Agenda

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Contact: Karon Hadfield 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 227 KB

Minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 8 February 2022, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

3.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk.  Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

4.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES pdf icon PDF 3 MB

Final Decision on the Statutory Proposals for Atkinson House

 

This report sets out an analysis of the representations (responses) received from interested parties during the four-week statutory consultation, which began on 13 January and closed on 10 February 2022, on proposals for Atkinson House Special School, Seghill, the secondary provision for boys with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH) in Northumberland.  The published statutory proposal set out the following proposed prescribed changes to the school: -

 

1.       To relocate Atkinson House Special School from its current site in Seghill, Northumberland to the former Richard Coates school site in Ponteland, Northumberland with effect from 1 September 2022;

2.       To change the designation of the school from single sex to co-educational with effect from 1 September 2022, thus enabling the enrolment of girls onto the school roll;

3.       Increasing the planned pupil places at the school from 80 to 100 with effect from 1 September 2022.

 

Cabinet is asked to make a final decision on whether or not to approve the prescribed changes as set out in the Statutory Proposal for implementation with effect from  1 September 2022 (Appendix A).

 

The report of the FACS OSC on this matter will be circulated when the Committee has met.

5.

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND CORPORATE PERFORMANCE pdf icon PDF 236 KB

Climate Change Update

 

To provide an update on progress against the Climate Change Action Plan 2021-23, published in January 2021 (Appendix B).

 

The report of the Communities and Place OSC will be circulated when the Committee has met. 

6.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT pdf icon PDF 191 KB

Household Support Fund Update

 

To provide members with an update of Northumberland County Council’s progress for delivery of the DWP Household Support Fund (HSF) for the period 06th October 31st December 2022 (Appendix C).

 

The report of the CSEG OSC will be circulated when the Committee has met. 

 

7.

REPORT OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND LOCAL SERVICES pdf icon PDF 144 KB

Development of the Potland Burn Biodiversity Net Gain Site and Approval of Capital and Revenue Expenditure

 

To seek approval for the capital and revenue expenditure that will be incurred in the development of the first phase of the Potland Burn biodiversity net gain site and which is fully funded by a S.106 contribution by Britishvolt, and for the capital and revenue budgets to be amended. To set out the likely need for further habitat creation at this site to meet the biodiversity net gain requirements for future strategic scale inward investment (Appendix D).

8.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE pdf icon PDF 217 KB

Longframlington Neighbourhood Plan

 

To seek approval to formally ‘make’ the Longframlington Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan passed independent examination in October 2021. A local referendum held in the Parish of Longframlington on 20th January 2022 returned a majority vote in favour of using the Plan to make decisions on planning applications. The Council is now obliged by statute to make the Neighbourhood Plan unless it considers that doing so would breach European Union obligations (Appendix E).

Additional documents:

9.

REPORTS OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND S151 OFFICER pdf icon PDF 984 KB

(1)      Financial Performance 2021-22 - Position at the end of December 2021

 

The purpose of the report is to ensure that the Cabinet is informed of the current financial position for the Council against the Budget for 2021-22 (Appendix F).

 

(2)      Summary of New Capital Proposals considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group

 

The report summarises proposed amendments to the Capital Programme considered by the officer Capital Strategy Group via email on 4 February 2022 (Appendix G).

Additional documents:

10.

URGENT BUSINESS

PART II

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

11.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

The Committee is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

 

(a)    That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the Agenda as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

 

(b)    That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

 

Agenda Items          Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

 

12-13                        1, 2 and 3 (item 12) - Information relating to an individual, information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual, and information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and para 3 (item 13) -  information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)  

 

AND                         The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure because disclosure would adversely affect the authority’s ability to conduct its affairs (Item 12), and disclosure could adversely affect the business reputation or confidence in the person / organisation and could adversely affect commercial revenue (Item 13).

 

 

                               

12.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES

RDA Relocation from Tranwell (Pegasus Centre) to Kirkley Hall Campus (Northumberland College)

 

To consider a report on the above (Appendix H).

13.

REPORT OF THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND SECTION 151 OFFICER

Trading Companies’ Financial Performance 2021-22 - Position at the end of December 2021

 

The purpose of the report is to ensure that the Cabinet is informed of the current financial positions of its trading companies for 2021-22 (Appendix I).