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, 4th July 2023

Time:

11.00 am

Venue:

Council Chamber, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8 AD

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 20 June 2023

 

(Pages 5 - 24)

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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 Thursday 29 June 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.  

Amendments to the Council’s Constitution

(Pages 25 - 52)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive recommends to full Council for approval:

i.     The suggested miscellaneous amendments as set out in the amendments chart in Appendix 1;

ii.    The suggested amendments to the membership of the Health and Wellbeing Board and its Terms of Reference as set out in Appendix 2;

iii.   The suggested amendments to Council Procedure Rule 5.2 as set out in paragraph 5.3 of this report;

iv.   The suggested amendments to Council Procedure Rule 9 as set out in paragraph 6.1 of this report;

v.    The suggested amendments to Council Procedure Rule 15.1 as set out in paragraph 7.2 of this report; and

vi.   The suggested amendments to Council Procedure Rule 17 as set out in paragraph 8.1 of this report.

 

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7.  

Rural England Prosperity Fund – Grant Acceptance

(Pages 53 - 72)

 

Recommendations – That the Executive:

i.       Authorises the acceptance of the grant of the Rural England Prosperity Fund with a total value of £5.4m over two years up to March 2025, subject to approval of the final funding agreement terms and conditions by Finance and Legal Services.

ii.      Delegates authority to sign the Rural England Prosperity Fund funding agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding to the Corporate Director of Resources.

 

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8.  

Local Plan Making for North Yorkshire – recommended change to the Council’s decision in respect of continuing Development Plan Documents

(Pages 73 - 92)

 

Recommendation:

The Executive are asked to recommend to Full Council that work on the Ryedale Local Plan review be halted and that work undertaken to date be considered, as appropriate, in the preparation of the new Local Plan for North Yorkshire.

 

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9.  

Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund Allocation Acceptance

(Pages 93 - 146)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive:

i.       Notes the contents of this report and the application made to the LEVI Capital and Capability funds respectively

ii.    Delegates authority to the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation in consultation with the Corporate Director – Environment and the Corporate Director Resources to approve the Stage 2 application for the LEVI Capital Fund

iii.   Delegates authority to the Deputy Leader of the Council/Executive Member for Finance and Resources and the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation in consultation with the Corporate Director Environment and the Corporate Director Resources to accept the grant award of £4.88m subject to acceptable terms and conditions being received and reviewed.

 

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10.  

Review of 20mph Speed Limit Policy

(Pages 147 - 178)

 

Recommendations – That the Executive approve

i.    That the core criteria for introducing 20mph speed limits and zones, as set out in the existing 20mph Speed Limit Policy should remain unchanged;

ii.   That area-wide or default 20mph speed limits are not supported;

iii.  To undertake a series of planned reviews, which are underpinned by a speed management strategy for the local road network, delivered over a defined period and which will generate a pipeline of schemes; and

iv.  To delegate to the Corporate Director for Environment and the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation, approval of the:

a.    Content and detail of the proposed speed management strategy; and

b.    Prioritisation methodology for ranking proposed speed limit schemes.

 

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11.  

Area Constituency Committee Feedback Report

(Pages 179 - 186)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive:

i.    Notes the report and considers any matters arising from the work of the Area Constituency Committees detailed above, that merit further scrutiny, review or investigation at a county-level.

ii.   Considers the recommendations proposed by Harrogate and Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee regarding a maximum speed of 20mph across parts of south and west Harrogate, as detailed in paragraph 4.4 of the report, as part of the ongoing review by the Council of its current 20 mile per hour speed limit and zone policy.

iii.  Considers the recommendations proposed by Harrogate and Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee regarding the proposed Harrogate Station Gateway scheme, as detailed in paragraph 4.7 of the report, and the scheduling of engagement meetings and the establishment of and support for a working group of the committee.

iv.  Considers the recommendations proposed by the Thirsk and Malton Area Constituency Committee as detailed in paragraph 7.6 of the report regarding the Filey toilet provision and the proposed county wide review of public conveniences.

 

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12.  

Forward Plan

 

(Pages 187 - 230)

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13.  

Schools Condition Capital Programme 2023/24.

(Pages 231 - 258)

 

Recommendations - That the Executive:

i.       Approve the proposed Schools Capital Programme for 2023/24 as summarised in Appendix A

ii.      Approve the Planned Capital Maintenance Programme for 2023/24 as set out in confidential Appendix B

iii.     Agree the continuation of the approach for dealing with any schools that convert to Academy status following the approval of the Programme as laid out in paragraph 3.3

 

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14.  

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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15.  

Date of Next Meeting - 18 July 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

 

26 June 2023

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