Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

A copy of the Register of Interest for each Selby District Councillor is

available for inspection at www.selby.gov.uk.

Councillors should declare to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary

interest in any item of business on this agenda which is not already

entered in their Register of Interests.

Councillors should leave the meeting and take no part in the

consideration, discussion or vote on any matter in which they have a

disclosable pecuniary interest.

Councillors should also declare any other interests. Having made the

declaration, provided the other interest is not a disclosable pecuniary

interest, the Councillor may stay in the meeting, speak and vote on that

item of business.

If in doubt, Councillors are advised to seek advice from the Monitoring

Officer.

Councillors Buckle, Brook, Grogan and Packham declared a personal interest as they were registered with Beech Grove Medical Centre.

The Executive are asked consider report E/21/33. This report has been listed on the agenda in accordance with Executive Procedure Rule 5.5 where it is a key decision not listed on the Forward Plan. The report needs to be considered due to reasons of urgency, and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been notified in accordance with the rules.

Report E/21/33 outlines the proposed use of £750,000 of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds generated from development in Sherburn and the district to contribute to the extension of Beech Grove Medical Centre Sherburn.

Appendix B (Financial Information relating to the Practice and Proposed Development), which is to follow, is exempt from publication by virtue of paragraph 3 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). If Members wish to discuss information contained within Appendix B, it will be necessary to pass the following resolution to exclude the press and public:

‘In accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, the meeting be not open to the Press and public during discussion of the following item as there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act as described in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act.’

The Leader of the Council presented the report which asked the Executive to consider the use of £750,000 of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funds generated from development in Sherburn and the district to contribute to the extension of Beech Grove Medical Centre Sherburn.

The Leader of the Council explained that discussions had been held with doctors at the surgery to see if the Council could assist to increase the size of the practice due to the number of residents increasing in the area.

The Director of Economic Regeneration and Place explained that healthcare was an important part of strategic infrastructure and that the decision was urgent to a funding a deadline by the CCG.

The Executive were supportive of the proposals as they agreed that expansion was needed due to the increase of residents in the area.

It was noted that due to the Executive meeting being virtual, no decisions could be taken therefore the decision would be made by the Leader of the Council using reserved urgency powers.

RESOLVED:

That the Executive recommend that the Leader using reserved urgency power delegates authority to the Director of Economic Regeneration and Place, in consultation with the Lead Executive Member for Place Shaping and the S151 Officer, to:

(i)           enter into the appropriate legal agreements to pass £750,000 of the Community Infrastructure Levy funds to either the Clinical Commissioning Group or the Beech Grove GP Practice Partnership Dr Andrew Peel, Dr Catriona Osman, Dr Jocelyn Patel, Dr Emma White and Dr Susan Jones to part fund an extension of Beech Grove Medical Centre in Sherburn in Elmet to secure provision of the health infrastructure scheme, subject to necessary due diligence (including an assessment of funding options) and subject to the Director being satisfied that the provision of funds does not breach the subsidy control laws.

REASON FOR DECISION:

The Covid Pandemic has prevented a formal Executive face to face meeting taking place and so the decision must be taken by an authorised individual using urgency powers. The CCG (through access to NHS England funding) have secured funding £1m towards the extension of the Beech Grove medical centre. The NHS England funding opportunity requires spend to be committed by March 2022. The use of CIL Funding for this project is acceptable and justifiable and would help to address the need for increased health-care provision in Sherburn which is directly related to the significant level of housing and employment growth that has taken place in recent years.