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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP

Contact: Natasha Brown, 01572 720991  Email: nbrown@rutland.gov.uk

Link: Audio recording

Items
No. Item

721.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Ms Burkitt, Mr Dale, Mr Parsons, Mrs Stephenson and Mr Thomas.

722.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

To receive any announcements by the Chairman.

Minutes:

The Chairman announced that the list of engagements had been circulated.

 

The Chairman also thanked the Chief Executive and all the Officers involved in the organisation of the 20th Anniversary of Rutland Independence.  The day was a huge success with various events including a fundraising “Run for Rutland”, a civic reception in the Castle, movie festival and choral concert, culminating in a fireworks display in the evening.  The event was well organised and well attended.

723.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE LEADER, MEMBERS OF THE CABINET OR THE HEAD OF PAID SERVICE

To receive any announcements by the Leader, Members of the Cabinet or the Head of Paid Service.

Minutes:

The Leader, Mr Mathias, extended his thanks to all the Officers involved in the 20th Anniversary of Rutland Independence celebrations and in particular Mr R Clayton, Head of Culture and Registration, as well as all those that attended on the day.

724.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Minutes:

Mr Hemsley declared a pecuniary interest in Item 10 of the agenda (Approval of Langham Neighbourhood Plan) and would leave the meeting while debate and decision on this item took place.

725.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

To confirm the Minutes of the 260th meeting of the Rutland County Council District Council held on 13 March 2017.

Minutes:

The minutes of the 260th meeting of the Rutland County Council District Council held on 13 March 2017 were confirmed by the Council and signed by the Chairman.

726.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

To receive any petitions, deputations or questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 28. The total time allowed for this is 30 minutes.  Petitions, deputations and questions will be dealt with in the order in which they are received and any which are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no petitions, deputations or questions from members of the public.

727.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

To receive any questions submitted from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 30 and 30A.

Minutes:

There were no questions received from members of the Council.

728.

REFERRAL OF COMMITTEE DECISIONS TO THE COUNCIL

To determine matters where a decision taken by a Committee has been referred to the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 110.

Minutes:

No decisions had been referred.

729.

CALL-IN OF DECISIONS FROM CABINET MEETINGS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 11 MARCH 2017 TO 7 APRIL 2017 (INCLUSIVE)

To determine matters where a decision taken by the Cabinet has been referred to Council by the call-in procedure of Scrutiny Panels, as a result of the decision being deemed to be outside the Council’s policy framework by the Monitoring Officer or not wholly in accordance with the budget by the Section 151 Officer, in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 206 and 207.

Minutes:

No call-ins were received.

 

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Mr Hemsley left the meeting during debate and decision of the next item.

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730.

REPORT FROM THE CABINET pdf icon PDF 54 KB

To receive Report No. 85/2017 from the Cabinet on recommendations referred to the Council for determination and to note the Key Decisions taken at its meeting held on 21 March 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report No. 85/2017 from the Cabinet was received, the purpose of which was to consider the recommendations of Cabinet referred to Council for determination and report the Key Decisions made by Cabinet since the publication of the agenda for the previous ordinary meeting of the Council on 13 March 2017.

 

1)     Council NOTED the Key Decisions made since the publication of the agenda for the previous ordinary meeting of Council on 13 March 2017.

 

2)     21 March 2017

Decision No. 688

Report No. 57/2017

Langham Neighbourhood Plan

 

Mr Mathias introduced and moved the recommendation in the report.  Mr Clifton seconded the recommendations.

 

During his introduction Mr Mathias noted that only the elements of the plan that related to planning policy formed material consideration in determining planning applications.  Other community aspirations, although important to the local community, would not carry weight as material planning concerns.

 

During debate of the recommendations, points raised included:

 

               i.        Mr Baines expressed that in his view the aspirations were a valid part of the neighbourhood plan and provisions which dealt with delivering culture and leisure activities should be considered part of the strategy for the area.  He agreed that only elements relating to planning policy would form material planning consideration, but that all the provisions in the neighbourhood Plan would act as supplementary guidance once the plan had been made;

              ii.        Mr Oxley requested some clarity regarding the statement contained within Section 2.1 of Report 85/2017 concerning proposals/community aspirations and any impact on planning considerations.  The Chairman confirmed that further information would be circulated to all Members.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

To APPROVE the making of the Langham Neighbourhood Plan in Appendix A to Report No. 57/2017.

 

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Mr Hemsley returned to the meeting.

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731.

REPORTS FROM SCRUTINY COMMISSION / SCRUTINY PANELS

To receive the reports from the Scrutiny Commission / Scrutiny Panels on any matters and to receive questions and answers on any of those reports.

Minutes:

No reports were received.

732.

JOINT ARRANGEMENTS AND EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

To receive reports about and receive questions and answers on the business of any joint arrangements or external organisations.

Minutes:

      i.        Mr Baines – Rural Community Council

Recent meeting discussion regarding Social Care and focus on care in the community, also Rural Community Council promoting support they could offer with Neighbourhood Plans.

    ii.        Mr Bool – Combined Fire Authority

The authority was running to budget and objectives were being set.  There would be a new rapid response vehicle stationed at Oakham and smaller vehicle currently in Oakham, would be moved to Uppingham.  This smaller vehicle only required a crew of 2 which would enhance the service provided for Uppingham which is a retained fire station.  The small appliance would replace the flatbed truck and not the pump (which was used for road traffic incidents).  Mr Bool confirmed that there was a recruitment exercise taking place seeking to recruit 25 new crew members and the fire authority were also looking at offering apprenticeships, but Rutland fire stations were currently fully manned and so these new recruits would be stationed in other areas.

   iii.        Mr Bool – Parish Council Forum

The next meeting would take place on 24 April 2017 and would involve a question and answer session with RCC Officers on planning.  Mr Bool asked that Members supported their Parish Councils where possible by encouraging attendance at this meeting.

   iv.        Miss Waller – Joint Health Scrutiny Panel

Attended meeting on 14 March 2017to discuss Congenital Heart Disease Services, Miss Waller confirmed that Members at the meeting were united in their approach to the issues raised and she had summarised the details of the meeting and circulated to all Members.  The summary can be found below:

 

“The focus of this meeting was the NHS consultation on its proposals for the implementation of the agreed standards for congenital heart disease (CHD) services for children and adults.

 

NHS England states services are based around a three tiered model.  Level 1 is the specialist surgical centre managing the most complex diagnostics and care including surgery and interventional cardiology.  Level 2 services do not provide surgery or interventional cardiology but do provide the same specialist medical care as Level 1.  Level 2 centres focus on diagnosis and ongoing care and management of CHD.  Level 3 services are those in local hospitals run by paediatricians/cardiologists with a special interest in CHD.  Levels 1 and 2 services are commissioned by NHS England and level 3 by local Clinical Commissioning Groups.  This consultation, therefore, is about Levels 1 and 2.

 

There was total agreement amongst the councillors present that the proposal to close the Level 1 CHD service was poorly argued and the service was badly needed by people not only in the East Midlands but also further afield.  NHS’s argument for closing the service is based on an assessment of hospitals against 120 key standards.  No hospital in the country achieves all the 120.  There also appears to be a priority placed on the standard which relates to number of operations each surgeon carries out per year (a minimum of 125) which, currently, UHL fails to achieve.  NHS  ...  view the full minutes text for item 732.

733.

ANY URGENT BUSINESS

To receive items of urgent business which have been previously notified to the person presiding.

Minutes:

Mr Cross noted that in spite of emails regarding the Report due to go to Cabinet on 18 April 2017 regarding the Library Extension and a request for further funding, there had been no opportunity to debate the matter at this meeting.

 

The Chairman confirmed that this would not be taken as an item of urgent business and this item was not on the agenda.  The report would be the subject of a Cabinet decision on 18 April and any Councillor could attend this meeting.

 

Mr Gale enquired as to whether the time of this meeting could be changed to allow attendance by more members.

 

The Chief Executive confirmed that as the meeting agenda had already been published and notice of the date and time of the meeting had been given, it could not now be amended.

 

No Matters of urgent business were received.