Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

 

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

 

Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting and must not participate in discussion of the matter or vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation by the Monitoring officer or by the Governance and Audit Committee.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

2.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 129 KB

To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 9 May 2017.

 

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Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive on 9 May 2017 together with the accompanying decision records be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Leader.

Executive Decisions and Decision Records pdf icon PDF 60 KB

The Executive considered the following items. The decisions are recorded in the decision sheets attached to these minutes and summarised below:

3.

Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces (SANG) - Capacity Allocation pdf icon PDF 245 KB

To seek authority for officers to not provide Strategic Suitable Alternative Natural Green (SANG) capacity for developments which collectively undermine the delivery of the Council’s Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area avoidance and mitigation strategy and threaten the delivery of plan-led development set out in the Council’s Development Plan.

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Minutes:

The Executive considered a supplementary tabled paper which raised an objection to the recommendations proposed in the Director of Environment, Culture & Communities report, together with the officer response to this objection.

RESOLVED that;

 

i)              following careful assessment officers be authorised not to provide capacity in Strategic Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces (SANGs) for large Prior Approval schemes or other unplanned large applications located beyond the defined settlements in Binfield, Bracknell, Warfield and Winkfield which are considered to undermine the Council’s Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy.

 

ii)             these forms of development be directed to known private Bespoke SANGs where capacity may exist. 

4.

Motor Neurone Disease Charter pdf icon PDF 115 KB

To provide the Executive with an understanding of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and the nationally approved MND Charter, which each local authority is being asked to adopt.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED that the adoption of the Motor Neurone Charter, be endorsed.

5.

Exclusion of Public and Press

Agenda items 8 and 9 are supported by annexes containing exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. If the Executive wishes to discuss the content of these annexes in detail, it may choose to move the following resolution:

 

That pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012 and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of items 8 and 9 which involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

 

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

 

NB:      No representations were received in response to the 28 day notice of a private meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012, and having regard to the public interest, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of items 8 and 9 (minutes 6 & 7) which involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

 

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

Executive Decisions Containing Exempt Information

The Executive considered the reports submitted on the items listed below and the decisions taken are recorded in the decision sheets attached to these minutes and summarised below.

 

6.

Coral Reef Pre-opening Report pdf icon PDF 707 KB

To update the Executive on current progress with the Coral Reef enhancement project, preparations for opening and agreeing proposed pricing for the facility.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED that the proposed pricing in appendix A of the agenda papers be agreed and that the detailed capital position in confidential annexe C of the agenda papers be noted.

7.

Housing Related Support for Young People Contract Award pdf icon PDF 195 KB

To seek Executive consideration of award of a tender for housing related support for young single homeless people and subject to that decision enter into a funding agreement so as to ensure suitable accommodation for young single homeless people and care leavers is available.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED that it was agreed:

 

i)              to award a contract to tenderer A as in the exempt part of the agenda for four years plus the option to extend for one year.

 

ii)             to enter into a funding agreement to provide up to £450,000 to part fund refurbishment works to Holly House.

 

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