Agenda for Basford, Berridge and Sherwood Area Committee on Wednesday, 18th December, 2019, 6.00 pm

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Dining Room - The Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham, NG1 2DT. View directions

Contact: Mark Leavesley  0115 876 4302

Items
No. Item

24.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Councillor Kandola  )  no reason given

Councillor Neal  )

Councillor Woodings  -  leave

 

Inspectors Christine Busuttil and Riz Khan

Maxine Leigh

25.

Declarations of interests

If you need advice on declaring an interest, please contact the Governance Officer above, if possible before the day of the meeting

Minutes:

None.

26.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 270 KB

Last meeting held on 25 September 2019 (for confirmation)

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2019 were agreed as a true record and the Chair signed them.

27.

Items from Community Representatives

If you have an issue you wish to raise, please contact the Neighbourhood Development Officer at least 3 days in advance of the meeting

Minutes:

None.

28.

Police and Community Protection update

Minutes:

Inspector Fenwick and Sergeant Wealthall, Nottinghamshire Police, and Rupinder Kooner, Senior Community Protection Officer, updated the Committee on policing matters in the wards.

 

RESOLVED to note the update.

29.

Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies Document - Adoption pdf icon PDF 232 KB

Report of Corporate Director of Development and Growth

 

PLEASE NOTE THIS ITEM IS INCLUDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to request that, following the revisions to the ward boundaries in May 2019, prior to Council in January 2020 for final approval, the Director of Planning and Regeneration ensure the schemes/site allocations are matched to the correct Area Committee;

 

(2)  to note that following extensive consultation, including with all Area Committees and a public examination, the final version of the ‘Local Plan Part 2: Land and Planning Policies’ document, including the accompanying ‘Policies Map’, will be considered for adoption at the meeting of Full Council on 13 January 2020.

30.

Nottingham City Homes update pdf icon PDF 134 KB

Report of Chief Executive, Nottingham City Homes

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Wade Adams, Area Housing Manager, presented the report, which detailed performance against key issues and themes linked to local priorities and strategic themes, and highlighted funds available for schemes in the local area.

 

In response to a question, Wade Adams stated that the funds available to NCH (as detailed in appendix 3) have to be spent on schemes that are for the benefit of City Homes tenants and, each year the amount of funding available is calculated using the number of council houses within each ward.

 

RESOLVED to note the

 

·  performance information (detailed in appendices 1 and 2);

·  remaining capital budget funds of £50,123.54 (Basford), £nil (Berridge) and £28,298.29 (Sherwood).

31.

Appointments to outside bodies pdf icon PDF 202 KB

Report of Director of Legal and Governance

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  to confirm the following Councillor appointments to an outside body relevant to the area:

 

Outside Body

 

Function of Body

Councillor

Forest Fields Advice Centre Management Committee

 

Manage Advice Centre

Angela Kandola

Toby Neal

 

(2)  to remove the ‘New Basford Community Association Management Committee’ from the Outside Bodies register as Councillor representation is no longer required.

32.

Area Capital Fund pdf icon PDF 211 KB

Report of the Director of Community Protection

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Beth Hanna, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report, detailing the latest spend proposals under the Area Capital Fund (ACF).

 

RESOLVED to

 

(1)  approve the following spend:

 

Location

 

Scheme

Cost

Basford LTP

 

 

 

Acton Avenue

 

Install tactile crossings

3,726

St Albans Road

 

Footpath overlay

13,530

Basford decommitted

 

 

 

Various park improvements

 

Change of priority

12,108

Berridge Public Realm

 

 

 

Various

Environmental improvements

5,000

Hedley Park

 

New equipment

1,165

Sherwood LTP

 

 

 

Various locations

 

Junction protection

6,000

Haydn Road

Road safety / crossings

45,300

 

 

 

Sherwood Public Realm

 

 

 

Carrington underpass

Improvements

242

 

Haydn Road

 

Road safety / crossings

34,700

Fairbank Crescent

Resurface footpaths

47,107

 

Sherwood decommitted

 

 

 

Various locations

 

Change of priority

33,729

Various park improvements

Change of priority

28,728

 

(2)  note the remaining balances of £50,308 (Basford), £26,035 (Berridge) and £15,408 (Sherwood);

 

(3)  delegate authority to the ward Councillors to approve ACF spend in their ward, to be used only in the event that a scheme needs undertaking urgently and a decision cannot wait until the next Area Committee meeting, and it be reported for noting to the next available meeting, including the reason for urgency.

33.

Ward Councillor Budget / delegated spend pdf icon PDF 207 KB

Report of Director of Community Protection

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED to note the report and appendices detailing ward Councillor budget spend on local projects, authorised under delegated authority by the Director of Neighbourhood Services.

34.

Ward Reports pdf icon PDF 209 KB

Report of Director of Community Protection

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Beth Hanna, Neighbourhood Development Officer, presented the report, detailing the current priorities, issues and concerns within the wards, detailing forthcoming event and activities, ad highlighting the latest issues being addressed through Neighbourhood Action Team meetings.

 

RESOLVED to note the report.

35.

March 2020 meeting

To agree a venue for the 25 March 2020 meeting

Minutes:

AGREED

 

(1)  that the Neighbourhood Development Officer be requested to organise informal meetings, including refreshments, for local residents / Community Representatives for 6.00pm on the day of the Area Committees;

 

(2)  that in light of the above, the next meeting will be held at 6.30pm on Wednesday 25 March 2020 at the Council House, Old Market Square, following an informal meeting starting at 6.00pm.