Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Contact: Stephen Boyd 01597 826374
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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. |
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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the last meeting held as a correct record. Minutes: The Leader was authorised to sign the minutes of the last meeting held on 26th March 2019 as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda. Minutes: County Councillor Aled Davies declared a personal and prejudicial interest in item 4 Llanfyllin All-Through School as he had a relative working at the school.
County Councillor M Alexander declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 4 Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C.in W. (Foundation) School as a Governor at Llanerfyl C. in W. (Foundation) School.
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Llanfyllin All-through School PDF 96 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Myfanwy Alexander, Portfolio Holder for Learning and Welsh Language. Additional documents:
Minutes: County Councillor Aled Davies left the meeting while this item was being considered having declared a personal and prejudicial interest.
Cabinet was advised that was objection had been received during the statutory objection period. The council’s response to the objection was set out in the appendix to the report. The Portfolio Holder for Learning and Welsh Language confirmed that any decision taken by the Cabinet would not prejudice any future decisions on post 16 education, early years provision or school modernisation.
County Councillor Aled Davies returned to the meeting. |
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Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C. in W. (Foundation) School PDF 118 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport. Additional documents:
Minutes: County Councillor Myfanwy Alexander left the meeting whilst this item was being considered having declared a personal and prejudicial interest.
The Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport presented the report which in addition to the papers presented at the last meeting, had an additional appendix addressing queries raised by the Cabinet. Correspondence received from the Director of Education for the Diocese for St. Asaph, the Chair of Governors of Ysgol Llanerfyl, County Councillor David Jones and the clerk to Banwy Community Council was read out.
Cabinet asked about the potential for working with Caereinion High School which had been raised in the emails from Councillor Jones and the Chair of Governors at Ysgol Llanerfyl and was advised that the recommendations in the report, if approved, would not preclude closer working with the High School.
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Supplementary Planning Guidance - Landscape, Renewable Energy PDF 78 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Martin Weale, Portfolio Holder for Economy and Planning. Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet considered Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) prepared in support of the Powys Local Development Plan (LDP) for Landscape and Renewal Energy and the updated SPG Consultation Statement. The draft SPGs had been published and the comments received considered by the LDP Working Group which had supported the officer responses.
The Professional Lead – Planning Policy advised although Developments of National Significance would be determined by Welsh Government there would still be a role for the local authority in the preparation of local impact reports and in making representations. He further advised that the Welsh Government’s National Development Framework was due to be published for public consultation in the summer.
Councillor Alexander abstained from voting having returned to the meeting partway through the discussion. |
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Strategic Risk Register Report Quarter 3 2018/19 PDF 74 KB To consider a report by the Leader, County Councillor Rosemarie Harris. Additional documents: Minutes: Cabinet was advised that new software was being rolled out across services in the authority which would promote greater ownership of risks, as services will be required to update their risk registers themselves. Following completion of the rollout at service level, the system would be rolled out to EMT and Cabinet, to enable monitoring of the strategic risk register via this tool. Cabinet was also advised that consideration was being given to adopting the risk scoring matrix used by the Health Board.
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Growing Mid Wales Inter Authority Agreement To consider a report by the Leader, County Councillor Rosemarie Harris. Minutes: The Leader advised that this item was being deferred to a special meeting on 7 May when a report on Project Hornby would also be considered. |
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Celtic Energy Update To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport. Additional documents: Minutes: Cabinet considered the report which set out the circumstances of the suspension of Section 106 payments by Celtic Energy for the restoration of Nant Helen surface mine and subsequent decisions by the Planning, Taxi Licensing and Rights of Way Committee to approve a revised restoration scheme and the recommencement of coaling at the site subject to agreement on a new Section 106 agreement. Council had sought external advice that had concluded that an acceptable restoration scheme would be achievable with the £19.5m already held in the Escrow account.
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Joint Partnership Board Minutes PDF 54 KB To receive for information the minutes of the Joint Partnership Board meeting held on 21 March 2019. Minutes: Cabinet received the minutes of the Joint Partnership Board meeting held on 21st March 2019. County Councillor Hayes, who chaired the Board, highlighted a number of issues, including the fact that the Overview Group of the Regional Partnership Board would be overseeing the North Powys Project and that it would be important for the Cabinet to receive minutes of those meetings. He also reminded that colleagues that the meeting on 5 September would be a joint meeting of the full Cabinet and Health Board. |
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Improvement and Assurance Board Minutes PDF 1 MB To receive for information the minutes of the Improvement and Assurance Board meeting held on 27 February 2019. Minutes: Cabinet received the minutes of the Improvement and Assurance Board meeting held on 27th February 2019. |
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Correspondence To receive such correspondence as in the opinion of the Leader is of such urgency as to warrant consideration. Minutes: There were no items of correspondence other than those received on the report on Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C. in W. Foundation School. |
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Delegated Decisions Taken Since the Last Meeting PDF 41 KB To note the delegated decisions taken since the last meeting. Minutes: Cabinet noted the delegated decisions taken by Portfolio Holders since the last meeting. |
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Delegated Decisions Taken Since the Last Meeting PDF 58 KB To consider the Cabinet forward work programme. Minutes: Cabinet received the forward work programme and the Leader asked portfolio holders to ensure that heads of service kept it populated. |