Decisions

To offer a grant of £78,074 towards the repair and restoration of grade II listed property at 137 Southgate Street under the NLH funded THI scheme.

To offer a grant of £51,718 towards the repair and restoration of property at the Mariner’s Hall Southgate Street / Llanthony Rd.

To offer a grant of £78,074 towards the repair and restoration of grade II listed property at 137 Southgate Street under the NLH funded THI scheme.

RESOLVED that:

(1)   the City Council contributes £150,000 over three years from 1 April 2020 to Gloucester Cathedral towards the Project Pilgrim Phase 2: Reveal to Sustain project of which £50,000 is available for preparing the bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and

(2)  authority be delegated to the Head of Place to agree the terms of a grant agreement with Gloucester Cathedral, in consultation with the Council Solicitor and the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy.

RESOLVED that progress with delivery of the Council Plan 2017-2020 be welcomed.

RESOLVED that:

(1) the principle of preparing, consulting and adopting a list of locally important heritage assets for Gloucester City (The ‘Local List’) be approved

(2) the local list selection criteria that has been consulted upon and included in Appendix 2 of the report be used for the identification of such assets, be approved.

(3) a panel of experts be established to use the adopted selection criteria to make recommendations on whether to add buildings, structures or other features to the local list, and to authorise amendments, additions and deletions, as required and terms of reference will be established. The result of the panel meeting will be used as the basis for a draft list to be formally consulted upon and for a Cabinet report to be presented on these findings for formal adoption. See Appendix 3 of the report for terms of reference for selection panel and Appendix 4 for nomination form.

To approve the demolition of Wessex House, and broadly outline the intended use of the land.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  Wessex House be demolished and,

(2)  the site be redeveloped to provide accommodation to assist the Council in discharging its duty to secure accommodation for eligible persons under the Housing Act 1996 or to lever further opportunities to meet this need.

(3) authority will be delegated to the Head of Communities in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods, The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy, Council Solicitor and Section 151 Officer to identify appropriate procurement options for the site.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  the Council adopt the legal maximum FPN level of £400 for all of breaches of household waste duty of care offences and to give discount for early payment of £150 (i.e. discounted fine payment level of £250) provided payment is made within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.

(2)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to introduce the new fixed penalties for household waste duty of care offences.

(3)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for household waste duty of care offences in accordance with section 34ZA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

(4)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to the parking of vehicles on POS.

(5)  the Council adopt a level of £100 for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to parking of vehicles on Public Open Space (POS) and give a discount for early payment of £75 provided payment is paid within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  the Response Report be endorsed

(2)  the proposed changes made as a result of consultation to the SPDs be endorsed

(3)  it be RECOMMENDED to the Council that the SPDs be adopted.

RESOLVED that the six monthly update on the use of RIPA powers be noted.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  progress towards the disposal and re-use of Herbert, Kimberley and Phillpotts Warehouses be noted.

(2)  the Property Commissioning Manager be given delegated authority (following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration & Economy and Head of Policy and Resources) to agree the terms of any ancillary documents necessary or desirable to enable the transaction to proceed.

(3)  a further report be brought back to Cabinet once Officers are in a position to recommend a proposal to Members.

RESOLVED that:

(1)           it be noted that Dowdeswell Estates has been identified as the Council’s preferred development partner in the redevelopment of the former Fleece Hotel in Westgate Street

(2)           authority be delegated to the Head of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy, to invite Dowdeswell Estates to develop a Detailed Solution in accordance with the Competitive Dialogue procurement process set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

(3)           a budget of £100,000 be approved to contribute to the costs of developing a Detailed Solution to be met by the Regeneration Reserve. The use of these resources to be delegated to the Head of Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration.

To engage with Sky’s the Limit to install Christmas lights and decorations.

Cabinet agree to the draft countywide Homeseeker Policy being consulted upon with partners and the public following some changes to the policy.

To urgently approve the recommendations resulting from the statutory review of polling districts and polling places to enable them to be implemented for the unscheduled General Election taking place on 12 December 2019.