Record of Exercise of Delegated Powers

 

Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Interim Executive Director Development Environment and Leisure

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Ian Auckland

 

Decision: To approve extension of the warning notice period from 2 weeks to 2 months.

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Planning Performance and Partnership, Children and Young People Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Andrew Sangar

 

Decision: That delegated authority be given to officers to deliver a policy of incorporating independent, non-binding parental ballots into consultation processes where school Governing Bodies wish to explore a change in school status through:

 

(i)                 holding independently-managed non-binding ballots for all new Academy proposals as part of the Neighbourhood Commission process,;

 

(ii)               strongly encouraging school governing bodies who wish to become a Trust school to hold independently-managed non-binding ballots,;

 

(iii)             that the population to be balloted should be the parents of pupils at the school and at all feeder schools (where appropriate); and

 

(iv)              in the case of the Parkwood academy, where the Neighbourhood Commission process has been completed, to hold a ballot in the autumn as part of the statutory consultation period.

 

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Housing, Neighbourhoods and Community Care Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Bob McCann

 

Decision: To procure a design team from the Designer Panel to:-

 

a)        Undertake design work, including housing mix, development standards and phasing for the development and financial modelling to show the financial viability of the proposed scheme; and

 

b)        Complete outline design and gain planning permission for the site.

 

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Corporate Resources, Chief Executive’s Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Simon Clement-Jones

 

Decision: To seek approval to appoint external consultancy support for a period of 6 months to implement the recommendations of an opportunity assessment and deliver wave 2 savings within the OTP Procurement Project.

 

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Housing, Neighbourhoods and Community Care Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Bob McCann

 

Decision: To sell a development site at Manor Oaks Road/Manor Oaks Place, Wybourn, at the price set out in the attached report to allow the development of 4 bungalows and 6 apartments for social rent by Manchester Methodist Housing Association.

 

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Interim Director of Development Services, Development Environment and Leisure Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Ian Auckland

 

Decision: To launch a new initiative designed to facilitate, encourage and capture a regular pledge by individuals and organisations to, when possible, travel by means other than single occupancy private motor car.

 

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Corporate Resources, Chief Executive’s Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed

 

Decision: To advise Cabinet on how the Tree Planting project, which is part of the Delivery for Sheffield programme, will be delivered and to seek approval for its implementation.

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Parks and Countryside, Development Environment and Leisure Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed

 

Decision: To seek approval to go out to tender for the improvements to Fox Hill recreation ground.

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Executive Director/Head Of Service:  Director of Parks and Countryside, Development Environment and Leisure Directorate

 

Cabinet Member: Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed

 

Decision: To (a) seek approval for additional capital expenditure of £153K as outlined in the attached CP Form A Variation; and (b) note that the increase in revenue budget as a consequence of the capital investment will be covered by additional resources provided through the Sharrow Programme and S106 funding.

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