Agenda and decisions

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To consider for recommendation to Council- the Blackpool Community Safety Plan 2022-2025 once approved this document will form part of the Council’s Policy Framework.

The Executive resolved as follows:

To recommend to the Council to agree and adopt the Blackpool Community Safety Plan 2022-2025, which would be managed and monitored by Blackpool’s Community Safety Partnership with effect until 31 December 2025

To consider the 2022/2023 - 2024/2025 Local Transport Plan Programme, which includes Integrated Transport Block and Highways Maintenance Block elements and the complementary Potholes Fund highways maintenance allocation, all grant allocations from the Department for Transport as notified late-February 2022.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To approve the proposed three year Local Transport Plan programme 2022/2023 - 2024/2025 attached at Appendix 3a with effect until 31 March 2025.

2. To grant authority to the Director of Communications and Regeneration, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Enforcement, Public Safety, Highways and Transport, to vary the programme as required to deliver overall objectives and ensure spend of the grant allocations.

This report presents the Greening Blackpool Supplementary Planning Document for adoption and the Greening Blackpool SPD – Consultation Statement for publication.

The Executive resolved as follows:

To defer consideration to a future meeting, to enable further consultation to take place between the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and relevant officers.

To consider a summary of the main provisions of the Levelling Up Fund (LUF) Round 2 further to the launch of the full bidding guidance on the 23 March 2022 and to inform the Executive of the proposed approach to bidding.

The Executive resolved as follows:

1.      To agree that Appendix 5a to the Executive report, the Memorandum of Understanding is not for publication by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as it includes detailed scheme plans and agreements that enable the scheme viable. The publication of the Memorandum of Understanding could prejudice continuing and future negotiations.

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2. To note the Round 2 Levelling Up Fund guidance.

3. To agree the proposed approach to developing a up to 3 bids as set out in Paragraph 6.4  with the Multiversity being the core transformational project of a joint bid for the Blackpool North and Cleveleys, and Blackpool South constituencies (subject to  confirmation from the Department of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities).

4. To continue consultations with both MPs, Wyre Council and other key stakeholders to ensure that the strongest bid(s) are submitted with the best chances of success.

5. To explore the most appropriate methods of securing investment in the Regeneration Areas as referenced in Paragraph 6.4 whether via Levelling Up Fund, Shared Prosperity Fund or Homes England.

6. To approve the signing by the Head of Legal Services of the Multiversity Memorandum of Understanding between the Council and Blackpool and The Fylde College regarding the preparation of a business case to secure funding for the construction of the Multiversity noting that this was a condition of the Town Funds £9m scheme approval.

7. To note that the costs of preparing the Multiversity business case costs are being finalised with Blackpool and The Fylde College and that if any costs are to be incurred outside of approved budgets or existing delegations then these will be reported separately to the Executive if required.