Agenda, decisions and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor K D Evans, the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Environment.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of Executive held on 2 December 2013.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 2 December 2013 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

There were no Executive Leader’s Announcements made at this meeting.

To receive any declarations of interest from members in accordance with Standing Orders and the Council’s Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest made at this meeting.

There were no petitions submitted at this meeting.

To receive any deputations, of which notice has been lodged.

There were no deputations given at this meeting.

To receive any reference from the committees or panels held.

There were no references made to this meeting.

a report by the Director of Community

RESOLVED that the Director of Community, in consultation with the Director of Finance and Resources, be authorised to spend and continue to spend the Right to Buy receipts collected since April 2012 on the purchase of replacement homes to be let at affordable rents, subject to the cost being affordable and sustainable to the Housing Revenue Account.

a report by the Director of Community

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees to:

(a)     support the Armed Forces Covenant by signing a Community Covenant for Fareham;

(b)     appoint the Deputy Leader as the Member Champion for the Community Covenant; and

(c)     sign up to the Community Covenant Grant Scheme to enable bids from local community groups to apply for grant funding.

a report by the Director of Planning and Environment

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees that:

(a)     the Portchester Castle Street Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be adopted as evidence in support of the Fareham Borough Local Plan Review (June 2000) saved policies, the policies contained within the Fareham Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy and the emerging policies of the Fareham Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites & Policies;

(b)     the preparation of an article 4 direction, as recommended in the character appraisal document, is supported.  Delegated authority was granted by the Executive to the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Environment in July 2010 to make article 4 directions in accordance with the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 and this proposal will be the subject of a further detailed report; and

(c)     delegated authority be granted to the Director of Planning and Environment in consultation with the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Environment to make minor factual and formatting alterations, including updating of photographs where appropriate, prior to publication of the adopted document.

a report by the Director of Finance and Resources

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees that:

(a)     the capital programme for the period 2013/14 - 2017/18, amounting to £34,601,000 be approved;

(b)     the revised 2013/14 general fund budget, amounting to £9,823,300 be approved;

(c)     the base 2014/15 general fund revenue budget amounting to £9,387,300 be approved; and

(d)     the use of the surplus on the spending reserve, as set out in paragraphs 28-30 of the report, be approved.

a report by the Chief Executive Officer

At the invitation of the Executive Leader, Councillor A Mandry addressed the Executive on this item.

RESOLVED that the Executive:

(a)       notes the results of the 2013 Residents’ Satisfaction Survey and agrees that the information be used to inform future planning; and

(b)       requests a review of Community Action Teams and that CAT officers be asked to consult all Councillors on behalf of the CAT Chairmen, after which a report will be presented to a future meeting of the Executive.