Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Rooms A/B - Neath Civic Centre. View directions

Contact: Tammie Davies 

Note: This meeting will start immediately following the Scrutiny Committee 

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairperson

Minutes:

Agreed that Councillor A.Wingrave be appointed Chairperson for the meeting.

 

2.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Minutes:

That the minutes of the 18 May 2018 be noted by the Committee.

3.

Quarter 4 Performance Monitoring pdf icon PDF 623 KB

Joint Report of the Head of Planning and Public Protection; the Head of Property and Regeneration and the Head of Commissioning and Support Services

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the monitoring report be noted.

4.

Enforcement Policy pdf icon PDF 161 KB

Report of the Head of Planning and Public Protection

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the Environmental Health and Trading Standards Enforcement Policy (Appendix 1 to the circulated report) be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To ensure that consistent enforcement action is taken and the principles of the Regulators’ Code and other published guidance are followed.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

5.

Alleged Public Footpath - Glynneath pdf icon PDF 250 KB

Report of the Head of Legal Services

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That no modification order be made for the alleged public footpath along the path to the rear of house No’s 11 to 22 Park Avenue and No. 8 Earlsfield Close in the Community of Glynneath (as detailed in the circulated report).

 

Reasons for Decision:

 

(a)     The path between point A and point F (Park Avenue) during the relevant period varied and so the same route was not in use to satisfy the minimum period of 20 years uninterrupted use;

 

(b)     There is no evidence that point C joined a public highway throughout the relevant period and so the claimed public path did not terminate on a public highway during the relevant period; 

 

(c)     The application does not specify any other point east of point C as a place of public resort nor is there any consensus as to whether that point may have been during the relevant period;

 

(d)     The amount of people supporting this application within the relevant period is too low to be able to conclude that this can represent the public at large.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

 

Consultation:

 

This item has been subject to external consultation.

 

 

6.

Future Tourism Provision within Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council pdf icon PDF 340 KB

Report of the Head of Property and Regeneration

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the remit of, and resources required, to establish a new Tourism Unit, as set out in the circulated report, be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To deliver the resources required to ensure the growth of tourism as an important sector of the local economy.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision is an urgent one for immediate implementation. The Chairperson of the Scrutiny Committee had agreed to this course of action, and therefore there would be no call in of this decision.

 

Consultation:

 

This item has been subject to external consultation.

7.

Energy Performance Report 2017-18 pdf icon PDF 89 KB

Report of the Head of Property and Regeneration

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.

8.

Forward Work Programme 2018/19 pdf icon PDF 221 KB

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the Forward Work Programme be noted.

9.

Access to Meetings

To resolve to exclude the public for the following items pursuant to Regulation 4(3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2290 and the relevant exempt paragraphs of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:          That pursuant to Regulation 4(3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2290, the public be excluded for the following item of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

 

10.

Social Housing Grant (SHG), Housing Finance Grant (HFG) and Recycled Capital Grant (RCG) Programme 2018-21

Private Report of the Head of Commissioning and Support Services

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.

11.

Port Talbot Peripheral Distributor Road Phase 2 - Extension of Time

Private Joint Report of the Head of Engineering and Transport and the Head of Property and Regeneration

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the time limit to negotiate the claim from Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd under Port Talbot Peripheral Distributor Road Phase 2, be extended to 31 December 2018.

12.

Tata Sports and Social Club, Margam

Private Joint Report of the Head of Engineering and Transport and the Head of Property and Regeneration

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the revised terms and conditions for the acquisition of land and various rights, from Tata and Tata Sports and Social Club required as part of the Port Talbot PDR Phase 2 Scheme, as detailed in the private circulated report, be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To pay compensation to the affected parties as a result of the Port Talbot Peripheral Distributor Road Phase 2 Scheme.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

 

Consultation:

 

The Local Ward Member has been consulted.

13.

Urgent Item

14.

Former Playing Field at Pen yr Heol, Skewen, Neath

Private Joint Report of the Head of Streetcare and the Head of Property and Regeneration

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the grant of a fixed short term lease to Skewen Rugby Football Club Ltd in respect of the former playing field at Pen yr Heol Skewen Neath, as detailed in the private circulated report, be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To allow the playing field to be used by the club, for the benefit of the local community.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

 

Consultation:

 

This item will be subject to external consultation.