Decisions

The Care Act 2014 altered the financial, legal, commissioning and operational landscape for local authorities. Reviewing, maintaining and improving the county council's adult social care policies, procedures and guidance (PPG) is essential to the professional and high quality delivery of assessments, support, information and advice for those working with adults who have social care needs, and to ensure legal compliance with the Care Act.

A comprehensive review of the County Council's adult social care policies, procedures and guidance has therefore been undertaken and key policy documents have been identified for review and revision as part of a phased programme, as approved by the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services on 9 March 2016.

This phased programme continues with the submission of three policy, procedures and guidance documents: Independent Mental Capacity and Mental Health Advocacy, Assessment of Needs, and Review of Care and Support Plans.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

The Cabinet approved the recommendation as set out in the report.

An experimental traffic regulation order which created a bus lane westbound on Fishergate between Mount Street and Corporation Street and another bus lane eastbound between Butler Street and Corporation Street was introduced in October 2016 to manage the traffic congestion that occurred in the lead up to, and during the, festive period of 2016/17. The experimental order was subject to a 6 month consultation period and this report sets out the impacts of the bus lanes, the outcome of the consultation and proposals for managing traffic in Preston city centre.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No 25 have been complied with.

This item was deferred.

This report sets out recommendations to approve the commencement of two procurement exercises for:

(i)  The provision of insurance services in respect of the Farington and Thornton Waste Recovery Parks and;

(ii)  The supply and delivery of street lighting materials.

The procurement exercises will be undertaken in line with European Union (EU) Regulations, the County Council's Procurement Rules, and as outlined in Appendix 'A' to this report.

These are deemed to be Key Decisions and the provisions of Standing order No. 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the commencement of the procurement exercise as set out in Appendix 'A' for the provision of insurance services for the Farington and Thornton Waste Recovery Parks.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercise as set out in Appendix 'A' for the supply and delivery of street lighting materials.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the commencement of the procurement exercise as set out in Appendix 'A' for the provision of insurance services for the Farington and Thornton Waste Recovery Parks.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercise as set out in Appendix 'A' for the supply and delivery of street lighting materials.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

This report sets out a proposal to provide a zebra crossing and contraflow cycleway on Lancaster Road and South Road respectively, Morecambe, to which objections have been received.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the installation of a zebra crossing on Lancaster Road and a contraflow cycleway on South Road, Morecambe as shown on the plan at Appendix 'A'.

This report sets out a recommendation to approve the award of a two-supplier framework agreement for the provision of professional and technical highway related services.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

This report sets out the proposals for the allocation of schools capital funding to address a further phase of high priority building condition repairs on Community, Voluntary Controlled and Maintained Schools in Lancashire.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved the proposed list of maintenance schemes in Lancashire Schools, detailed at Appendix 'A', totalling £15.950m as a further phase of high priority school repairs.

This report sets out a proposal for an Early Help module and plan that facilitates information and data sharing across a range of public services and funding requirements.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor Jennifer Mein, the Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

This report outlines the proposed arrangements for transferring grant funding to the district and unitary councils of Lancashire as well as the proposed arrangements for the use of funding to vary existing Lancashire County Council contracts as outlined in the bid.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No 27 have been complied with.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Tony Martin, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

This decision should be implemented immediately for the purposes of Standing Order 34(3) as any delay could adversely affect the execution of the County Council's responsibilities. The reason for this is that some of the providers named in the bid, who will provide the services through SLA's with their district councils, are in a position where they need the agreements, or the work to develop the agreements, to start from 1 April 2017 at the latest.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Tony Martin, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

This decision should be implemented immediately for the purposes of Standing Order 34(3) as any delay could adversely affect the execution of the County Council's responsibilities. The reason for this is that some of the providers named in the bid, who will provide the services through SLA's with their district councils, are in a position where they need the agreements, or the work to develop the agreements, to start from 1 April 2017 at the latest.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor Gina Dowding considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £167.62 to St John's Hospice towards syringe drivers for the hospice.

The Chair welcomed Vanessa Carthy, Programme Relationship ManagerLearning and Development; and Suzanne Ward, Human Resources Manager - Employee Engagement, to the meeting.

The report presented provided information to the Scrutiny Committee on the new National Apprenticeship Levy which would be introduced by the Government on 1 April 2017 and the implications for this within Lancashire County Council.

The report also highlighted to the Committee, the work being undertaken by the Skills Learning and Development Service in respect of 'Trailblazer' involvement, Graduates and Professional Trainees within the authority and the work to embed skills, learning and development into our services.

Questions and comments by the Committee in relation to the report were as follows:

·  Members enquired how the Apprenticeship Levy would fit in with school budgets. It was confirmed that schools contributing to the levy would need to ensure that they had the budget to pay for an apprentice's salary.. The apprenticeship had to be a minimum of twelve months.

·  School budgets were so tight that recruitment was almost non-existent. If the levy could be pooled for a number of schools this would prove to be more beneficial.

·  The Committee enquired why the levy could not be used to pay salaries and had there been any information from the Government as to why this was the situation.

·  It was acknowledged that the new process for the Graduate Scheme was an improvement on previous practice and members thanked officers for their work in this area

·  It was pointed out that the Learning and Development Team was also working with vulnerable young people with no qualifications and not just focusing on graduates. The team had a priority for looked after children and care leavers. The team was divided into three parts:

1.  Delivery of training and development of new legislation with social workers.

2.  Working with graduates and professional trainees.

3.  Working with schools, dealing with young vulnerable people and coaching them before they enter an apprenticeship

·  20% of any apprenticeship must be 'off job' training and this would have significant impact on the Learning and Development Team and it was working with providers to fully understand what this meant. The team needed to talk to providers as there was no guidance from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) as to what the 20% would actually be used for.

·  Members queried whether there should be more emphasis for the care sector. They were informed that there were qualifications being developed for apprenticeships in the social care sector.

·  Learning and Development was doing a piece of work at the moment in terms of what was available for a framework standard both locally and nationally that could be delivered. The Team would then look at how these frameworks could be applied regarding the rules of LCC. The framework had to be relevant to the job.

·  Learning and Development was not just looking at younger people regarding apprenticeships but also adults.

·  Regarding the Level 7 Postgraduate Certificate – 'The Public Sector Professional' apprenticeship the Committee was informed that this would be signed off and ready for September. This was the first in the country. There was no word yet on when the Practitioner and Manager apprenticeships would be signed off. These had been proposed and developed by employers specifically for the children, young people and families sector.

Resolved: The Scrutiny Committee noted and commented on the report.

The Work Plan was presented to the Committee regarding upcoming topics and future topics not yet scheduled as well as an update on ongoing Task Groups.

Wendy Broadley, Principal Officer Overview and Scrutiny, updated the Committee that she had a meeting with County Councillor Winlow and County Councillor Fillis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, regarding the TAMP. It was agreed at this meeting there needed to be a different approach to the scrutiny of the TAMP. There was going to be an event in June after the elections, where District Members and Members of the Scrutiny Committee would be invited to discuss how the TAMP could be scrutinised in the future.

Resolved: The Committee approved the 2016/17 work plan.

County Councillor Carl Crompton considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £250 to Kidz 4 Kidz Theatre Company for costumes for the cast members and the hire of microphones.

The reason for the reduction if that Cllr Crompton has additional applications requiring his funding.

The Chair informed the meeting that following consultations with Colleges and Universities it had been agreed thatMr Eddie Pope from UCLAN would be the sole nominee put forward to replace Mr Milloy as the FE/HE representative on the Committee and that upon his retirement from the position it would be filled by a nominee from the FE colleges and the position would then alternate between the sectors in a similar way.

The Committee noted that Mr Pope would ensure that relevant colleagues from each of the Lancashire FE/HE institutions would be able to input through him and receive feedback from him following meetings.

Resolved:

1.  That the appointment of Mr E Pope from UCLAN as the co-opted member representing FE/HE institutions on the basis set out above is noted.

2.  That the Minutes of the meeting held on the 2^nd December 2016 as presented are confirmed as an accurate record and signed by the Chair. 

County Councillor Kevin Ellard considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £100 to Brick North West CIC towards to the social inclusion event.

County Councillor Carl Crompton considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £100 to Brick North West CIC towards to the social inclusion event.

County Councillor Sean Serridge considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £1,250 to Community Leisure Association of Whitworth Limited on various community events throughout the year.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to The Leyland Project towards their Easter activities.

County Councillor Tim Ashton considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Mythop Road Allotment Association towards the installation of safety railings.

County Councillor Tony Jones considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £600 to Slyne-with-Hest Scout Hut to improve the condition of the scout hut.

County Councillor Paul Hayhurst considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £1,375.22 to Elswick Community Projects to support their entry in Britain in Bloom.

The reason for the reduction is that is the total amount remaining in the Councillor's budget

Councillor Hayhurst declared a non-pecuniary interest in this decision as he is a member of the committee.

County Councillor Malcolm Barron rejected a Local Member Grant to Poor Marsh Permaculture and Allotment Society towards their Solar Panel Kit

The reason for the rejection is that Councillor Barron has no funds available in his budget.

County Councillor Sean Serridge considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to Whitworth and Healey Horticultural Society for the maintenance of the Memorial Gardens, riverside planters and bowling green garden.

County Councillor Sobia Malik considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £999.97 to Jinnah Development Trust Limited to purchase games consoles and large tv screen for the young people.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing has been approached by the Sahara Project (Preston) Ltd. requesting grant support of £50,000, to supplement Big Lottery funding, for delivery of the 'Moving On' project. The project will involve working with women from BME communities to build their self-confidence and improve financial independence by:

• providing front line support for women to address their immediate needs;
• undertaking follow up work to support women to play a greater role in society by providing advocacy and support in accessing employment, mental health services, domestic abuse support, housing, child and welfare benefit, and on other issues;
• initiating delivery of services in other geographical areas to support BME women.

Note: The following decision is different than the recommendation set out in the published report.

County Councillor Azhar Ali, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, approved that the grant funding of £50,000 is released to Sahara Project (Preston) Ltd urgently in order to meet the requirements of the Lottery Funding.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing has approached all county councillors inviting them to propose organisations and/or projects which they consider would improve wellbeing at neighbourhood level if funded by the County Council.

This report sets out the proposals that have been received for funding a range of such initiatives to be implemented by local stakeholder organisations.

Note: The following decision is different than the recommendation set out in the published report.

County Councillor Azhar Ali, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing,  approved the funding for the wellbeing initiatives detailed in the report and that  projects in excess of £15,000 should have reasonable monitoring to measure effectiveness and transparency, subject to appropriate grant funding agreements being agreed by the Director of Legal and Democratic Services.

County Councillor Anne Cheetham considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £968 to 1969 Rossendale Squadron Air Cadets to acquire walking and camping equipment for the cadets.

County Councillor Paul Hayhurst considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £165 to Staining Junior Football Club to replace the wooden club sign.

County Councillor Ron Shewan rejected a local member grant application of £358.77 to The Ann Letitia Russell Rescue Group.

The reason for the rejection is that County Councillor Shewan was reserving money for another project which he considered was communally the most effective way of spending the grant.

Lancashire County Council has been approached by Lancashire North Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide social care support within a residential setting at Altham Meadows, Morecambe.  This provision will be used for people who require intermediate care to avoid hospital admission or to support timely discharge.

The costs of this service will be provided by Lancashire North CCG for a period of two years.

County Councillor Tony Martin, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the proposal to develop a social care support service at Altham Meadows, Morecambe in partnership with Lancashire North CCG.

County Councillor Dorothy Lord considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £880.87 to Trawden Athletic Club to fund the firness running courses.

County Councillor Ron Shewan rejected a local member grant application for £105.71 from 20^th Fleetwood (St David's) Brownie Unit.

The reason for the rejection is that CC Shewan has no funds remaining in his local member grant budget.

This report is requesting approval to fund a number of capital projects required in the County Council's older people's residential homes totalling £796,000 and the virement of unallocated resources within the Adult and Community Services Block and the Corporate Block of the capital programme.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader approved the virement of £796,000 of unallocated resources within the capital programme, as set out in the report, to fund capital works on the County Council's residential homes.

Subject to the above approval, County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services, approved that:

  i.  Urgent priority repairs identified by recent condition surveys are undertaken in all 17 older people's homes

  ii.  Feasibility studies are undertaken of all older people's homes to determine future investment needs

  iii.  Wi-Fi is installed in all older people's homes

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader approved the virement of £796,000 of unallocated resources within the capital programme, as set out in the report, to fund capital works on the County Council's residential homes.

Subject to the above approval, County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services, approved that:

  i.  Urgent priority repairs identified by recent condition surveys are undertaken in all 17 older people's homes

  ii.  Feasibility studies are undertaken of all older people's homes to determine future investment needs

  iii.  Wi-Fi is installed in all older people's homes

Approval is sought for the sealing of the order in respect of the installation of a 20mph speed limit in Mellor, Langho and Longridge following the period of public consultation during which no objections or comments were received.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the sealing of the order in respect of the installation of the proposed 20mph speed limit as set out in this report and the schedules and plans attached at Appendices 'A' - 'E'.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport gave approval for the introduction of a  zebra crossing as advertised and set out on the drawings attached at Appendices 'A' and 'B'.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the adoption of the Highway Asset Information Strategy as set out in the report and at Appendix 'A'.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport gave approval for the installation of additional lighting at the Beaumont Junction on the Bay Gateway at an estimated cost of £325,000. It is proposed that this additional work be charged to the existing project budget in the Transport block of the County Council`s capital programme.

This report requests approval to improve Public Footpath No. 22 Barton to improve pedestrian access from the A6 bus stop to a new housing development (Forest Grove) and to the wider countryside. It is proposed that the improvement is funded by S106 funding of £15,210.26 and £55.00 from the 2016/17 Public Rights of Way reactive allocation.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:

(i)  Approved that the improvement works are carried out on Public Footpath No. 22 Barton at an estimated cost of £15,265.35.

(ii)  Approved that the improvements are funded as follows;

-  £15,210.26 from the remaining funding from the S106 Agreement between Preston City Council and Rowland Homes Limited;

-  £55.00 from the 2016/17 Public Rights of Way reactive allocation.

County Councillor Peter Buckley considered and approved a local member grant of £1,316.03 to St Annes Enterprise Partnership (STEP) towards a two day Food Festival event.

The Chorley Town Centre Masterplan was first written in 2013 and it identified a number of key improvements for the town centre. This included the construction of the new ASDA store and associated public realm improvements. The South Market Street/Fleet Street area was improved with highway improvements for South Market Street completed in 2015. This linked in to the section of Market Street that was re-opened to vehicular traffic in 2012. The Town Centre Masterplan also set out a Public Realm Strategy for the Town Centre.

Chorley Borough Council (CBC) has engaged a consultancy, Planit, to review and update the Masterplan. Planit have been involved in the design of Fishergate in Preston and are also involved in the UCLAN project for the Adelphi Quarter. They have used this knowledge and experience to help inform the further development of the Masterplan.

The proposals contained in the refreshed masterplan will have an impact on the future management and maintenance of the highway. The design and materials will be agreed between Lancashire County Council (LCC) and CBC with a higher quality material palette than the standard specification for highway works.

The proposals will also mean changes to traffic movements and to waiting and loading provision. The impacts are not considered to be significant or be detrimental to traffic movements generally. Amendments to waiting and loading provisions will be managed on a scheme by scheme basis within an overall view of requirements.

As schemes come forward there will be a close working arrangement with agreement secured at an early stage on the design and construction arrangements. These arrangements will be subject to agreements under the powers of s278 of the Highways Act 1980.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:

(i)  Noted that the proposals contained within the Chorley Town Centre Masterplan have implications for the existing highway layout, including variation to carriageway and footway widths;

(ii)  Approved that the Masterplan be supported in principle subject to detailed proposals being approved by Head of Service – Highways;

(iii)  Approved that the negotiation of agreements be entered into with CBC under s278 of the Highways Act 1980 for the delivery of works on the highways, subject to the detailed agreements being agreed by the Head of Service - Highways pursuant to the County Council's Scheme of Delegation to Heads of Service;

(iv)  Approved that an agreement be entered into under S278 of the Highways Act 1980 for the Market Walk development based on CBC carrying out the works as described in this report, subject to the detailed agreement being agreed by the Head of Service - Highways pursuant to the County Council's Scheme of Delegation to Heads of Service.

In April 2016, as part of its commitment to support providers in delivery of the 30 hours extended entitlement, the Government announced it would be making £50m capital funding available for local authorities to submit funding bids for the creation of new childcare places.

In July 2016 the authority invited all eligible childcare providers in Lancashire to submit an application for funding.  Childminders were not eligible to apply.

The authority received notification at the end of December 2016 that the Education Funding Agency had awarded funding to two of the six projects submitted by Lancashire totalling £1,466,130. 

This report is requesting approval to add this funding to the 2017-2018 Children and Young People's block of the Capital Programme.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 26 have been complied with. 

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved:

i)  that the Early Years Capital Grant Funding received from the Education Funding Agency be added to the 2017-2018 Children and Young People's block of the Capital Programme;

ii)  that the Early Years Capital Grant Funding is distributed in line with the legal agreements.

This report sets out a proposal to introduce a Traffic Regulation Order which includes Prohibition of Waiting, Restrictions of Waiting, Limited waiting, Prohibition of Loading, Taxi Stand, Goods Vehicles Loading and Unloading only and associated revocations at various locations within four Electoral Districts in Rossendale as per the attached schedule and plans at Appendices 'A' and 'B'.

The proposals have been advertised in the local press and no objections have been received.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the making of a Traffic Regulation Order as set out in the schedule attached at Appendix 'A' and as shown on the location plans at Appendix 'B 1 - 10'.

Carriageway lifecycle planning is an important aspect of highway asset management and involves drawing up long-term plans for managing an asset grouping with the aim of providing the required levels of service at the lowest whole life cost.

The Carriageway Lifecycle Plan identifies both the short-term routine maintenance needs and long-term capital costs and enables annual spend profiles per asset to be produced.  It enables long-term predictions about the deterioration of various assets and their maintenance needs to be forecast.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the adoption of the Carriageway Lifecycle Plan as set out at Appendix 'A'.

This report sets out two Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders which introduced Prohibition of Vehicles (except buses and loading), Prohibition of Driving (except buses), No Entry and One Way Traffic and Suspension, Prohibition of Waiting, Prohibition of Loading and Limited Waiting Loading Bay at the new George Slynn Bus Station, School Street and the Service Yard to the rear of Nos. 29-41 Union Street, Accrington.

The proposals have been advertised in the local press and by way of notice on-site and no objections have been received.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the making permanent of two Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders which introduced Prohibition of Vehicles (except buses and loading), Prohibition of Driving (except buses), No Entry and One Way Traffic and Suspension, Prohibition of Waiting, Prohibition of Loading and Limited Waiting Loading Bay at the new George Slynn  Bus Station, School Street and the Service Yard to Nos. 29-41 Union Street, Accrington (and associated revocations) as set out in the schedule attached at Appendix 'A' and as shown on the plan at Appendix 'B'.

It is proposed to undertake highway design work following planning conditions established by Chorley Borough Council for a mixed use development north of Euxton Lane, Chorley. The design is for the creation of a new signalised T junction for access and the establishment of new cycle track with right of way on foot on the existing verge and footway on the north side of Euxton Lane. The eventual works will be funded by a Section 278 Agreement under the Highways Act 1980 with full payment by the developer and the design work fee is paid early ahead of the agreement being finalised. This early payment will be acknowledged in the Agreement. The design fee estimate is £21,903 and further funding will be secured from the developer in the case of any design fee increase or a need to make third party payments to statutory undertakers or similar.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport gave approval for design work to be undertaken as shown on the plan attached at Appendix 'A' and approve the addition of the design fees to the highways block of the County Council's 2016/17 capital programme at an estimated total cost of £21,903, funding having already been received.

At its meeting on 26 November 2015, Full Council agreed to adopt a policy that all bus stations operated or supported by the county council are self-financing.  Following consultation with bus operators, they have indicated that the planned raising of charges will have a very serious effect on their ability to sustain bus services operating through bus stations. In particular, operators pointed to the undefined nature of the charges and gave a view that they may be paying for activities not directly related to bus operations. They also referenced substantial increased costs for the bus operators at Preston bus station coinciding with disruption, over the next two years, brought about by the refurbishment works at the bus station. In order to address the concerns of bus operators it is proposed to phase and revise the implementation of charges, as set out in this report whilst a fair funding mechanism is investigated and implemented.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:

(i)  Approved the maintaining of the departure fee level at £0.75 for local bus services until 31 March 2018;

(ii)  Authorised the use of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) to offset any shortfall in funding by retaining the departure fee at the current level of £0.75 until 31 March 2018;

(iii)  Approved that a bay rental model for operators using Preston Bus Station until the refurbishment project is complete in October 2018 be retained.

(iv)  Authorised discussions with bus operators to establish a fair funding mechanism across all of the County Council's bus stations for implementation from April 2018.

(v)  Approved the introduction of a separate charge of £2.50 for non-local, coach and excursion trip operators at Nelson and Chorley and, once the refurbishment works are complete, at Preston.

This report requests consideration of funding for highway maintenance works on a section of Heyhouses Lane, Fylde.  A request for this work was identified during the development process for the 2016/17 Local Priority Response Fund, by a divisional county councillor but was not put forward for funding.  Although this section of road has been identified as a potential future scheme, it has not been included in the proposed 2017/18 highways capital programme.

The works is estimated to cost £65,000 and could be funded from the additional 2016/17 Department for Transport (DfT) Highways capital grant of £0.700m.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved that the scheme, as set out in the report, should go ahead.

As part of the normal process of service delivery the approved Highways and Transport Capital Programmes now require certain amendments in order to meet emerging priorities and to respond to some unanticipated service demands. The proposed amendments including scheme cancellations are set out at Appendix 'A'.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the proposed amendments to the Highways and Transport Capital Programmes as outlined in Appendix 'A'.

Following receipt of representations from local residents and County Councillors regarding parking causing sightline and obstruction problems, investigations have been undertaken and, as a result, waiting restrictions are proposed in various locations in Chorley.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the proposed waiting restrictions as described in this report and as set out in the attached schedule and plans at Appendix 'A'.

This report sets out a recommendation regarding Dft funding.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor Ron Shewan considered and approved a local member grant application of £615.15 to The Willow Garden Project towards a pond cover, plants, bench and a solar pump.

D'Urton Lane is a narrow, traffic-calmed, residential lane, which is also part of the Guild Wheel cycle route. The eastern section has a speed limit of 20mph. In accordance with the planning conditions for construction of the Broughton Bypass, a scheme has to be submitted and approved to manage traffic at this location, including measures to prevent motorised traffic using it. This is to avoid the lane becoming a short-cut for drivers wishing to avoid the M55 J1 traffic signals.

A proposal has been advertised and consulted upon to make a traffic regulation order prohibiting driving on D'Urton Lane.  The formal consultation has resulted in one objection which is addressed in the body of this report.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the proposed Prohibition of Driving traffic regulation order which will have the effect of enabling D'Urton Lane to be closed to through traffic.

It is proposed to add a project to the Transport Block of the Capital Programme for the supply of catalytic regeneration systems to a fleet of double decker buses operated by Stagecoach between Heysham/Morecambe and Lancaster University.  The County Council has been awarded a grant by the Department of Transport for the full amount of the project of £288,150.

This report also sets out a recommendation to approve the commencement of a procurement exercise for Supply of Catalytic Regeneration Systems (Clean Bus Technology).

The procurement exercise will be undertaken by the Procurement Service in line with European Union (EU) Regulations, the County Council's Procurement Rules, and as outlined in Appendix 'A' to this report.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Transport and Highways:

(i)  Approved the addition of the above project to the Transport block of the County Council's 2016/17 capital programme, for the amount of £288,150 to be fully funded by an external grant of the Department of Transport; and

(ii)  Approved the commencement of the procurement exercise as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of Catalytic Regeneration Systems (Clean Bus Technology).

County Councillor Alyson Barnes considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £800 to 1969 Rossendale Squadron Air Cadets to acquire walking and camping equipment for the cadets.

County Councillor Sean Serridge considered and approved a local member grant of £750.00 to Whitworth Historical Society towards low energy lighting equipment.

County Councillor David Borrow, Deputy Leader of the County Council approved a Local Member Grant of £719 to Burscough Hub to set up a 'Wellbeing Café' on behalf of County Councillor Cynthia Dereli who has a non-pecuniary interest in the application as she is the Chair to Burscough Hub Group.

County Councillor Cynthia Dereli declared a non-pecuniary interest in a Local Member Grant application submitted by Burscough Hub Group to set up a 'Wellbeing Café for local residents.

The non-pecuniary interest is that County Councillor Dereli is the Chair of the Group.

The application has therefore been reassigned to the Deputy Leader for decision.

County Councillor Alyson Barnes considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500, plus an additional amount of £118.46 to Limey Valley Residents' Association for a marker stoner near the southern boundary of the village.

County Councillor considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £140.00 to Moor Nook Central C.I.C towards the transport for the residential trip.

County Councillor Kevin Ellard considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £600 to 1^st Moorfield Scout Group to purchase new camping tents.

County Councillor Keith Sedgewick considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £189.85 of Heartbeat to purchase medical supplies to enable them to carry out cholesterol testing.

The reason for the reduction is that this is the total amount remaining in Cllr Sedgewick's budget.

This report recommends acceptance of a revised offer on Winckley House, 58 – 60 Guildhall Street & Guild House, Preston.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

This decision should be implemented immediately for the purposes of Standing Order 34(3) as any delay could adversely affect the execution of the County Council's responsibilities.  The reason for this is any delay could risk losing the offer and to demonstrate a firm intention to proceed.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor Keith Sedgewick considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £130 to Fishwick Rangers Youth Development Scheme, for the facility hire of football pitches, equipment, cost of referees and refreshments.

County Councillor Tony Martin, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Friends of Scott Park to arrange activities such as bulb planting days and kids parties.

This report is regarding the transfer of a long leasehold interest in the site of the former Ridgewood Special School, Burleigh Street, Burnley to the Education Partnership Trust.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report is requesting approval to review the risk mitigation plans before an upgrade to the fire suppression systems is commenced in order to avert the risk of the County Council incurring abortive costs.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Watts considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £956 to St Catherine's Hospice to replace items of equipment.

This report seeks approval to the sale of the former Bescar Brow Highways Depot, Bescar Brow Lane, Bickerstaffe.  

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report sets out the current arrangements and future proposals for the commissioning of the Lancashire Trauma Injury Intelligence Project (TIIP) and requests a direct award of contract on the grounds set out in this report.

(i)  County Councillor Azhar Ali, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the future plans for the commissioning of the Lancashire TIIP.

Subject to the approval of (i)

(ii)  County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the waiver of procurement rules as set out in Section 14 of the Lancashire County Council 'Standing Orders - Procurement Rules January 2017' in respect of the Lancashire TIIP.

(i)  County Councillor Azhar Ali, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the future plans for the commissioning of the Lancashire TIIP.

Subject to the approval of (i)

(ii)  County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the waiver of procurement rules as set out in Section 14 of the Lancashire County Council 'Standing Orders - Procurement Rules January 2017' in respect of the Lancashire TIIP.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £130.00 to Heartbeat to purchase medical supplies to carry out cholesterol testing.

There is a capital allocation of £20m for the suitability investment programme for the delivery of the Property Strategy (Neighbourhood Centres) over the next three years.  Prior to delivery of major projects in the programme, there are a number of small feasibility and enabling projects that will be required at a total estimated cost of £0.255m prior to commissioning full projects.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council:

(i)  Approved that an allocation of £0.255m be top sliced from the Property Strategy (Neighbourhood Centres) programme, as an enabling fund and for feasibility ad signage works, prior to commissioning full projects; and

(ii)  Authorised the Director of Corporate Commissioning to allocate this top sliced allocation.

County Councillor Malcolm Barron considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £125.49 to Hesketh Bank Village Hall Community Centre towards the purchase of a table tennis table, football table and a pool table.

The reason for the reduction is that Cllr Barron only has this amount remaining in his budget.

County Councillor Malcolm Barron considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £208.51 to the Friends of Tarleton Library for a Projector screen, pavement sign post and pvc banner.

This report seeks approval to the terms of the sale of the former Fulwood Branch Library, 294 Garstang Road, Preston.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Following requests from five County Councillors, as set out below, in accordance with the "Call In" procedures, the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee called a meeting to consider calling in the decision.  The Scrutiny Committee met on 17^th March 2017 and upon a vote, rejected the request for the Deputy Leader of the County Council to reconsider the decision made.

The report provides details relating to the transfer of the Museum of Lancashire.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report seeks approval to commission a feasibility study and undertake essential work relating to the provision of adequate toilet facilities in the Cuerden Mill Offices.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report is requesting approval for the replacement of a portakabin for officer welfare provision (canteen, drying room and toilets) at Wrightington Depot.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendation as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the addition of £1.2m to the Capital Programme to fund an Interim Refresh Programme for residential care homes for older people, to be funded from borrowing.

County Councillor Keith Sedgewick considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to Preston Black History Group towards a celebratory event.

County Councillor Alf Clempson considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £199 to Friends of Jean Stansfield/Vicarage Park a butterfly notice board.

This report seeks approval to the terms of the sale of the former Barrowford Branch Library, Ann St, Barrowford.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Following requests from five County Councillors, as set out below, in accordance with the "Call In" procedures, the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee called a meeting to consider calling in the decision.  The Scrutiny Committee met on 17^th March 2017 and upon a vote, rejected the request for the Deputy Leader of the County Council to reconsider the decision made.

The Local Initiative Fund (LIF) Scheme is now into its sixth year and offers an opportunity for Third Sector organisations across Lancashire to apply for funding in order to help deliver local and Lancashire County Council priorities.

This report details applications for funding submitted to the LIF Round 2 for the financial year 2016/17 and the recommendations of the Cabinet Working Group for the Third Sector which met on the 14 February 2017. 

County Councillor Jennifer Mein, the Leader of the County Council approved the following recommendations of the Cabinet Working Group for the Third Sector:

• That a total of £22,780.87 in grant funding for 12 projects be approved across 3 districts in Lancashire; Chorley, Hyndburn and Pendle from the 2016/17 LIF programme, having regard to the recommendations made by the Grants Assessment Panel which met on the 1 February 2017. 
• Note the process used by the Grants Assessment Panel in assessing applications as detailed in this report.
• That the  remaining underspend of £15,640.57 across the remaining districts be carried forward into the next financial year 2017/18 and added to the relevant district's budget for LIF, subject to there being a future round of funding.

This decision should be implemented immediately for the purposes of Standing Order 34(3) as any delay could adversely affect the execution of the County Council's responsibilities. The reason for this is to inform applicants as soon as possible the outcome of their application so that projects can begin and applicants can be paid before the end of the financial year.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved the replacement of the jetties and the capital funding proposals as set out in the report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report summarises the application process and makes recommendation for the allocation of the Cultural Partnerships and Cultural Offer (Children and Young People) Investment Programme Funding for 2017/18.

County Councillor Jennifer Mein, the Leader of the County Council approved the grant amount for each organisation as specified in Appendix 'A'.

This report sets out a series of recommendations to the Deputy Leader of the County Council and Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services in relation to proposed community asset transfers, building transfers and the establishment of Independent Community Libraries.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council and County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor Clare Pritchard considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £83 to Accrington Division Girl Guides towards the cost of running the  becoming a Dementia Friend Event.

The reason for the reduction is that this is amount is the total remaining in her budget.

Central Lancaster High School (CLHS) has approached the local authority in relation to the future of its post 16 provision.  CLHS has asked the local authority to start the formal statutory process to consult on the proposal to discontinue its post 16 sixth form provision by permanently lowering its age range from 11-18 years to 11-16 years, with effect from 31 August 2018.  Under The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013, and the Department for Education's "Making 'prescribed alterations' to maintained schools" statutory guidance which was published in April 2016, the local authority must be the proposer for this type of significant change and carry out a statutory process, which includes publication, representation, decision, rights of appeal and implementation.  In line with this, the authority is now required to decide whether to publish a Statutory Notice on the proposal to consult on the future of this provision.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved that the authority publishes a Statutory Notice to begin the representation period on the future of the post 16 provision currently delivered by Central Lancaster High School.

County Councillor considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to Adventure Hyndburn towards the final phase of the development and opening of a community allotment space.

Natural England has informed the County Council of the extension of the boundary of White Coppice Flush Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The boundary has been extended under section 28C of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to include more land that is considered to be of special interest. The enlarged site is to be known as West Pennine Moors SSSI.

The County Council has the right to make objections and representations (including those supporting the changes) about the notification.

The biodiversity and recreational value of the West Pennine Moors has long been recognised and the County Council has worked extensively with a range of partners for the conservation and enhancement of the Moors.

The SSSI includes land on the register of common land held by the County Council.

80% of the new SSSI area in Lancashire has previously been identified as Biological Heritage Sites. The notification of the SSSI will add further protection to the area and will help to deliver the County Council's strategic outcomes of a good environment while providing opportunities for people to access and enjoy the countryside as part of a healthy lifestyle.

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services has approved the County Council's support for the designation of the West Pennine Moors SSSI.

In February 2016 the County Council resolved to cease funding the countryside service from April 2018.  Revenue funding was stopped in April 2016, and the service is funded from reserves in 2016/17 and 2017/18.  In the two year period before funding stops, it was resolved that attempts should be made to secure alternative arrangements for the future of the County Council’s 84 countryside sites so the public could continue to enjoy free access to as many sites as possible.  In practical terms this meant identifying other organisations that could manage or own the sites.

On 28th June 2016 the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services agreed the selection and evaluation criteria to be used in the identification of organisations with whom the County Council could enter into negotiations to transfer the countryside sites which have been identified for closure.

The County Council has received eleven applications from organisations and individuals wishing to take over a number of the sites, and these applications have been evaluated in accordance with the agreed criteria.

This report provides details of the evaluations, and provides a number of recommendations for a way forward.  The report is in two parts, firstly setting out the results of the evaluations and the impact on the sites; and secondly a range of activities that need to be carried out to keep the process of transfer and service transformation moving forward.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 26 have been complied with.  Compliance with SO25 was not possible, the reason for this is that the proposals were not sufficiently advanced to allow publication of a notification 28 days in advance as required under SO25.  In addition, there is an immediate need to inform five organisations that site leases will potentially transfer to them and they can begin to plan for the new financial year from April.

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services and County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council:

(i)  Approved the proposals set out in Appendix A with a view to effecting transfers as soon as practicable for 13 of the 84 sites to five organisations; and that the seven individuals/organisations who have not met the agreed criteria be thanked for their interest and informed that their proposals will not be taken forward.

(ii)  Approved the proposals set out in Appendix B in relation to the 71 countryside sites for which the County Council has not received any acceptable expressions of interest; and that the County Council manages the assets at minimum cost where public access is maintained and the sites are safe and free from liability whilst these recommendations are progressed.

(iii)Approved the updating of the County Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy for managing the retained assets at a net cost of £0.197m per annum from 1 April 2018.

(iv)Authorised officers to continue to develop proposals to further reduce costs for maintaining the retained sites by, for example, generating income, attracting grants for the sites and continuing to work with other organisations who may be able to assist with maintaining the sites.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services and County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council:

(i)  Approved the proposals set out in Appendix A with a view to effecting transfers as soon as practicable for 13 of the 84 sites to five organisations; and that the seven individuals/organisations who have not met the agreed criteria be thanked for their interest and informed that their proposals will not be taken forward.

(ii)  Approved the proposals set out in Appendix B in relation to the 71 countryside sites for which the County Council has not received any acceptable expressions of interest; and that the County Council manages the assets at minimum cost where public access is maintained and the sites are safe and free from liability whilst these recommendations are progressed.

(iii)Approved the updating of the County Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy for managing the retained assets at a net cost of £0.197m per annum from 1 April 2018.

(iv)Authorised officers to continue to develop proposals to further reduce costs for maintaining the retained sites by, for example, generating income, attracting grants for the sites and continuing to work with other organisations who may be able to assist with maintaining the sites.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services in relation to applications from organisations and individuals wishing to take over a number of sites.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

To determine the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the school year 2018/19.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved:

(i) the admission numbers for community and voluntary controlled primary schools, secondary schools and sixth forms for 2018/19 listed at Appendices 'A' and 'B' (which include the recommendations of the Director of Children's Services as listed at Appendix 'C');

(ii) the criteria for admission to community and voluntary controlled primary schools,  secondary schools and sixth forms for 2018/19 as listed at Appendix 'D';

(iii) that the admission numbers and criteria for admission set out at Appendices 'A' and 'B', together with the other information included on the Authority’s website and in its admissions booklets, shall constitute the admission arrangements for 2018/19.

The Committee considered a report presented to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools on the determination of the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the school year 2018/19

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

Approval is sought for an exemption to Lancashire County Council Procurement Rules so that Lancashire County Council can enter into a regulated contract for water and wastewater retail services.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 26 have been complied with. 

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor David Howarth considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £418.55 to Double R Arts to support the Senior Youth Theatre's next production.

Having completed the GRIP 1- 2 stage in assessing the technical feasibility of constructing a rail link between the Wigan to Kirkby line and Skelmersdale, this report is requesting approval  to commission Network Rail to undertake the GRIP2 refresh and  3A feasibility study. 

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the requirements of Standing Order 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:

(i)  Approved that Network Rail is commissioned to carry out the GRIP 2 refresh and the GRIP 3A feasibility study into the Skelmersdale Rail Link project at an estimated cost of £5.1m with the costs met by the County Council, £4.335m and Merseytravel, £0.765m.

(ii)  Approved that the Director of Governance, Finance and Public Services be authorised on behalf of the County Council  to enter into the 'Development Services Agreement (DSA)' between Lancashire County Council and  Network Rail for the commissioning of the GRIP 2 refresh and the GRIP 3A feasibility study.

(iii)  Approved that the Director of Community Services and the Director of Governance, Finance and Public Services be authorised on behalf of the County Council to enter into a 'Funding Agreement' with Merseytravel.

(iv)  Approved that the additional £0.955m required to be funded by LCC  to be  the first call on the 2018/19 Department for Transport (DfT) transport allocation;

(v)  Approved the addition to the capital programme of £0.765m funding from Merseytravel.

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport requesting approval to commission Network Rail to undertake a feasibility study.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

This report seeks approval of Phase 2 of a programme of capital expansion projects in maintained schools to provide additional places to regularise admission numbers (to make them compatible with class size 30 requirements) in areas of growth.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and information in respect t of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

County Councillor Terry Burns considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £2,000 to Burnley Boys and Girls Club to create a community garden space at the club.

The contract for the operation of the Council's 15 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) expires on 31^st March 2018.

Approval is sought for the recommissioning of the service from 1^st April 2018, on the basis of the continuation of the current level of provision in terms of network of sites, staffing levels and existing opening hours.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services and County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services and County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

County Councillor Keith Sedgewick considered an approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Sharoe Green & Sherwood Community Association to purchase a spring plank for the toddler play area.

On 1 December 2016, the Governing Body of Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College (LSATPAC) began a statutory consultation on the proposal to discontinue its post 16 sixth form provision, by permanently lowering its age range from 11-18 years to 11-16 years, with effect from 31 August 2018.  The consultation on this proposal took place from 1 December 2016 to 20 January 2017. 

As part of the statutory process, a decision should now be taken about the proposal and this will be done by Lancashire County Council, who is the decision maker.  If the Authority does not make a decision within two months from the end of the consultation period, the proposal and any representations about the proposal must be passed to the schools adjudicator for a decision.

This is deemed to be a key decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been compiled with.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools:

(i)  considered the information in this report.

(ii)  approved the proposal of the Governing Body of Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College (LSATPAC), as detailed in the statutory notice, to discontinue its post 16 sixth form provision at by permanently lowering its age range from 11-18 years to 11-16 years, with effect from 31 August 2018.  The proposal is based on concerns about the long term financial viability of the whole school and is linked to the reducing number of students in the sixth form. 

(iii)  approved that an appropriate statutory decision letter be sent out, as specified under legal requirements, to give the reasons for the decision to those who are to be informed of them.

The Committee considered a report presented to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools on the proposal to discontinue post 16 sixth form provision, by permanently lowering the age range from 11-18 years to 11-16 years, with effect from 31 August 2018 of Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College (LSATPAC) following the conclusion of statutory consultation between 1 December 2016 and 20 January 2017.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

County Councillor George Wilkins considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £230 to 1^st Grimsargh Scout Group to replace camping equipment.

The reason for the reduction is that this is the exact amount Cllr Wilkins has remaining in his budget

On 9 February 2017 Full Council gave approval for two grants from the Department for Transport (DfT) to be added to the 2017/18 Highways Block of the Capital programme comprising;

• £20.514 million to be used to develop the 2017/18 new starts highway maintenance capital programme.
• £1.718 million from the DfT's £250 million Pothole Action Fund to tackle potholes.

Approval was also given for the DfT Integrated Transport Block annual grant of £6.054million to be added to the 2017/18 Transport block of the Capital programme, providing funding for the following allocations:

• £0.500 million to address road safety issues.
• £0.250 million to address structural repairs on the Public Rights of Way network. 
• £0.500 million to address Cycling issues.

A further £0.500 million was approved by Full Council for Road Safety to be funded from the previously approved Parish Buses allocation within the Vehicles Block of the Capital Programme. Proposals to allocate this funding and the Cycling allocation will be presented in future reports.

This report sets out at Appendix 'A' the criteria used to select projects for inclusion in the above new starts programmes. The proposed 2017/18 list of projects is detailed at Appendices 'B' to 'J'.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order 25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport:

• Approved the criteria for project selection set out at Appendix 'A'
• Approved the proposed 2017/18 list of projects set out at Appendices 'B' to 'J' relating to;

-  £20.514 million for highway maintenance

-  £0.500 million to address road safety issues

-  £0.250 million to address structural repairs on the Public Rights of Way network

-  £1.718m Pothole Action funding.

• Approved that further reports including proposals relating to the additional £0.500 million awarded for road safety projects and a draft Cycling Programme be brought forward for consideration in due course.

The Committee considered a report for the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport on the criteria used to select projects for inclusion in the 2017/18 Highways Block of the Capital programme.

Further information in relation to funding to support flood damage was requested.

It was proposed and seconded that the decision be deferred to enable the Cabinet Member to reconsider the balance of projects across the county

An amendment was then proposed and, upon a vote, carried that the original recommendation set out in the report remain

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

Re-profiling the County Council's contributions to the Pension Fund.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order No. 26 have been complied with.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved the recommendations as set out in the full report.

The full report is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The report contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

This report:

·   outlines several elements of works classified as in need of immediate attention due to a high risk of failure, or as a regulatory requirement of the redevelopment works currently  underway to the  County Hall Old Building as part of the ongoing redevelopment  of the County Hall Complex; and 

·   how these works will be funded. 

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order 25 have

been complied with.

County Councillor David Borrow, the Deputy Leader of the County Council approved:

(i)  The  investment of £1.586m in order to fund several elements of works classified as in need of immediate attention due to a high risk of failure, or as a regulatory requirement of the redevelopment works currently underway to the County Hall Old Building as part of the ongoing redevelopment of the County Hall Complex; and

(ii)  The use of three funding sources as set out in the table in section 2 of the report to fund this investment.

This KEY Decision was taken in accordance with the process agreed by the Executive Scrutiny Committee.

The Committee considered a report presented to the Deputy Leader of the County Council on the ongoing redevelopment of the County Hall Complex

Further information in relation to the fire evacuation of disabled visitors and staff was requested for the next meeting of the Committee

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Deputy Leader of the County Council be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

This report focuses on reviewing how we fund and procure supported accommodation services for young people.  It is proposed that the retained £1.35M of Supporting People funding is pooled with current budgetary provision for supported accommodation for care leavers in order to provide a more cost effective approach to supporting young people. 

This will be achieved by extending Supporting People contracts until September 2018 and reviewing processes in relation to assessment, prioritisation and control of access to Supporting People services, with a view to ensuring that young people to whom the County Council owes a statutory responsibility are able to access services. 

Activity will be monitored by the Access to Resource Team and the findings will inform future commissioning intentions.  In order to fulfil our responsibilities as a corporate parent and to avoid the "cliff edge" faced by care leavers at 18, it is proposed that services can be accessed by young people aged 16 to 21 years old.

This is deemed to be a Key Decision, and the provisions of Standing Order No. 25 have been complied with.

The Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services and the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved:

(a)  The pooling of  £1.35M of Supporting People funding and £3.6M of Children's Social Care funding for supported accommodation for young people;

(b)  That services can be accessed by 16 to 21 year olds to whom the County Council owes, or has previously owed, a statutory duty under the Children Act 1989 and that in exceptional circumstances, where there is capacity, other young people who find themselves homeless between the ages of 18 and 21 years old can access services on a time limited basis.

County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services and County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved:

(a)  The pooling of  £1.35M of Supporting People funding and £3.6M of Children's Social Care funding for supported accommodation for young people;

(b)  That services can be accessed by 16 to 21 year olds to whom the County Council owes, or has previously owed, a statutory duty under the Children Act 1989 and that in exceptional circumstances, where there is capacity, other young people who find themselves homeless between the ages of 18 and 21 years old can access services on a time limited basis.

The Committee considered a report for the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services and the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools on reviewing how we fund and procure supported accommodation services for young people.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services and the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

This report sets out recommendations to approve the commencement of six procurement exercises for:

(i)  The Refurbishment of Greyhound Bridge;

(ii)  The Supply, Installation and Management of Electric Vehicle Charging Points;

(iii)  The Provision of Hospital Aftercare Services;

(iv)  The Provision of North and Central Lancashire Recovery Oriented Adult Substance Misuse Services;

(v)  The Provision of Services for the Acceptance and Composting of Green Waste Arising in the East of the Administrative County of Lancashire, and;

(vi)  A Multi-provider Framework for the Acceptance and Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arising in the Administrative County of Lancashire and Blackpool

The procurement exercises will be undertaken in line with European Union (EU) Regulations, the County Council's Procurement Rules, and as outlined in Appendix 'A' to this report.

These are deemed to be Key Decisions and the provisions of Standing Order No.25 have been complied with.

County Councillor John Fillis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(i)  The Refurbishment of Greyhound Bridge, and

(ii)  The Supply, Installation and Management of Electric Vehicle Charging Points.

County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iii)  The Provision of Hospital Aftercare Services

County Councillor Azhar Ali, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iv)  The Provision of North and Central Lancashire Recovery Oriented Adult Substance Misuse Services

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(v)  The Provision of Services for the Acceptance and Composting of Green Waste Arising in the East of the Administrative County of Lancashire, and

(vi)   A Multi-provider Framework for the Acceptance and Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arising in the Administrative County of Lancashire and Blackpool.

County Councillor John Fillis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(i)  The Refurbishment of Greyhound Bridge, and

(ii)  The Supply, Installation and Management of Electric Vehicle Charging Points.

County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iii)  The Provision of Hospital Aftercare Services

County Councillor Azhar Ali, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iv)  The Provision of North and Central Lancashire Recovery Oriented Adult Substance Misuse Services

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(v)  The Provision of Services for the Acceptance and Composting of Green Waste Arising in the East of the Administrative County of Lancashire, and

(vi)   A Multi-provider Framework for the Acceptance and Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arising in the Administrative County of Lancashire and Blackpool.

County Councillor John Fillis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(i)  The Refurbishment of Greyhound Bridge, and

(ii)  The Supply, Installation and Management of Electric Vehicle Charging Points.

County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iii)  The Provision of Hospital Aftercare Services

County Councillor Azhar Ali, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iv)  The Provision of North and Central Lancashire Recovery Oriented Adult Substance Misuse Services

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(v)  The Provision of Services for the Acceptance and Composting of Green Waste Arising in the East of the Administrative County of Lancashire, and

(vi)   A Multi-provider Framework for the Acceptance and Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arising in the Administrative County of Lancashire and Blackpool.

County Councillor John Fillis, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(i)  The Refurbishment of Greyhound Bridge, and

(ii)  The Supply, Installation and Management of Electric Vehicle Charging Points.

County Councillor Tony Martin, Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iii)  The Provision of Hospital Aftercare Services

County Councillor Azhar Ali, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(iv)  The Provision of North and Central Lancashire Recovery Oriented Adult Substance Misuse Services

County Councillor Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services approved the commencement of the procurement exercises as set out in Appendix 'A' of this report in respect of:

(v)  The Provision of Services for the Acceptance and Composting of Green Waste Arising in the East of the Administrative County of Lancashire, and

(vi)   A Multi-provider Framework for the Acceptance and Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arising in the Administrative County of Lancashire and Blackpool.

The Committee considered a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing and the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services on the commencement of six procurement exercises.

Resolved: - That the recommendations set out in the report to the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services, the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing and the Cabinet Member for Environment, Planning and Cultural Services be noted and that no additional comments or suggested alternative recommendations be made.

This report is regarding proposed public realm improvements in Bacup town centre.  The report will recommend locations for five Zebra crossings.

County Councillor Kim Snape considered and approved a local member grant to Friends of Adlington Library of £199.25 towards items required for fundraising events.

County Councillor Snape declared a non-pecuniary interest as she is involved in the group's committee, following the library closures.

County Councillor Kim Snape rejected a local member grant application from Lancashire TAAG ASD ADHD towards social and wellbeing activities during the school holidays.

The reason for the rejection is that CC Snape wishes to support an organisation specific to her electoral division within the limited remaining funds available in her local member grant budget.

County Councillor Malcolm Barron considered and approved a local member grant to St Banks St Stephens Bowling Club of £207.00 for 3 sets of Junior Crown Green Bowls.

County Councillor David Stansfield considered and approved a local member grant of £600.00 to Haslingden and Helmshore Band for 24 orchestral music stands.

County Councillor Margaret Brindle considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £207.40 to St Stephen's Church Burnley for kitchen equipment.

The reason for the reduction is due to demand on her Local Member Grant Fund, Councillor Brindle is unable to fully fund the request made by yourselves. In order to be as fair as possible to all the groups that have applied, she has similarly part funded the groups equally.

County Councillor Margaret Brindle considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £200 to St Johns Worthhorne Scout Group for equipment to aid outdoor camping and cooking.

The reason for the reduction is due to demand on her Local Member Grant Fund, Councillor Brindle is unable to fully fund the request made by yourselves. In order to be as fair as possible to all the groups that have applied, she has similarly part funded the groups equally.

County Councillor David O'Toole considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £873 to Haskayne & Downholland Association for remedial work in the main hall.

The reason for the reduction is that this is the total amount Councillor O'Toole has remaining in his budget.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, the Cabinet Member for Children, Young and Schools considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £1,500 to Leyland Town Team towards the cost of the Christmas lights.

County Councillor George Wilkins considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £1,450 to Friends of Grimsargh Green (FOGG) to plant 18 semi mature trees and 1000 daffodil and crocus bulbs on the village green.

County Councillor Margaret Brindle considered and approved a Local Member Grant at a reduced cost of £100 to Friends of Towneley Park towards the cost of producing their annual newsletter.

The reason for the reduced amount is due to lack of funds available.

County Councillor Margaret Brindle considered and approved to part fund a Local Member Grant of £200 to 1^st St James Briercliffe Brownies towards the cost of a printer and craft items.

The reason for the reduced amount is due to lack of funds available.

County Councillor David Smith considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £484 to Slaidburn Village Hall for a defibrillator cabinet.

The reason for the reduction is that County Councillor Smith only has this amount remaining in his budget.

County Councillor Chris Henig considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £230 to The Olive Branch (Faith in Action) to purchase food items for their food parcels.  

County Councillor Malcolm Barron considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £200 to Hesketh Bank Silver Band for complete sets of music copies for their training band.

The reason for the reduction is Cllr Barron has limited funds available in his budget.

County Councillor Jennifer Mein, the Leader of the County Council considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £64 to Preston Black History Group towards a celebratory event.

The reason for the reduction is that County Councillor Mein only has this amount remaining in her budget.

County Councillor Tony Martin, the Cabinet Member for Adult and Community Services considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £570 to Friends of Ightenhill Park towards the cost of the bands and advertising in the park.

County Councillor Keith Iddon considered and approved a reduced Local Member Grant of £ 344.00 to Mawdesley Village Hall.

The reason for the reduction is that this is the amount Cllr Iddon has left remaining in his budget.

County Councillor Peter Britcliffe considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to The Lamp Community Group to purchase a laptop.

County Councillor Liz Oades considered and approved a local member grant of £420.00 to Fylde Coast Youth Theatre Company for weekly rehearsals and theatre classes.

County Councillor Peter Britcliffe considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £139 to Hyndburn Arts Limited to purchase sewing machines for making costumes.

The Chair welcomed Brendan Lee, Head of Service Special Educational Needs and Disability, to the meeting.

The Committee was informed that the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 directly impacted on work undertaken within the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) service and subsequently officers had to have due regard for the remits of this legislation. The MCA had far reaching implications for the SEND service in relation to decisions that young people using their service were making with regard to their education and care. The MCA interacted with other key pieces of legislation such as the Children Act 1989 and SEND Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years.

Within SEND, good progress had been made in a number of areas of the Work Plan (September 2016). Pathways had been developed in relation to how the Children with Disabilities Team (CwD) and Integrated Assessment and Monitoring Team (IA&M) work with children and young people to undertake capacity assessments and, where appropriate, consider what was in their best interests. These were currently being consulted on by a number of practitioners with various areas of expertise. The cohort of young people to whom the MCA was applicable had been identified and the procedure for prioritising these young people was being developed and would be implemented in due course. Training was being commissioned from April 2017. Learning from case law and casework within Lancashire was ongoing and would inform the development of procedures and practice guidance. In the last 12 months the CwD Team had made seven applications to the Court of Protection under the MCA with no criticism received from the work undertaken in these cases. The SEND Service had successfully built good links with Lancashire's Mental Capacity Act MCA Co-Ordinator in the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Team who was providing advice and guidance where requested and had strengthened links with Legal Services to offer on-going support. In addition the MCA Working Group incorporated professionals with a range of backgrounds and knowledge.

Questions and comments in relation to the report were as follows:

·  The SEND team had to consider if the children had the mental capacity to make their own decisions and understand the consequences of their actions before the team looked at deprivation of liberty.

·  Regarding the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), concerns were expressed over deprivation of liberty for children. The primary goal of the SEND team was to protect the children. The MCA was about protecting liberty. It was very challenging for foster services and care services. There was a huge piece of legislation in regards to the MCA and deprivation of liberty with many complexities attached to it.

·  Members felt there was scope for a briefing on the MCA and deprivation of liberty for all County Councillors. The SEND DoLs Sub-Group had felt that that this was a difficult and complex area of work and asked how far LCC could go as a local authority ensuring all the procedures were in place and children were protected

Resolved:

1.  The Committee noted the progress made so far in relation to the implementation of the MCA within SEND and the development of policy, procedures and processes being developed to support compliant practice and positive outcomes for young people.

2.  The Committee requested an update report in six months.

Resolved: That the Health and Wellbeing Board – Annual Review presentation be deferred until the next scheduled meeting of the Health Scrutiny Committee on 11 April 2017.

The aim of this project is, through the introduction of independent travel training (ITT) across Lancashire, to improve the quality of life of individuals who currently rely on local authority transport support and in doing so reduce reliance on non-statutory transport provision; which will reduce the costs of providing transport in an increasingly challenging financial climate. Travel training also enables people to travel in a more sustainable way (i.e. by public transport, on foot or by bicycle) and prepare/equip individuals for adulthood.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools approved the setting up of an Independent Travel Training Service for 0-25 year olds as set out in this report, and to the funding being provided from grant funding on a sliding scale over the first three years of the service.

County Councillor Barrie Yates considered and approved a reduced local member grant of £290.35 to South Ribble Pensioners Association towards printing and postage of the newsletter and website maintenance.

The reason for the reduction is that CC Yates has insufficient funds left in his local member grant budget to support the application in full.

County Councillor Barrie Yates considered and approved a reduced local member grant of £290.35 to Gregson Lane Cricket Club towards the cost of a mower.

The reason for the reduction is that CC Yates has insufficient funds left in his local member grant budget to support the application in full.

County Councillor Cynthia Dereli considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £100 to Lancashire Best Kept Village towards the cost of the Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition.

County Councillor Albert Atkinson considered and approved a local member grant of £500.00 to Clitheroe Youth Forum for a hair, facial and make up project.

County Councillor Peter Britcliffe considered and approved a local member grant of £500.00 to Oswaldtwistle Players for stage scenery and equipment.

County Councillor David Borrrow considered and approved a local member grant of £500.00 to Dig In North West towards work required for a counselling room for veterans.

County Councillor Malcolm Barron considered and approved a reduced local member grant of £250.00 to North Meols Nifty 50'ss Sports Club towards mobile storage shelving.

The reason for the reduction is that the Councillor has a number of other requests he wishes to support within limited funds remaining.

A report was presented on an application for the addition of a public byway open to all traffic from Main Road to Packet Lane, in accordance with File No. 804-578.

Details of the application and the evidence related to it, together with a summary of the law in relation to the continuous review of the definitive map and statement of public rights of way (in the form of Annex A) and of the effect of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 were presented both as part of the report and by officers at the meeting.

One Member was in favour of the byway being open to all traffic as she was concerned about the lack of access for emergency services and about excluding villagers from accessing this route. 

Another Member queried whether a case could be built around a mechanically propelled vehicular route.  Jane Turner confirmed that the evidence of use available showed that in the relevant 5 years, the main public use had not been vehicular and that to save the mechanically propelled rights more evidence of vehicular use would need to be produced, for this to be classed as a byway open to all traffic.  David Goode informed the Committee that if they were minded to agree the recommendation to not accept the application for the byway to be open to all traffic, then if significant evidence became available, this would be referred back to the Committee. 

It was stated that it should be made clear to the applicant that if they had more evidence of vehicular access, they needed to let the officers know and, if sufficient, it would be referred back to the Committee.

Resolved: 

(i)  That the application for the addition of a byway open to all traffic from Main Road to Packet Lane, Bolton le Sands, in accordance with File No. 804-578, be not accepted but instead a route of a different description be added;

(ii)  That an Order be made pursuant to Section 53 (2)(b) and Section 53 (3)(b) and/or Section 53(c)(i) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to add a restricted byway from Main Road to Packet Lane on the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way as shown on Committee Plan between points A – B;

(iii)That being satisfied that the higher test for confirmation can be met the Order be promoted to confirmation.

County Councillor Bill Winlow considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £923 to Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust towards their energy saving boiler. 

The Leader of the County Council, County Councillor Jennifer Mein considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £200.00 to Fishwick Rangers Youth Development Scheme, for the facility hire of football pitches, equipment, cost of referees and refreshments.

County Councillor Matthew Tomlinson considered and approved a local member grant of £249.00 to Leyland Community Radio Ltd for a wireless microphone system.

County Councillor Tim Ashton considered and approved a local member grant of £500 to Fable Arts towards the publication costs of The Shrimper's Daughter.

County Councillor Mark Perks considered and approved a local member grant of £980.00 to LANCASHIRE TAAG Teenage ASD ADHD Group towards social and wellbeing activities during the school holidays.

County Councillor Carl Crompton considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 to Fishwick Rangers Youth Development Scheme, for the facility hire of football pitches, equipment, cost of referees and refreshments.

County Councillor David Borrow, Deputy Leader of the County Council approved a Local Member Grant of £678.00 towards delivering a celebration event, on behalf of County Councillor Munsif Dad who has a non-pecuniary interest in the application because he is a Member of the BME Forum.

County Councillor Munsif Dad declared a non-pecuniary interest in a Local Member Grant application submitted by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley BME Forum towards delivering a celebration event .

The non-pecuniary interest is that County Councillor Dad is a Member of the BME Forum.

The application has therefore been reassigned to the Deputy Leader for decision.

County Councillor Steven Holgate considered and approved a local member grant of £200.00 to LANCASHIRE TAAG Teenage ASD ADHD Group towards social and wellbeing activities during the school holidays.

County Councillor David O'Toole considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Haskayne Youth Association for toys, equipment and furniture.

County Councillor Cynthia Dereli considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Burscough Village and Heritage Group towards the venue, posters and promotional material for their event on 13 March 2017.

County Councillor Julie Gibson considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £200 to 1439 (Skelmersdale) Squadron Air Training Corps towards holding celebratory and information event.

County Councillor Julie Gibson considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £100 to West Lancs Arc CIC to cover the running costs of the projects for clients and volunteers.

County Councillor Bernard Dawson considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £200 to Accrington Division Girls Guides towards the cost of running the  becoming a Dementia Friend Event.

County Councillor Julie Gibson considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £300 to Skelmersdale Prize Band to replace the lighting tubes in the main room and renew the extractor fans in the toilets and kitchen.

County Councillor Keith Iddon considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Mawdesley St Peter's Parent Teacher Association for materials to improve the garden area at St Peter's CoE Primary School.

County Councillor Niki Penney considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £467.90 to St John's Hospice to purchase 3 new syringe drivers.

County Councillor Mike Otter considered and approved a local member grant of £250.00 to Leyland St Mary's Foodbank towards specific items for the food parcels.

County Councillor Jeff Sumner considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to Greenbrook Parent and Toddler Group to purchase new highchairs and learning resources.

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information).

The Committee considered a report on the Local Pensions Partnership's (LPP) Remuneration Policy and proposals relating to remuneration packages of four members of LPP's Executive Committee.

Resolved:  That the proposals in relation to the Local Pensions Partnership's Remuneration Policy and the remuneration packages of four members of the Executive Committee, as set out in the report and Appendix 'A' now presented, be approved.

County Councillor Jackie Oakes considered and approved a local member grant of £301.58 to Whitewell Bottom Pre-School for wicker furniture, natural materials and items for number play.

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information).

The Committee considered a report on the Local Pensions Partnership's proposals to introduce a new business model for the Pensions Administration aspect of their operating model.

Resolved:  That the Local Pensions Partnership's Administration Business Transformation proposals, as set out at Appendix 'A' now presented, be approved. 

County Councillor Munsif Dad considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £100 to Accrington Division Girls Guides towards the cost of running the  becoming a Dementia Friend Event.

County Councillor Niki Penney considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £200 to The Olive Branch (Faith in Action) to but food items for the food bank.

County Councillor Paul Rigby considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £500 to The AFC Fylde Community Foundation for entertainment equipment and games to run the Warton  Youth Club.

County Councillor Kim Snape considered and approved a Local Member Grant of £250 for a new cabin to store their equipment.