Agenda and minutes

To receive any declarations of interest of a pecuniary or non-pecuniary nature from Members in respect of the items on this agenda.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meetings of the Council held on the 28^th September and 9^th November, 2017.

To consider any communications to be submitted by the Mayor or the Chief Executive.

To consider any questions which may have been received from Elected Members and which are asked pursuant to Standing Order No. 11.

Proposed:

General Licensing Regulatory Board

Councillor P Birkinshaw to replace Councillor Sheard

Councillor Murray to fill an existing vacancy

Appeals, Awards and Standards Board

Councillor Murray to fill and existing vacancy

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that the Barnsley Youth Justice Plan for 2017/18, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report now submitted, be adopted.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:-

(i)        that the proposed changes to the current Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy, as detailed in the report now submitted, be approved;

(ii)       that the current eligibility criteria be amended so that the age of applicants is  no longer considered as a determining factor, for new applicants after 1^st December, 2017;

(iii)      that approval be given to support Option 2 to introduce a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 (marked as C in the table at 4.3.15 of the report now submitted), which will be applied to all new current service users receiving the service after 1^st December, 2017.  All new applicants will also be charged a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 for applications after 1^st December, 2017;

(iv)      that a revised application process for service users be introduced to reduce the time taken to determine applications; and

(v)       that a pilot project be supported that determines whether waste and recycling technology is suitably developed to consider the implementation of an ‘on-demand’ assisted collection scheme.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:-

(i)        that the updates on the Local Plan Examination and consultation on modifications, as detailed in the report now submitted, be approved;

(ii)       that the Jobs and Business Plan and Housing Strategy are reviewed and updated to align with the Local Plan (as modified);

(iii)      that, subject to the outcome of the Sustainability Appraisal, the total number of jobs provided for during the Local Plan period be modified to approximately 28,840, including around 16,920 net additional jobs;

(iv)      that, subject to the outcome of the Sustainability Appraisal, the objectively assessed housing need figure be a maximum of 1,134 dwellings per year based on the Policy On Employment-Led CR Sens Scenario in the Barnsley Demographic Forecasts October 2017 Report by Edge Analytics;

(v)       that for the remainder of the examination, authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Place, to agree to main modifications and associated consultation, including those requested by the Inspector at stages 1 and 2 of the examination, any further main modifications arising following the stage 3 hearings and in response to the Inspector’s Interim Findings.  This will include additional site allocations, changes to existing site allocations if required and any further changes to the figures in recommendations 2.2 and 2.3 if requested by the Inspector;

(vi)      that, subject to the Inspector agreeing, consultation on modifications  to the plan, including any additional site allocations, begins in January 2018 for a period of 6 weeks; and

(vii)     that approval be given to extend the Programme Officer Post to the end of July 2018.