Agenda

Meeting:

Executive

Members:

Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Gareth Dadd, Derek Bastiman, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Janet Sanderson, David Chance, Keane Duncan, Greg White and Annabel Wilkinson.

Date:

Tuesday, 30th May 2023

Time:

11.00 am

Venue:

Council Chamber, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting that is being broadcasted and recorded and will be available to view via www.northyorks.gov.uk/livemeetings. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available to download below. Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer whose details are at the foot of the first page of the Agenda. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 2 May and 9 May

 

(Pages 5 - 14)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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4.  

Exclusion of the Public

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members are recommended to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of each of the items of business listed in Column 1 of the following table on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the paragraph(s) specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information)(Variation) Order 2006:-

Item number on the agenda

Paragraph Number

12 - Appendix B

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Melanie Carr of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday 24 May 2023, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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6.  

Q4 Performance Monitoring and Budget Report

(Pages 15 - 594)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive:

i.       notes that the information in the Q4 Performance Report is used as a performance baseline or starting point for the new council

ii.      notes that reporting from Quarter One 2023/24 onwards will provide updates on progress from this baseline; reporting by service area with key performance indicator data being used to demonstrate progress against the objectives set in the Council Plan 2023-27.

iii.     notes the draft outturn position for the eight former Council’s that now make up the new North Yorkshire Council against the 2022/23 Revenue Budget, as summarised in paragraph 2.2.1.

iv.     notes the position on the GWB (paragraph 2.5.1)

v.      notes the draft outturn position for the Housing Revenue Account (paragraph 2.3.1)

vi.     notes the latest position regarding the Local Government Review transition fund (paragraphs 2.6.1 - 2.6.2)

vii.    gives delegated authority to Corporate Director of Resources in consultation with the Executive Member for Finance to review and implement any arrangements of a one-off nature in line with the requests as set out in Appendices H-O (e.g. requests for carry-forward).

viii.   notes the performance of the Treasury Management operation during 2022/23 and the outturn position on Prudential Indicators for North Yorkshire County Council and the District Councils.

ix.     notes the roll forward adjustments to the Capital Programme detailed at 6.3 be approved.

 

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7.  

Community Networks

(Pages 595 - 610)

 

Recommendations:

That the Executive accept the report and:

i.       Agree the Terms of Reference as detailed in section 5 of the report.

ii.      Agree the proposals for the proposed initial governance model to be that of an informal partnership as detailed in section 7.5 of the report.

iii.     Consider re-badging this programme as Community Partnerships or Local Action Partnerships.

iv.     Approve Option 2 – Phased Implementation - as detailed in section 9.4 of the report.

v.      Agree the 5 pilots as proposed in section 10.2 of the report.

vi.     Agree that the decision to initiate community partnerships in new areas is taken by the Executive Member for Corporate Services in conjunction with the Assistant Chief Executive for Local Engagement

 

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8.  

Skelton Newby Hall CE VC Primary School – School Closure Proposal

(Pages 611 - 778)

 

Recommendation – That the Executive resolves that:

i.    the issues listed in section 9 of the report have been satisfied and there can be a determination of the proposals.

ii.   That the following proposals be determined:

a)  To cease to maintain Skelton Newby Hall CE VC Primary School with effect from 31 August 2023.

b) To extend the catchment area of Kirby Hill CE VC Primary School with effect from 1 September 2023 to include the area currently served by Skelton Newby Hall CE VC Primary School.

 

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9.  

Levelling Up Fund – Catterick Garrison Town Centre Regeneration Project

(Pages 779 - 794)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive:

i.    agrees to accept the DLUCH grant funding award of £19,008,679m.

ii.   delegates to the Corporate Director of Community Development in discussion with the Corporate Director of Resources to accept the offer of £19,008,679m of capital grant funding from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in respect of the Catterick Garrison Town Centre Regeneration Project.

iii.  delegates authority to Corporate Director of Community Development to authorise acceptance of any minor changes to the grant conditions in discussion with the Executive Member for Open to Business and the Corporate Director for Resources

 

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10.  

Harrogate Transforming Cities Fund - Next Steps

(Pages 795 - 1270)

 

Recommendations – That the Executive approve:

i.       the making of the proposed Harrogate TCF Traffic Regulation Order(s) (TRO’S) detailed in Section 11 and Appendix C of the report which would be required for the Harrogate Station Gateway Project, and to delegate to the Corporate Director of Environment in consultation with the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation the making of the Orders with an amendment adjacent to Bower House to avail loading opportunities for adjacent businesses, and reduce the proposed bus lane entry taper by two car lengths and any other amendments to the TRO’s which are appropriate.

ii.      the Full Business Case being prepared and submitted to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) with the approval of the detail of the Full Business Case for submission to WYCA delegated to the Corporate Director of Environment in consultation with the Corporate Director Resources and Executive Member for Highways and Transportation.

iii.     In the event that the Full Business is approved by WYCA to delegate the acceptance of the TCF funding to the Corporate Director Resources in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services and the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation, subject to acceptable terms and conditions being received and for the Harrogate Station Gateway Scheme to be implemented.

 

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11.  

Forward Plan

 

(Pages 1271 - 1286)

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12.  

Sale of Residential Development Land at Airedale Avenue Skipton

(Pages 1287 - 1294)

 

Recommendations - That:

i)     Approval be given to dispose of Residential Development Land at Airedale Avenue Skipton BD23 2LL, as outlined in the Title Plan shown at Appendix A to this report

ii)    The terms of the disposal be in accordance with the recommendation set out within Section 3 of confidential Appendix B.

iii.  Subject to a favourable business case and appropriate updates to the Section 106 Agreement, authority to transfer the affordable housing units associated to the Housing Revenue Account be delegated to the Corporate Director, Community Development in consultation with the Corporate Director, Resources and Assistant Chief Executive, Legal and Democratic Services.  

 

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13.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

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14.  

Date of Next Meeting - 20 June 2023

 

 

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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.

 

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Contact Details:

 

Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr, Principal Democratic Services & Scrutiny Officer

Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

19 May 2023

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