Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

The Executive is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12 April 2018.

The Executive considered the minutes of the meeting held on 12 April 2018.

RESOLVED:           

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12 April 2018 for signature by the Chair.

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.

There were no disclosures of interest.

Report E/17/58 presents the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report under Section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.  

Councillor John Mackman, Lead Executive Member for Place Shaping presented the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report which was required under section 35 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

The Lead Executive Member for Place Shaping explained that the Council was legally required to publish an Authority Monitoring Report and that the current report covered a two year period. The Executive were informed of the following key points concerning the report:

·         There had been 561 residential building completions in 2016/17 compared to the target of 450 which was in the Council’s Core Strategy.

·         Over 500 new homes had been completed in 2017/18 which was well over the target in the Council’s Five Year Housing Land Supply.

·         There had been a mixture of three, four and five bedroom houses being completed.

·         The first Neighbourhood Plan for the area for Appleton Roebuck and Acaster Selby had been adopted and three more areas had been designated for neighbourhood plans.

It was suggested that it might be helpful to show the figure for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) as a net figure due to 25% of the income received going to parishes. The Planning Policy Manager explained that this information was contained within the report.

RESOLVED:

To endorse the Authority Monitoring Report and publish it on the Council’s website.

REASON FOR DECISION

The publication of the Authority Monitoring Report is a requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

Report E/17/59 gives an overview of progress on the existing Programme for Growth, seeks approval for a proposed new programme of projects and outlines proposals for strengthening overall programme management and governance in response to the key recommendations from the recent LGA Peer Review.

The Leader of the Council presented the report that gave an overview of progress on the existing Programme for Growth, seeks approval for a proposed new programme of projects and outlines proposals for strengthening overall programme management and governance in response to the key recommendations from the recent Local Government Association (LGA) Peer Review.

The Executive were supportive of the programme and praised the work that had been completed so far however were mindful that the Council had a number of significant projects currently in process and therefore the projects in the Programme for Growth needed to be prioritised to ensure they were deliverable.

Discussion took place on the financial sustainability of projects and it was noted that further details for this and other details would be contained in the business cases for each project.

RESOLVED:

i)     To note the progress on the existing Programme for Growth as set out in paragraphs 2.1 to 2.7 and Appendix A of the report and approve the carry forward of the identified projects and associated budgets. 

ii)    To approve the new Programme for Growth Projects and associated budgets as set out in Appendix C of the report

iii)   To note the strengthened programme management and reporting arrangements set out in paragraphs 2.17 to 2.22 of the report.

REASON FOR DECISION

To note progress on the existing Programme for Growth and approve the new Programme for Growth Projects as a key way of delivering the Council’s corporate priorities and objectives as set out in the Corporate Plan and the Council is strengthening governance and programme management arrangements.

Report E/17/60 asks the Executive to consider the appointments to Outside Bodies for 2018/19 and make any changes as appropriate.

The Leader of the Council presented the report that asked the Executive to consider the appointments to Outside Bodies for 2018/19 and make any changes as appropriate.

It was agreed that clarification was needed on how many appointments the Council had on the Local Government Association and it was agreed that this would be looked into.

It was also agreed to add the Humber Strategy Forum to the Outside Bodies list with Councillor John Mackman being the Council appointment and Councillor Mark Crane as the substitute.

RESOLVED:

To make the Executive appointments to Outside Bodies as outlined at Appendix A for the 2018/19 Municipal Year with the above amendment.

REASON FOR DECISION

To ensure the Council is represented on outside bodies as necessary in 2018/19.