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| S H E F F I E L D C I T Y C O U N C I L | ||
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| CABINET | ||
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| Meeting held 22nd November, 2006 | ||
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| PRESENT: | Councillors Jan Wilson (Chair), Terry Fox, Harry Harpham, Steve Jones, Mary Lea, Bryan Lodge, Robert MacDonald, Mick Rooney and Chris Weldon. | |
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| 1. | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST | |
| | There were no declarations of interest reported at this meeting. | |
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| 2. | MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING | |
| | The minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 8th November, 2006 were received and approved as a correct record. | |
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| 3. | PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS | |
| | With reference to proposals to replace Myers Grove and Wisewood Schools, George Watson asked how the Council could be sure that the numbers of children attending Wisewood School were dwindling, particularly as there were plans to build more houses in the area. | |
| | In response, Councillor Jan Wilson (the Leader of the Council) stated that, in planning for future educational needs, information such as the number of births, population trends and the impact of new housing developments was taken into account. The Cabinet had satisfied itself that all such factors had been taken into account in agreeing at the last meeting to consult the public on proposals to replace Myers Grove and Wisewood Schools with a single new secondary school and the results of those consultations would be considered in due course. The Executive Director, Children and Young People, added that the Council was aware of the number of children attending the feeder schools, together with the number of parents who chose to send their children to schools elsewhere, and these factors were also taken into account. The projections indicated that there would be 4,000 less secondary school aged children by 2011. | |
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| 4. | PLACING ENTERPRISE AT THE HEART OF THE CURRICULUM: ESTABLISHING TWO 14-19 ENTERPRISE CENTRES FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CITY | |
| | The Executive Director, Children and Young People, submitted a report commenting that, for Sheffield to achieve its ambition of having an economy that matches the best in Europe and to ensure that it is able to continue to compete in the global market place, it must do more to develop a stronger, indigenous entrepreneurial culture and equip its population with the skills confidence and expertise associated with an enterprising business environment. In furtherance of this aspiration, the report contained details of early proposals drawn up between the Local Authority and local secondary schools in the south east and north west of the city to establish two 14-19 enterprise centres in the north and south of the city. | |
| | He stated that the purpose of the two enterprise centres would be to anticipate the infrastructural requirements of the 14-19 curriculum and qualifications reform to be introduced between 2008 and 2013 and to improve the attainment and participation of that cohort of 14-19 year olds who do not respond well to the existing curriculum offer. They would also address key economic and skills objectives in the city strategy, cultivate a new generation of entrepreneurs and provide young people with the support and facilities to succeed. | |
| | RESOLVED: That (a) the early proposals drawn up between the Local Authority and local secondary schools in the south east and north west of the city to establish two 14-19 enterprise centres, designed to address unmet need and to enhance choice and diversity in the 14-19 curriculum, be noted; | |
| | (b) approval be given to the staged establishment of two new 14-19 enterprise centres serving the north and the south of the city by 2012 and for their inclusion in the Local Authority's Building Schools for the Future Wave 2 submission; | |
| | (c) approval be given for the contribution of the land in the ownership of the City Council at Beighton Road, Woodhouse, and the value pertaining to it, to the proposal for a South Sheffield Enterprise Centre; and | |
| | (d) delegated powers be granted to the Executive Director, Children and Young People, the Director of Corporate Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive, Legal and Governance to agree contracts relating to the development of the enterprise centres, as required. | |
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| 5. | RESIDENTS' PARKING ZONES | |
| | The Executive Director, Development, Environment and Leisure submitted a report referring to a strategy approved by the former Planning and Economic Development Programme Committee in March 2000 to create a peripheral parking zone which would surround the city centre controlled parking zone. He stated that the aim of the strategy was to limit commuter parking and establish a consistent way of dealing with parking in all areas outside the city centre. The report summarised developments since that time which, following a wide-ranging consultation exercise had led to an implementation programme of the first phase of the peripheral parking zone in Broomhall, Broomhill, Sharrow Vale and Crookesmoor. | |
| | In commenting on the progress of the schemes, he outlined the need for consideration to be given to further developing a city-wide strategy for dealing with requests for residents' parking schemes in other suburban areas, areas around schools, colleges and education establishments, local shopping centres and other areas. Amongst other things, the report commented on the enforcement of residents' parking zones and contained recommendations for testing the effectiveness of such schemes by undertaking trials at suitable sites for each category during the 2007/08 financial year. | |
| | RESOLVED: That (a) approval be given for a review of all outstanding requests for residents' parking zones to be carried out in line with the criteria set out in the report now submitted, with all new requests being assessed in the same manner and originators of requests being informed of the outcome; | |
| | (b) requests that satisfy the criteria be placed in priority order, in line with the criteria, with available funding being targeted at the requests that have the highest priority on the understanding that, should the available funding be insufficient to deal with the highest priority request, that funding would transfer to the highest priority request that could be dealt with utilising the available budget; | |
| | (c) the rolling out of the peripheral parking zone, as referred to in section 3 of the report, be affirmed, following the review of the first phase of the scheme; | |
| | (d) approval be given for trial sites being set up in the Hillsborough/Middlewood area during the 2007/08 financial year to test the effectiveness and cost of residents' parking schemes in tackling parking difficulties around colleges, park and ride sites and suburban shopping areas; and | |
| | (e) approval be also given for a trial site to be set up around a school selected from the list attached as Appendix C to the report, such location to be determined by the Director of Development Services after further research. | |
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| 6. | DISPOSAL OF LAND FOR DEVELOPING SITES AT MANOR 8 AND PENRITH EAST | |
| | The Executive Director, Neighbourhoods and Community Care submitted a report recommending the disposal of two sites through the Developer Panel for the development of high quality, innovative and sustainable housing on cleared sites in the South and North Area Development Framework areas. She stated that, in order to facilitate this, the sites would need to be disposed of at less than open market value and authority was, therefore, being sought to negotiate sales at discounted prices. | |
| | RESOLVED: That (a) the site at Manor 8, as shown on Appendix A to the report now submitted, be sold to Lovells Partnerships Ltd., of the large Developer Panel, as a site for the construction of housing, subject to satisfactory negotiations, legal agreements and planning approval; | |
| | (b) the site at Penrith East, Shirecliffe, as shown on Appendix B to the report now submitted, be sold to Barratt Homes Ltd., of the medium Developer Panel, as a site for the construction of housing, subject to satisfactory negotiations, legal agreements and planning approval; and | |
| | (c) authority be given for the Executive Director, Neighbourhoods and Community Care, in consultation with the Director of Corporate Resources, the Assistant Chief Executive, Legal and Governance and the Head of Corporate Property to negotiate and agree terms for the sale of the sites for the purposes mentioned in the report now submitted, at a discount from their market value which reflects the City Council's tenure mix and design requirements. | |
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| | (NOTE: The appendix to the above report was not available to the public and press because it contained exempt information as described in part 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.) | |
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| 7. | EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS | |
| | RESOLVED: That the public and press be excluded from the meeting before discussion takes place on the following item of business to be considered on the grounds that, if the public and press were present during the transaction of such business, there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information as described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended. | |
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| 8. | PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES AT NORFOLK PARK | |
| | The Executive Director, Neighbourhoods and Community Care submitted a report seeking authority to proceed with the purchase of the leases of two properties at Norfolk Park, using funding provided by English Partnerships, in order to further the implementation of the Council approved masterplan for Norfolk Park. | |
| | RESOLVED: That (a) authority be given for the Head of Corporate Property to agree terms for the purchase of the leases of two properties at Norfolk Park referred to in the report now submitted, using funding provided by English Partnerships under the Sheffield City Council - English Partnerships funding agreement; and | |
| | (b) authority be given for the Assistant Chief Executive, Legal and Governance to complete the necessary legal documentation. | |