Decisions

RESOLVED

i)              That the details of the carbon footprint generated by the Council’s buildings, transport and operations be noted;

ii)             To recommend to Council that in the budget for 2020/21 £200,000 be transferred into a green reserve to create a seed funding pot for community groups for a five year period.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)              The Council’s carbon footprint will form the basis of setting a science based target for reducing its carbon emissions and producing a practical, costed action plan to achieve the target;

ii)             Community groups and Parish Councils would be able to apply for funding for projects that tackle climate change and contribute to a District wide approach to addressing this issue. The fund would be £40,000 per annum.

RESOLVED

That:

i)          The arrangements set out in the report for the future governance of the receipts from the Community Infrastructure Levy be approved;

ii)         A Joint Officer Working Group be established to prioritise infrastructure projects seeking funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy and provide recommendations to the Director of Place regarding which projects should receive such funding;

iii)         To establish an Infrastructure Projects Working Group (IPWG) to receive the recommendations of the Director of Place on prioritised schemes which shall be funded from the Community Infrastructure Levy;

iv)        The prioritisation of and collection and monitoring of CIL spend be delegated to the Director of Place in consultation with the Director of Community Services and the Infrastructure Projects Working Group as charging authority on behalf of the Council;

v)         the Planning Obligations Panel be dissolved and the prioritisation, collection and monitoring of any financial contributions arising from agreements made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 be delegated to the Director of Place in consultation with the Director of Community Services.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)          To provide clarity, transparency and consistency in the collection, allocation and spending of CIL receipts.

ii)         To set out the relationship between the Council as charging authority and key stakeholders and infrastructure providers (internal and external).

iii)         To ensure CIL receipts are spent on infrastructure required to support development, in accordance with the CIL Regulations 2010 as amended (‘the CIL Regulations’);

iv)        To ensure CIL serves its purpose of contributing to the delivery of the        infrastructure necessary to support the Horsham District Planning Framework.      

RESOLVED

That:

a)     the formation of a partnership with the Sussex Wildlife Trust be approved.

b)     the partnership document and endorse its aims and actions be approved.

c)      The recommendation to Council that the budget for 2020/21 include a green reserve of £571,000 for the costs of the Wilder Horsham District programme be approved.

Reasons for Recommendations

a)    To allow the partnership with the Sussex Wildlife Trust to be formed, with the associated resources to achieve the aims of the partnership over a five year period.

b)    To provide a budget to replace trees lost to disease and pests etc. on Council owned land.

RESOLVED

That the West Sussex Disabled Facilities Grant Policy at Appendix 1 to this report be adopted, to take effect from 2^nd January 2020.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)     To enable the Council to sustain a robust Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy.

ii)    To use effectively the increase in funding the Better Care Fund is providing to local authorities for home adaptations.

RESOLVED

That the tender from Mole Valley District Council for the contract to provide the Community Link Lifeline Alarm monitoring service be accepted.

Reasons for Recommendations

i)          The tender from Mole Valley District Council for the contract to provide the Community Link Lifeline Alarm monitoring service offered the most economically advantageous bid in terms of price and quality.

RESOLVED

That, in order to discourage people from parking for longer than five hours in the Pavilions car park, two new tariff points be introduced.

Reasons for Recommendations

The reasons for recommending the tariff changes are:

  I.        Required to keep the car park short stay with the introduction of pay on foot;

 II.        To ensure long stay parkers use those other car parks designated for long stay parking;

III.        Two stage tariff to reduce the impact of those that just exceed the five hour threshold.

RESOLVED

  i.         the business case for the purchase of the affordable rental house in Slinfold by Horsham District Homes (Holdings) be approved;

 ii.        the business case for the construction of three homes for affordable rental in Roman Way, Billingshurst by Horsham District Homes Ltd be approved;

iii.        The transfer of the land in Roman Way, Billingshurst from Horsham District Council to Horsham District Homes (Holding) for a sum to be determined by an independent valuer subject to not needing the consent of the Secretary of State be approved;

iv.        A loan of up to £350,000 to Horsham District Homes Ltd for the construction of the three properties at Roman Way, Billingshurst at the agreed rate of 4% plus base rate, be approved;

 v.         That the transfer of s106 funds to Horsham District Homes (Holdings) for the purchase of the two bedroomed house in Slinfold for a sum of no greater than £205,000 plus stamp duty and agents fees be recommended to Council.

vi.        That the transfer of s106 funds to Horsham District Homes (Holdings) for the purchase of three properties at Roman Way, Billingshurst for a sum of no greater than £675,600 plus legal and professional costs be recommended to Council.

Reasons for Recommendations

Approval of the recommendations will allow the details of the transactions to be completed so that the affordable rental properties can be delivered for the benefit of households on the housing list.

RESOLVED

That:

     I.        the draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans, which include proposed boundary changes, be approved for public consultation.

    II.        the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development be approved to be given delegated authority to agree minor editorial changes prior to publication.

Reasons for Recommendations

      I.        To enable Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans to be produced to help guide development for Slinfold and Warnham.

    II.        To give the Cabinet Member delegated authority to approve minor changes to the document, without the need for it to be referred back to Cabinet.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet recommend to Council that:

i)             The Medium Term Financial Strategy 2020/21 to 2023/24 be approved, and:

ii)            The projected budgets and potential actions as detailed in paragraph 3.53 and table 4of the report be noted.