Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie
Executive and Regulatory Manager
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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
either a
(a)
personal interest
(b)
prejudicial interest
(c)
disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI)
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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PROPOSED RENT REVIEW - 2022/23 PDF 529 KB
To consider recommending to the
Council the level of rents and service charges to be charged in
connection with Housing Revenue Account dwellings during
2022/23.
The report
once approved will be part of the Council’s new approved
budget.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
To recommend to the
Council:
- That rents for all Housing Revenue account properties are
increased by 4.1% in 2022/23.
- That the minimum level of Housing Revenue Account balances
remain protected at £1 million, as previously
agreed.
- That Housing Revenue Account service charges (as detailed in
Appendix 2b, to the Executive report) and that other General Fund
service charges (as detailed in Appendix 2c, to the Executive
report) are charged as outlined.
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DOMESTIC ABUSE STRATEGY 2022- 26 PDF 514 KB
To endorse the proposed draft
partnership Domestic Abuse Strategy 2022- 2026 for Blackpool and
agree that this be adopted.
This document will once approved form part of
the Executive’s policy framework.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
adopt the Domestic Abuse Strategy attached at Appendix 3a, to the
Executive report, with effect until 31 December 2026 and in
particular, to sign up to the values and commitments developed
through co-production with the partnership. The aim is to have each organisation signed up to
the strategy, which will be supported by a comprehensive needs
assessment and an action plan which will be refreshed
annually.
- To
request the Director for Community and Environmental Services to
write an action plan and comprehensive needs assessment to support
the strategy.
- To
ask other member organisations of the Domestic Abuse partnership to
participate in the development of the comprehensive needs
assessment and action plan.
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ACQUISITION OF LAND BOUNDED BY ALFRED STREET, ADELAIDE STREET AND LEOPOLD GROVE
The report contains
information on the proposed or potential courses of action that is
currently exempt from publication by virtue
of Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government
Act 1972. It is considered on balance that
the public interest would be not served by publishing information
at this stage however once agreement with the other parties has
been reached the relevant parts of this information will be
published.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- That the public and press be excluded from the consideration of
Agenda Item 4 Acquisition of Land bounded by Alfred Street,
Adelaide Street and Leopold Grove. This is on the grounds that this
item contains the likely disclosure of information not for
publication by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of
the Local Government Act 1972. This
information contains ongoing negotiations with third parties and
the public interest would not be served by making this information
public at the point once the negotiations are concluded parts of
that information would be published.
- To
approve the acquisition of the land bounded by Alfred Street,
Adelaide Street and Leopold Grove.
- To
Prudentially Borrow up to £1.79m.
- To
delegate to the Director of Communications and Regeneration the
approval of temporary uses for the land and to enter into
negotiations for future development of the land and agree a
disposal or lease/s as appropriate.
- To
delegate to the Director of Communications and Regeneration the
negotiations and agreements/contracts for any work related to the
stopping up of any roads, diversion of utilities, construction,
professional appointments and any other practical matters relating
to the project and management thereafter; the costs of which are
included in decision 3.
- To
authorise the Head of Legal to prepare legal documentation and
enter into and complete appropriate documents/contracts as
necessary to complete the transactions.
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