Decisions

To seek Cabinet approval to negotiate with Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop a Growth Deal as part of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor

B To report the financial outturn position for the General Fund and HRA Revenue and Capital budgets and seek approval for carryforwrards and use of reserves as necessary

BTo report on progress on the project

Cabinet approved the appointment of the Environmental Health and Licensing Manager to discharge the Council’s functions in relation to stray dogs to allow the officer to further delegate their responsibilities under the contracts for stray dog collection and kennelling.

2.1    Cabinet approved the authorisation of relevant staff employed by the Council’s appointed contractor, The Kingdom Services Group Limited to act on behalf of the Council to issue fixed penalty notices in respect of breaches of Public Spaces Protection Orders. On condition that such staff will have had a full training programmes and are competent to so act before being authorised to issue fixed penalty notices on behalf of the Council.

2.2    Cabinet agreed that the procurement of this service should progress and authorised the Cabinet Member for Environment in consultation with the Director of Customers and Communities to award a contract for this work with the service to be funded from the receipts of fixed penalty notices

2.1         Cabinet reviewed the contents of the performance report (Appendix 1of the report).

2.2.      Cabinet referred the Performance report to be presented to Audit committee on an annual basis.

2.1      Cabinet approved the preparation of a Local Heritage List for Northampton;

2.2      Cabinet approved the draft selection criteria for evaluation of suggested entries for inclusion on a Local Heritage List (Appendix A of the report) 

2.3      Cabinet approved the establishment of a Local Heritage Selection Panel to consider and recommend to Cabinet for adoption those heritage assets that meet the criteria for inclusion on a Local Heritage List.

2.4      Cabinet delegated authority to the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Regeneration, Enterprise & Planning, to establish a Local Heritage Selection Panel and to finalise the Panel’s terms of reference (Appendix B of the report),

2.5      Cabinet approved the commencement of public consultation to invite nominations of heritage assets for inclusion on a Local Heritage List (Appendix C of the report).

BThat Cabinet approves the purchase of the Kings Heath Baptist Church site and, subject to the necessary planning consent, the development of the site (and the adjoining former garage site in Derwent Drive) to provide 20 new council homes for families on the Housing Register.

To bring to Cabinet’s attention the work that is being done towards ensuring compliance with the new GDPR