Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie
Executive and Regulatory Manager
Items
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare any
interests in the items under consideration and in doing so
state:
(1) the
type of interest concerned; and
(2) the
nature of the interest concerned
If any member requires advice on
declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of
Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.
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TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH PDF 365 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendation as outlined above namely:
- To
approve the making by the Secretary of State of Regulations under
section 102E of the Local Transport Act 2008 to establish Transport
for the North as a Sub-National Transport Body.
- To
approve the transfer of Rail North Limited to Transport for the
North so that it can be subsumed within Transport for the
North.
- To
approve the signing of a new Rail
Franchise Management Agreement with Transport for the North
replicating as far as possible the current Rail North Limited Members Agreement
- To
agree to the continuation of the payment of the current funding for
Rail North Limited to Transport for the North after its
inauguration.
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3. |
HOUSING PLAN FOR THE AGEING POPULATION PDF 300 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendation as outlined above namely:
To adopt the Housing Plan for
the Ageing Population, as attached at Appendix 3a to the Executive
report.
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4. |
ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL HOUSING PDF 323 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
enter into a new Partnership Agreement with local social housing
providers and Fylde Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council to
maintain and further develop the My Home Choice Fylde Coast
sub-regional system for letting social housing.
- To
enter into a new contract for the provision of software for the My
Home Choice system on behalf of the partnership.
- That the new Blackpool Council / Blackpool Coastal Housing Local
Lettings Policy attached at Appendix 4a, to the Executive report,
is adopted for Blackpool Council-owned housing stock.
- To
authorise the Head of Housing to commenced a public consultation
exercise on changes to the way that all social housing in the
Blackpool is allocated and that a report is brought back to
Executive with proposed changes to the allocations
policy.
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5. |
LEARNING DISABILITY STEP DOWN SERVICE PDF 343 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendation as outlined above namely:
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To agree to the development of the service and the
use of 29a Mansfield Road as the location for the
service.
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To agree that the capital work required to develop
the service is prioritised on Property and Asset Management’s
planned programme of works.
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To agree the draft technical plans for the
development as attached at Appendix 5a and delegate the approval of
the final plans to the Director of Adult Services following
consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member.
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