Decisions

To gain approval for the athletics track surface to be replaced and wider investment in the arena to ensure regional events can continue to be hosted in Blackpool.

To approve the investment and project outlined.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To note the report.  

2.     To require the respective directors and Director of Resources to continue to closely monitor and manage service financial and operational performances, specifically Children’s Services, Treasury Management and Growth and Prosperity.

3.     To prompt the Scrutiny Leadership Board to continue to independently review the financial and operational performances of the services listed in decision 2.

4.     To continue to lobby central government (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Health and Social Care and Department for Education in particular) along with local authority peers and networks and the Local Government Association for the funding necessary to cope with the burdens and demands presenting as a result of exceptional inflationary pressures and demographic demands upon statutory services.

5.     To approve that the £135,000 funding gap for the Library/Grundy Art Gallery roof will be met by additional surplus top-slice funding.

6.     To work towards increased target working balances of £8m from £6m with formal effect from the start of financial year 2023/24.

The Executive agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1. To approve the Community Engagement Framework for use within the Council for 5 years until 31 December 2027, with a review after a maximum of two years to address any lessons learned or changes to local, regional or national approaches/ requirements.

2. To request the Group Company Secretary to raise the framework with all the Council’s wholly owned companies.

To seek approval for the appointment of 7 suppliers as listed at 2.1 below onto a panel which can support the Multiply Programme:

Blackpool Council is looking to appoint a framework panel which we can use to support the Multiply Initiative.

Multiply was announced in the Autumn Spending Review and in the Levelling Up White Paper – being part of a range of initiatives that aim to boost adult skills.  The programme is for 19+ adults who do not have a GSCE at Grade 4 (or equivalent) and aims to help people improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life, home, and work – from household finances, to helping children with homework, to making more sense of the facts in the media and improving employability / job prospects

To approve the appointment of the following 7 contractors to sit on a framework panel for the above lots – the consultants have been made aware that there is no guarantee of volume of work and they will be utilised on ad hoc basis.

Blackpool and the Fylde College (Blackpool)

Compete Tuition (Harrogate)

Groundwork (Wigan)

Inspira Cumbria (Penrith)

Lancashire Women (Accrington)

Learning Curve Group (Durham)

The Head of Licensing Service deals with a number of requests for licences under the Licensing Act, the Gambling Act and other pieces of legislations. Details of the licences, applied for and granted are outlined in the report.

The Head of Licensing Service agreed to grant the licences as set out in the attached Appendices.

The Council's delegated budgets scheme allocates budgets of £7,500 to each Ward Councillor covered for the financial year 2022/2023. The funding for this scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for the benefit of the local community.

Councillor Benson of Layton Ward has requested:

(i)£228 as a ward councillor funding donation to the Illuminations Department for the installation and decorating of Christmas lights on the permanent Christmas tree within Layton Ward.

(ii)£645 as a ward councillor funding donation to the Parks Departments and Active Lives towards the Park Rangers running a Forest School at Kingscote Park.

Councillor M Mitchell of Layton Ward has requested £228 as a ward councillor funding donation to the Illuminations Department for the installation and decorating of Christmas lights on the permanent Christmas tree within Layton Ward.

Councillor Farrell of Ingthorpe Ward has requested:

(i)£75 as a ward councillor funding donation to Kilmory Community Centre Lunch Club towards the purchase of provisions for a Christmas Lunch for the residents using the Centre.

(ii)£65 as a ward councillor funding donation to Kilmory Community Centre Lunch Club towards the purchase of provision for a Coffee Morning for the residents using the Centre.

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

To authorise the requests, as submitted.

To consider the representation and alternative options of the advertised proposed restriction on the junction of Sixth Avenue and Arnold Avenue.

The Cabinet Member resolved as follows:

To proceed with the proposed restrictions on Sixth Avenue and Arnold Avenue as originally advertised in the batch order on 26 April 2022 and outlined at Appendix B. 

To formally instruct Legal Services to prepare negotiating drafts of a suite of legal agreements between Blackpool Council and the Blackpool Heritage and Museum Trust.  This will ensure and provide contractual arrangements, which will articulate the relationship between the Council and the Trust, since it enables the service to be specified with appropriate professional standards.

To formally instruct Legal Services to prepare negotiating drafts of a suite of legal agreements between Blackpool Council and the Blackpool Heritage and Museum Trust.

The Council's delegated budgets scheme allocates budgets of £7,500 to each Ward Councillor covered for the financial year 2022/2023. The funding for this scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for the benefit of the local community.

Councillor Hobson of Bloomfield Ward has requested £100 as a ward councillor funding donation to Community and Environment Services for the Park Rangers Group at Revoe Community Garden towards the purchase of pumpkins for their Halloween Event.

Councillor Benson of Layton Ward has requested £250 as a ward councillor funding donation to Enveco Environmental Services towards the purchase of paint and provisions for the painting of a container located at Kingscote Park to enhance the general look of the area.

Councillor D Coleman of Marton Ward has requested £450 as a ward councillor funding donation to Enveco Environmental Services towards to the clearing of debris and weeds from the alley way to the rear of 241 Preston Old Road.

Councillor Stansfield of Marton Ward has requested £450 as a ward councillor funding donation to Enveco Environmental Services towards to the clearing of debris and weeds from the alley way to the rear of 241 Preston Old Road.

Councillor Hugo of Talbot Ward has requested £825 as a ward councillor funding donation to Enveco Environmental Services for the purchase and installation of an alley gate at the side of the Refresh Café on Deansgate.

Councillor Smith of Talbot Ward has requested £825 as a ward councillor funding donation to Enveco Environmental Services for the purchase and installation of an alley gate at the side of the Refresh Café on Deansgate.

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

To authorise the requests, as submitted.

To consider Blackpool Council’s draft Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for 2021/22.

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely:

1. To adopt the 2021/22 Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement attached at Appendix A on behalf of the Council.

2. To request the Group Company Secretary to raise the statement with all the Council’s wholly owned companies.

The purpose of this Report is to inform the Cabinet Member:

(i)                  of the submission of the Marton Moss Neighbourhood Plan (MMNP) by  Marton Moss Neighbourhood Forum to the Council in accordance with the Neighbourhood Plan (General) Regulations (as amended) 2012; and

(ii)                request authority to proceed to publicise the documents for consultation and appoint an independent examiner;

(iii)              that officers will bring a further report setting out the Council’s comments on the Submission draft of Marton Moss Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 16 consultation.

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:

1.      To agree to publicise for consultation for a period of 6 weeks during October/November 2022, the Submission Draft of the Marton Moss Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documentation (Appendix A refers) in accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Plan Regulations.

2.      To agree that following the consultation on the plan agrees that the Council appoint an independent examiner in agreement with the Neighbourhood Forum to allow the plan to move forward to examination stage.

To advise of the terms agreedfor the renewal of a lease to Blackpool Parks Ltd at the Beach House (part of Festival House, Blackpool Promenade FY1 1AP) -  as two leases for both the Beach House and undercroft waste storage area for a period of 15 years.

To grant two new leases for a period of 15 years from 1^st October 2022, subject to a rent review after 5 and 10 years.  A copy of the agreed terms is attached at Appendix A.

Unit N4 Houndshill Shopping Centre, Grant of new Agreement for Lease and Lease.

To grant a new (1) Agreement for Lease; and a new (2) Lease at Unit N4 Houndshill Shopping Centre, conditional on fit out contribution being approved by the Executive meeting on 10 October 2022.

To agree for the Head of Legal Services to prepare legal documentation and enter into and complete appropriate documents/contracts/agreements/leases as necessary.

The Head of Licensing Service deals with a number of requests for licences under the Licensing Act, the Gambling Act and other pieces of legislations. Details of the licences, applied for and granted are outlined in the report.

The Head of Licensing Service agreed to grant the licences as set out in the attached Appendices.