22/069 and that the maximum discount change
only relates to 2023 to 2024, be agreed.
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Council Tax Base for Tax Setting Purposes 2023 to 2024 PDF 150 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/070
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sarah
Broughton
Lead officer: Rachael Mann
Additional documents:
Decision:
Recommended to
Council:
(13 December 2022)
That:
1.
The tax base for 2023 to 2024, for the whole of West
Suffolk be 57,987.01 equivalent band D dwellings, as detailed in
paragraph 2.3 of Report number CAB/WS/22/070.
2.
The tax base for 2023 to 2024 for the different
parts of its area, as defined by parish or special expense area
boundaries, be as shown in Appendix 3 of Report number
CAB/WS/22/070.
Minutes:
(Report number CAB/WS/22/070)
The Cabinet received this
report which explained that the Council Tax base was the total
taxable value at a point in time of all the domestic properties in
the Council’s area. It was a yearly calculation and
represented the estimated number of chargeable dwellings after
allowing for exemptions and discounts, projected changes in the
property base and after applying an estimated collection
rate.
The calculation of the tax base
for Council Tax setting purposes consisted of three
stages:
1.
Calculation of the tax base for central government
purposes as at 3 October 2022
(DLUHC return – CTB).
2.
Calculation of the tax base for council tax setting
purposes by adjusting the band D equivalents to reflect changes in
the tax base as a result of Local
Council Tax Support Scheme changes (as set out in Report number
CAB/WS/22/069, which was also on this agenda), projected changes in
the property base and predicted collection rates.
3.
Analysis of band D equivalents over each of the
parish areas in order to determine
individual parish council tax bases.
Councillor Sarah Broughton,
Portfolio Holder for Resources and Property, drew relevant issues
to the attention of Cabinet, and referred to paragraph 2.5 of
Report number CAB/WS/22/070 which explained that the resulting tax
base figure for council tax collection purposes, expressed in terms
of the number of band D equivalent properties, was 57,987.01 for
2023 to 2024. This was an increase of 580.67 on the tax base for
the current year of 57,406.34.
The tax base figure for West
Suffolk, as outlined in paragraph 2.6 of Report number
CAB/WS/22/070 was analysed further across the individual Town and
Parish Councils to form their tax base figures for the purpose of
budget setting and determining the parish band D tax levels in each
of those areas. The Town and Parish tax
base figures were set out in Appendix 3 of the report.
Recommended to Council (13 December
2022):
That:
1.
The tax base for 2023 to 2024, for the whole of West
Suffolk be 57,987.01 equivalent band D dwellings, as detailed in
paragraph 2.5 of Report number CAB/WS/22/070.
2.
The tax base for 2023 to 2024 for the different
parts of its area, as defined by parish or special expense area
boundaries, be as shown in Appendix 3 of Report number
CAB/WS/22/070.
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Decisions Plan: 1 December 2022 to 31 May 2022 PDF 214 KB
To consider the most recently published
version of the Cabinet’s Decisions Plan
Report number: CAB/WS/22/071
Portfolio holder: Councillor
John Griffiths
Lead officer: Ian
Gallin
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/071)
The Cabinet considered this report which was
the Cabinet Decisions Plan covering the period 1 December 2022 to
31 May 2023.
Members took the opportunity to review the
intended forthcoming decisions of the Cabinet. However, no further information or amendments were
requested on this occasion.
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Barley Homes: Business Plan 2022 PDF 160 KB
Report number: CAB/WS/22/072
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sara
Mildmay-White
Lead officer: Julie Baird
Additional documents:
Decision:
Resolved:
That:
1.
The progress update for Barley Homes and steps
outlined Report number Cab/WS/22/072, to secure its medium-term
pipeline of sites, be noted.
2.
The Barley Homes Business Plan 2022, covering 2023
to 2024 and the medium term, attached at Exempt Appendix A to
Report number CAB/WS/22/072, be approved.
Minutes:
(Report number CAB/WS/22/072)
The Cabinet considered this
report which sought approval for the Barley Homes Business Plan
2022.
The draft business plan (Exempt
Appendix A) focused on Barley Homes’ completion of the
development of Westfield and Stonemill
Place, Haverhill during 2022 as well as work to bring forward
future development sites.
Councillor
Sara Mildmay-White, Portfolio Holder for Housing and Strategic
Health, drew relevant issues to the
attention of Cabinet and explained that in
the 2022 Business Plan, Officers had developed a set of appraisal
criteria in order to evaluate potential sites (as referenced in the
Cabinet Report number CAB/WS/19/041).
Sites had been selected based on this
criteria and then progressed within the Business Plan. This
appraisal criteria continued to be used for potential new pipelines
sites assessed throughout 2022 to ensure there was a consistent
approach. Barley Homes and the Council were continuing to work up
a number of sites. At this stage no
additional named pipeline sites had been added to the business
plan. However, this position may change
as sites were appraised.
The Shareholder Advisory Group
would consider the addition of new named sites joining the business
plan during the course of the year
against that appraisal criteria. But they would only be included if
it still enabled Barley Homes peak debt to remain within the
overall agreed £14.25m investment fund available. The 2021
Business Plan identified that work was being undertaken on the
College Heath Road site in Mildenhall to refine the numbers, next
steps and timescales. Updates since had
included levelling the site in preparation for development,
progressing the land assembly and assessing options for
disposal.
Members also commended the development by
Barley Homes of Westfield and Stonemill
Place in Haverhill during 2022.
Resolved:
That:
1.
The progress update for Barley Homes and steps
outlined Report number Cab/WS/22/072, to secure its medium-term
pipeline of sites, be noted.
2.
The Barley Homes Business Plan 2022, covering 2023
to 2024 and the medium term, attached at Exempt Appendix A to
Report number CAB/WS/22/072, be approved.
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Exclusion of press and public
To consider whether the press and public
should be excluded during the consideration of the following items
because it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be
transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the
public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to
them of exempt categories of information as prescribed in Part 1 of
Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, and indicated
against each item and, in all circumstances of the case, the public
interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest
in disclosing the information.
Minutes:
With the vote being unanimous, it
was
Resolved:
That, under Section 100(4)
of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded
from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds
that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as
prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act
1972, and indicated against each item and, in all circumstances of
the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs the public interest in disclosing the
information.
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Investing in our Commercial Portfolio (paragraph 3)
Report number: CAB/WS/22/073
Portfolio holder: Councillor
Sarah Broughton
Lead officer: Rachael
Mann
(This report is to be
considered in private under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the
Local Government Act 1972, as it contains information relating to
the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding
that information))
(No representations have been
received from members of the public regarding this item being held
in private.)
Decision:
Resolved:
The recommendations have been approved, as set
out in Exempt Report number CAB/WS/22/073.
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/073)
The Cabinet considered the content of Exempt
Report number CAB/WS/22/073.
Resolved:
The recommendations
be approved, as set out in Exempt Report number CAB/WS/22/073.
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Exempt Appendix A: Barley Homes Business Plan 2022 (paragraph 3)
Exempt Appendix A to Report number:
CAB/WS/22/072
Portfolio holder: Councillor Sara
Mildmay-White
Lead officer: Julie Baird
(This exempt Appendix is to be considered in
private under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government
Act 1972, as it contains information relation to the financial or
business affairs of any particular
person (including the authority holding that
information))
(No representations have been received from
members of the public regarding this item being held in
private)
Minutes:
(Report number
CAB/WS/22/072)
The Cabinet considered the exempt Appendix A
to this report. However, no reference
was made to specific detail and, therefore, this item was not held
in private session.
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