Agenda and minutes

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.  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.

Councillor Brunel-Walker declared an interest being one of the Council’s representatives on the Bracknell Forest Cambium Partnership.

To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 20 July 2021.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive on 25 July 2021 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Leader.

The Executive discussed the following items in an advisory capacity and made the

following recommendations to the appropriate executive members who were to make

the formal decisions under the powers delegated to them by the Leader:

To recommend the appropriation of land at Coopers Hill for planning purposes and the engagement of statutory provisions which permit a local authority to override easements and other rights in land that has been appropriated for planning purposes.

RECOMMENDED to the Executive Member for Transformation & Finance:

1          That the appropriation of the land at Coopers Hill edged red on the plan attached as exempt Annex B of the Chief Executive’s report be confirmed for planning purposes under Section 122(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;

2          That the powers to resolve all matters arising therefrom be delegated to the Borough Solicitor;

3          That the Property be redeveloped pursuant to the planning permission 21/00233/FUL or any variations to it or new planning permissions in respect of the property and that the provisions of s203-s206 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 will apply to override rights, easements and covenants in favour of neighbouring and nearby properties that could be infringed by the development;

4          That delegated authority be granted to the Assistant Director; Property Services in consultation with the Borough Solicitor and the Executive Director: Resources to agree the settlement and documentation of any statutory claims with owners and occupiers of the neighbouring properties, together with any associated fees; to document any associated agreements, deeds of release etc that may be required; and,

5          That the cost of the proposed settlement of compensation payments and associated fees affected by this scheme be met by the Bracknell Forest Cambium Partnership, pursuant to the existing development agreements.

To approve the Strategic Procurement Plan to tender for a Home Care Support service framework.

RECOMMENDED to the Executive Member for Adult Services, Health & Housing:

That the Strategic Procurement Plan for procuring a home care service through a flexible framework under the Light Touch Regime be approved.

To consider the following motion:

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 item 8 which involves 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.

RECOMMENDED to the Executive Member for Adult Services, Health & Housing that:

1          The Executive Director: People, on behalf of the Council, agree and enter into an interim extension to the current Section 75 agreement with added service schedule information for 1 April 2021–31 March 2022 for the values referred to in the confidential Annex of the Executive Director’s report.

2          A renewed Section 75 agreement to supersede the 2021/22 interim agreement be submitted for approval in early 2022, subject to Better Care Fund guidance being published, reflecting the ambition for partnership working in future years.