Agenda and decisions

To receive apologies for absence from Cabinet Members who are unable to attend this meeting.

To approve the Minutes of the Meeting/s of the Cabinet held on 16 February 2021.

Most agenda items will be considered in public session, however, it shall be advised whether Cabinet will consider any matters in private, by virtue of the reports containing information which falls within a category of exempt information as contained at Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Cabinet Members will be asked to advise if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion on the item or participating in a vote upon the item, or any other interests.

The Cabinet will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public. A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.

Cabinet will receive any questions from Elected Members (via remote access).

In accordance with Executive Procedure Rule 2.3 (2.3.1.6) a period of up to 30 minutes will be allocated.

To consider the Community Asset Transfer of Manor Gardens, off Manor Way, Staincliffe, Batley, WF17 7BX.

Wards affected: Batley West

Contact: Giles Chappell, Asset Strategy Officer

RESOLVED –

1)    That authority be delegated to the Director of Development to negotiate and agree terms for the grant of a 125 year lease of land at Manor Gardens, off Manor Way, Staincliffe, Batley, to Hamm Damm Foundation CIO.

2)    That authority de delegated to the Service Director (Legal, Governance and Commissioning) to enter into and execute all necessary documentation in connection with the grant of a 125 year lease of the land at Manor Gardens, off Manor Way, Staincliffe, Batley, to Hamm Damm Foundation CIO.

To consider (i) the 2021/22 Achieve & Aspire Capital Maintenance section of the Capital Plan to address urgent condition related needs in maintained schools and (ii) the allocation of funding from the Basic Need and SEND baselines to individual scheme level, and to seek delegated powers for officer to manage both programmes.

Wards affected: All

Contact: Jonathan Quarmby, Corporate Facilities Manager

RESOLVED –

1)    That approval be given to the business case, as attached at Appendix A of the considered report, which outlines the rationale for the schools’ condition works programme, the availability of funding, the selection process and the main categories of work, thereby enabling the projects to be designed, procured and implemented.

2)    That approval be given to the detailed list of proposed works for schools in 2021/2022, as attached at Appendix B.

3)    That authorisation be given to (i) the allocation of additional High Needs Provisional Grant to Southgate, Honley High and Ravenshall Schools and (ii) the use of delegated authority to align any unallocated funding from the grant to project level.

4)    That authorisation be given to the allocation of the annual £500k Basic Need baseline grant funding for 2021/2022 to named projects, yet to be determined for the secondary school place need.

5)    That approval be given to the delegated powers as set out at paragraphs 2.22-2.24 of the considered report.

To consider (i) the findings of the ‘Family Hub’ engagement activity and (ii) approval of the final proposals.

Wards affected: All

Contact: Michelle Wheatcroft, Head of Service Early Support

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the Integrated Early Support Proposals, ‘Family Hubs’, and that progress to the implementation phase of the model be agreed.

To consider the investment, reconfiguration, and refurbishment of the former Red House Museum Gomersal, for short-term holiday letting, and to sustain community access over a series of managed community open days and weekends.

Wards affected: Liversedge and Gomersal

Contact: Anne-Marie Parker, Commercial Business Partner

RESOLVED –

1)    That the business plan, as set out at the exempt appendix to the report, be endorsed and that the commercial proposition be designed to cover operating costs in order to facilitate managed community access, rather than profit.

2)    That approval be given to the allocation of £600k from the One Venue Development Capital Baseline to fund the project, and reprofile the expenditure into the 2021/2022 financial year.

3)    That the frontline building recharge budget, currently funding Red House whilst it is held in the Land Bank, be made available to the project rather than the project funding costs through additional rent income.

To resolve that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business, on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

(Exempt information relating to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, namely that the report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information and providing greater openness in the Council’s decision making).

To receive exempt information in relation to Agenda Item 10.

The exempt information was considered prior to the determination of Agenda Item 10.