Decisions
Use the below search options at the bottom of the page to find information regarding recent decisions that have been taken by the council’s decision making bodies.
Alternatively you can visit the officer decisions page for information on officer delegated decisions that have been taken by council officers.
25/03/2020 - Request to introduce temporary Hackney Carriage / Private Hire 3 month vehicle licences and extend the current expiry date of the certificate of compliance for such licences for 3 months for Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Vehicles due for renewal betw ref: 3243 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 19/06/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Decision:
See attached report
Lead officer: Donna Ball
01/04/2020 - Persona Care and Support Limited – 3 month extension to existing contract ref: 3233 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Decision:
Persona Care and Support Limited is the
Councils arms-length Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo). The
contract commenced in October 2015 and runs until March 2021.
See attached form for full details.
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
31/03/2020 - Provider Offer to support Adult Social Care Providers during the COVID-19 pandemic ref: 3230 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 31/03/2020
Decision:
To support Adult Social Care providers we
propose providing the following offer to each of our care
providers, See attachment.
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
30/03/2020 - Adult Social Care Complaint Process ref: 3229 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 30/03/2020
Decision:
The Local Government Ombudsman’s office
has announced that they have now suspended all casework activity
that demands information from, or action by, local authorities and
care providers, in light of the current Coronavirus outbreak.
The Local Government Ombudsman still expects local authorities and
care providers to respond appropriately to any complaints they
receive during this time, but understand this may look different to
their normal arrangements.
All Adult Social Care Complaints currently active have been
contacted. An apology has been provided and they have been advised
that work with managers is ongoing and it is hoped a response will
be with them as soon as practically possible.
New complaints received will be screened for urgency and
seriousness. If it is felt the complaint/incident requires an
urgent immediate response the complaint will be referred to the
manager of the service it relates to for advice and action.
New complaints received that do not require urgent attention will
be logged and acknowledged advising of delays. Advice will be
offered that should they require urgent assistance in the meantime
to contact Adult Care Services direct on 0161 253 5151 or
AdultCareServices@bury.gov.uk.
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
26/03/2020 - Care Link Response Service ref: 3228 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 26/03/2020
Decision:
Fund on call costs to deliver Care Link
Response Service
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
25/03/2020 - Recruitment of Additional Care Staff ref: 3227 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Decision:
Permission to recruit additional care staff to
deploy:
1, Intermediate Care and Reablement – Council Provision
2, Independent Sector Care Providers, Care homes, Supported Living
and Care at home, who have insufficient staffing to maintain safe
service levels
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
25/03/2020 - Permission purchase additional equipment and 7 day service ref: 3226 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Decision:
Provision of Equipment to facilitate Rapid
Hospital Discharge over 7 days
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
24/03/2020 - MECS has moved to virtual appointments unless clinically indicated a face-to-face needed ref: 3225 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
1. MECS has moved to virtual appointments
unless clinically indicated a face-to-face needed
2. Reduction in open opticians delivering MECS- reduced to
6/13
3. Should we explore what’s happening in secondary care and
can we look to utilise the community opticians via MECs to support
delivery of urgent care
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
24/03/2020 - Approved by Mental Health Officers Group on 24/03/20 ref: 3224 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
In response to the covid-19 outbreak, we need
to urgently provide the tools for our IAPT service and other VCF
sector organisations to provide remote support to Bury
communities.
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
24/03/2020 - RBMS Business Continuity Proposal ref: 3223 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
The RBMS process most elective referrals to
main providers including assessing/booking transport. Most of what
they do in terms of patient contact relies on paper and telephone
based activity (longer term we need to think about use of
email
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
24/03/2020 - Stepping Stone Project- Dispersed 15 bed provision ref: 3222 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
In this challenging climate, there is a
pressing need to identify suitable self-contained accommodaiton,
for vulnerable customers at risk of Covid 19, or have been
infected. This has also been recognised as a need by the
Government, GMCA and also by local demand. The need is for the
following customer groups:
• People sleeping rough on the streets that have been infected
with Covid 19 and need to be isolated
• Those that are ready to be discharged from hospital and are
placing strain on increasingly finite hospital beds
• Single homeless or childless couple who have the symptoms of
Covid 19 and cannot be accommodated shared housing.
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
24/03/2020 - Closure of Bury Employment Support Service ref: 3221 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 09/06/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
Please accept this as a request to close BEST
day operations in their current form and move to telephone check
ins
Bury Employment Support Service provide day centre opportunities
for 79 adults with learning disabilities.
Every single service user has been risk assessed and a contingency
put in place
Current Staffing:
Out of an Employment Team of 6.5 members of staff, we only have 1
remaining in the service. This member of staff has long term health
conditions and is over 60
Out of 3 contracted Support staff – we only have 1 member of
staff remaining in the service who has a long term health
conditions and a compromised immune system.
Social Distancing
As a service we are unable to adhere to the government guidelines
around social distancing – Our service model means we can
accommodate is 6 vulnerable customers and 1 support staff working
in close proximity in a confined space. Some of our customers have
very little or no awareness of personal space and some with very
poor hygiene. i.e. not using tissues when sneezing etc.
Emergency COVID 19 Response Measures
From 8:30 last night the government introduced the following
condition on movement
You may only leave the home to
• Go to work
• Shop for groceries, medicine and other essentials
• Exercise outside
• Provide care or help a vulnerable person
• For any medical need
As all the service users normally supported by BEST now have
contingency in place for them to be safely cared for at home there
is no need for them to leave the house
Therefore this is a request to close BEST day operations in their
current form and move to telephone check ins
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
25/03/2020 - Strategic Planning and Economic Development Section - Planning Policy Officer - Employment. ref: 3205 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 01/06/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Lead officer: Paul Lakin
31/03/2020 - Restrict Environmental Health Statutory Nuisance Enforcement activities during COVID-19 Lockdown period ref: 3139 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 29/04/2020
Effective from: 31/03/2020
Decision:
Postpone Environmental Health Statutory
Nuisance Enforcement action and limit it to remote working
practices and informal resolution of complaints. This will reduce
unnecessary and avoidable contact with the public and protect the
safety of staff during the COVID-19 pandemic Lockdown period.
From the date of the Operational Decision all noise and statutory
nuisance complaints will be investigated normally but will include
an extended period of monitoring and evidence gathering with
enforcement decisions being delayed until after the COVID-19
Lockdown period.
The Neighbourhood Enforcement Team will continue to utilise the
existing Noise APP software which allows customers to submit
recordings of alleged noise nuisance to support complaints.
Officers will now, temporarily restrict activities to reviewing the
information received and only providing relevant advice during the
extended monitoring period. Affected Customers/Cases expectations
will be managed and they will be contacted and informed of the
temporary changes to service delivery.
Any enforcement action will be delayed until an appropriate future
time after the Lockdown period. These jobs will be reviewed
regularl and customers contacted once Environmental Health officers
are able to safely visit/serve notice/undertake works in default to
remedy complaints effectively.
Lead officer: Donna Ball
01/04/2020 - Annual Review of Operations Fees and Charges effective from 1st April 2020 - Licensing ref: 3137 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/04/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
01/04/2020 - Annual review of operations divisions discretionary fees and charges effective from 1st April 2020 ref: 3131 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 21/04/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Decision:
See attached form
Lead officer: Donna Ball
01/04/2020 - Annual Review of Operations Fees and Charges effective from 1st April 2020 ref: 3128 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 21/04/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
24/03/2020 - Planning Control Committee - Application Decision Making Due to Coronavirus / Covid-19 Restrictions ref: 3090 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Decision:
Bury Council’s Planning/Development
Management Section currently receives circa 1200 planning
applications per year.
The Council’s constitution is currently written to enable
planning decisions to be issued in a reasonable and timely manner
by a set of criteria that determines which applications are to be
considered by the Council’s Planning Control Committee and
which are delegated decisions to be made by the Director for
Business, Growth and Infrastructure.
Presently, some 93% of decisions are delegated to the Director and
the remaining applications are made by the Planning Control
Committee. This is consistent with the Government’s view on
the levels of delegated decisions.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
provides guidance on how the decision making process should be done
so as to ensure that most applications that are straightforward are
decided as early as possible thus to enable the economy to maintain
momentum. Those applications that are considered to be place making
and have more widespread public interest, are heard and decided in
public meetings made by the Council’s Planning Control
Committee. The Local Government Act and the Council’s
constitution require meeting of this nature to be held in person
and in public. There is no right to speak or address the Committee,
but Bury Council chooses to permit it.
The United Kingdom has been hit by the worldwide pandemic of
Coronavirus/Covid-19 which has seen over the last few weeks and in
particular days, restrictions being introduced by the Government on
social interaction, which is seen as a key way to slow how the
highly contagious infection spreads.
The issue therefore arises on how the planning process can still
continue to function at all levels and this paper seeks to pay
particular attention to the Committee decision making
process.
Current Government Restrictions Affecting Planning Decision
Making
The situation in the UK has been changing quickly in the most
recent days. The latest guidance found on
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
that has direct implications upon public decision making processes
are:
• Broad Advice
o Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you
cannot work from home)
o Stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people
o Self isolation for certain groups and following recent
illnesses
• Stopping public gatherings
o To make sure people are staying at home and apart from each
other, the Government is also stopping all public gatherings of
more than two people.
• Exceptions for very limited purposes:
o where the gathering is of a group of people who live together
– this means that a parent can, for example, take their
children to the shops if there is no option to leave them at
home
o where the gathering is essential for work purposes - but workers
should try to minimise all meetings and other gatherings in the
workplace
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Advice/Response 24 March 2020
• It is important that authorities continue to provide the
best service possible in these stretching times and prioritise
decision-making to ensure the planning system continues to
function, especially where this will support the local
economy.
• We ask you to take an innovative approach, using all options
available to you to continue your service. We recognise that
face-to-face events and meetings may have to be cancelled but we
encourage you to explore every opportunity to use technology to
ensure that discussions and consultations can go ahead. We also
encourage you to consider delegating committee decisions where
appropriate. The Government has confirmed that it will introduce
legislation to allow council committee meetings to be held
virtually for a temporary period, which we expect will allow
planning committees to continue.
• We encourage you to be pragmatic and continue, as much as
possible, to work proactively with applicants and others, where
necessary agreeing extended periods for making decisions.
From 4 April 2020
•
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/councils-given-new-powers-to-hold-public-meetings-remotely
• Local Government Secretary confirms local authorities can
hold public meetings remotely by video or telephone;
• Government removes requirement for physical attendance at
meetings;
• Public will still have access to public meetings through
remote means;
• Change ensures effective local decision making and
transparency during the national effort to fight the coronavirus
pandemic.
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS)25th March 2020
Appeals can still be made for non-determination of planning
applications and proposals, appeals against decisions issued and
conditions imposed on consents and permissions. PINS have
restricted submission to on line only and existing appeal hearings
and site visits have been cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Planning Officer’s Society
This is a professional group represented by Planners across all
sectors. The depth of expertise has been pooled to put together a
practical solution to all the angles of decision making for the
Development Management process and can be found using this link
https://www.planningofficers.org.uk/news/dm-decision-making--covid-19.
The report is attached for information and provides a good guide to
the options available under the current difficult times.
Bury Council’s Issues and Options
Issues
24th March PCC was postponed due to the rapid increase in
precautionary and mandatory measures required by the Government at
the time. The current stated period will be reviewed broadly on
13th April 2020. The next PCC meeting is scheduled for 21st April
2020. Indications are that restrictions will be maintained in some
way but as yet there is no firm outline or proposal of what this
would be. There is therefore uncertainty.
Statute has not changed to remove timeframe restrictions which
heavily controls the planning process be that on publicity or
determination dates. Planning decisions are required to be made
within statutory timescales (8/13 weeks). Risks of not doing this -
Appeal for non-determination and costs claim / LPA
“designated” if numbers fall below Government threshold
/ have to re-pay fee after 26 weeks.
PCC meetings are normally publicly attended. However, high numbers
of people that normally attend would mean that social distancing
would not be achievable for either the public or Members and
Officers. In any event, this would be classed as a gathering, which
currently is prohibited.
The agenda requires a two week time for report writing, production
and publication. The agenda must therefore be ready and publicised
no later than 13th April 2020.
Postponement – 5 items have already been delayed. Whilst
applicants and agents were accepting of this one off, the
Council’s Local Planning Authority must have provisions in
place so that postponement does not become indefinite or without
end.
Streaming – The Council Chamber has web streaming
capabilities for full Council meetings and this is used for each
meeting. The Government have issued primary legislation to permit
virtual meetings, but secondary legislation is not yet in place to
permit the intentions to come in to force under regulatory
controls. Irrespective of the streaming capabilities, the meeting
may involve some Members who are in the at risk group and may
exclude Members or staff from attending due to isolation or
shielding reasons. The Council does not have streaming/conference
capabilities to all would need to be involved.
Executive/Extraordinary Emergency Provisions – The
Council’s constitution says “In cases of emergency, a
Chief Officer after consultation with the Chair of the appropriate
Committee or Leader of the Council and with the relevant Opposition
Spokesperson and leader of the second largest opposition group,
shall be empowered to make urgent decisions when necessary on
Council Functions relevant to their service area. Such urgent
decisions shall be processed through the Chief Executive and shall
be submitted to the appropriate Committee for
information.”
This obviously relates to exceptional circumstances which are
prevalent at the moment. In very exceptional and extreme
circumstances, where decisions are required to be taken, this can
be done through agreement between the parties described.
Following this process, the decisions can still be made on planning
applications without public or Member and staff health risk. Public
responses would not be precluded by still producing the agenda and
publicising it as normal. The public can still make written
representations up to the point of determination and already
received written comments are included in the report in any event.
PCC Members would have a working week to provide written comments
on the items, which can be collated and feed in to the Executive
decision making process.
Legal Challenge - All decisions wherever they are made are subject
to potential legal challenge through Judicial Review. It could not
be reasonably argued that the current pandemic has not given rise
to the need for extraordinary actions and as such all of the above
matters would always be subject to challenge.
Applicants - still have the right of appeal if a decision has not
been issued within the statutory time or outside any agreed
timeframe. Decisions still are required to be taken within the 8,13
or 16 week period and in any event within 26 weeks unless through
extended times as agreed, otherwise fees can be requested to be
refunded.
Third Parties – Objections and support can be provided to the
LPA on applications and are duly reported. These are an important
part of the planning process and weigh in the planning balance
where they make material planning representations.
Options: Risks/Benefits
1. Need to consider whether it is appropriate/necessary to use
emergency powers if the Council can lawfully hold meetings
virtually. However, IT is clearly not in place at the moment and
the PCC meeting is too close to facilitate delivery of this for the
April meeting.
2. Wait until PCC meetings can be safely held again and try to
agree extensions of time. This is better for public
engagement/openness but not recommended because Government advice
is to prioritise decision-making. It could potentially be 6 months
or so delay, which is an unacceptable delay for applicants.
3. Coronavirus legislation is now in force with the necessary
secondary legislation and hold virtual PCC meetings – The
legislation is permits remote meeting and this would maintain
transparency / openness. However, the Council is not ready IT-wise
but is working upon innovation to deliver this. For clarity, this
would not be live-streaming but a video/telephone conference.
4. Use urgency powers – Lacks openness/transparency and to a
degree is undemocratic. However, The Council could look at going
further than only consulting the Chair - could ask all PCC members
for views and contact objectors for a written version of what they
would have said in their address to PCC. This option could be used
in the interim and cover the April meeting and subsequent for an
interim six month period and be reviewed in the meantime whereby,
discussions between the Chief Executive, Chair, IT, Planning and
Democratic Services seek to deliver the virtual solution as soon as
possible in time for when secondary legislation is in place.
Consultation
The Chair of the Planning Control Committee was consulted whom
discussed the matter with the Leader of the Council. The response
was as follows:
"Having read the report “Planning Control Committee -
Application Decision Making Due to Coronavirus / Covid-19
Restrictions” and the accompanying guidance for planners and
information from the government, I agree with recommendation 4 of
the report.
Emergency powers, with the suggested adjustments, should be used
under the proviso that a virtual solution is sought as soon as is
reasonable, so that members of the planning control committee can
scrutinise applications and members of the public can see that the
legally defined processes have been followed.
This decision is made from a purely legal perspective following
changes to government legislation to try to facilitate
“business as usual” during this global pandemic.
I do however wish to place on record my disagreement with the
national guidance that planning should try to continue and would
urge national government to temporarily remove the time limits
placed on decisions for planning departments meaning that these
major decisions can be deferred till such a time as the emergency
has abated. Although planning and economic development are very
important issues, at this time of global crisis I believe that
planning decisions should not be placed in the same category of
emergency response as health care.
This however is a personal perspective and does not affect my
decision as chair of planning to concur with recommendation 4 of
the report."
Recommendation
Option 4 be carried out as the current circumstances lead to the
most appropriate means of ensuring that the planning process
continues, with as much inclusivity as can be currently delivered.
The option includes the use of moving to virtual meetings when IT
permits. The use of this power is suggested for a limited period
only and reversion to a more open process for Committee decision
making when the Council are able to. This process closely follows
that of the Planning Officer’s Society recommendations (page
6) and a move to Virtual meetings (page 7 onwards).
Lead officer: Paul Lakin
19/03/2020 - Business changes for review – Urban Renewal (2 teams) ref: 3089 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 19/03/2020
Decision:
Private Sector Housing: Private rented sector,
owner occupier, empty properties, Houses in Multiple
Occupation.
Home visits will not be undertaken unless the case has been deemed
an emergency and that a visit is necessary (risk of death/ no hot
water / no heating / defective sanitary provision/fire safety). Any
new cases of housing disrepair that come in will be prioritised and
our working procedures will be flexible over this period. These
cases will be monitored on a daily basis and depending on demand
for service if some can be resolved via a phone call, then officers
will make any necessary calls or emails/all communication from
home.
Any planned (non-emergency) housing inspections over the next
couple of weeks are to be cancelled and will be re arranged when
the peak of the outbreak has passed and we begin to be more
operational.
If it is necessary for a home visit in the case of an emergency,
the officer will enquire with the occupier regarding their age and
any underlying health conditions and whether they are symptomatic,
have been in contact with anyone with symptoms or in contact with
anyone who has returned from a county with symptoms in the past 14
days. The occupier will also be asked to take photographs and/or
videos to that assessments can be made. That information will be
relayed to the manager and head of service and a risk assessment
carried out to ensure the safety of the occupier, staff members and
contractors of entering and carrying out any necessary emergency
remedial action.
Complaints relating to empty properties and nuisance: officers will
ask that photographs be provided by the complainant and officers
will make effort to contact owner via any details held on council
tax but no further action will be taken if we have no details on
council data base systems. These cases can be dealt with at a later
stage.
The reasons for these changes listed above is to avoid all un
necessary contact with members of the public for the health and
safety of our (often vulnerable) service users, staff members and
their families at home. The service will be operating at a reduced
reactive capacity in light of the current climate but the team will
be flexible and adapt as this process continues.
Adaptations Team: Staff provide feasibility inspections for
Disabled Adaptations, this service is cross tenure private sector
and Six Town Housing.
New works to properties to be postponed with immediate effect
unless the work is of an urgent nature / to enable a hospital
discharge and only if the client/ contractor agree to go ahead.
Applicants to be advised of this delay by Occupational
Therapists.
The reasons behind this are precautionary and in an attempt to
prevent unintentional spread of the virus to those that are least
able to fight it given the customers in this group have a medical
condition and/or disabled and/or children and elderly. Additionally
our only full-time Technical Officer is self-isolating due to
coronavirus symptoms and has an immediate family member with
chronic asthma. We are left with one Technical Officer who works 2
days a week.
If a home visit is required then the following questions are to be
asked:
1. Have you recently returned from an affected country?
2. Have you been in contact with anyone that has recently returned
from an affected country?
3. Do you have symptoms? High temperature, cough, difficulty
breathing?
4. Is the client ok with us coming into their home?
We have a spreadsheet of all active cases for technical officers to
update and for Unit Manager to review – this will help reduce
our current backlog.
Major Adaptation Panel (MAP) meeting has been postponed, therefore
Unit Manager is looking at the options for virtual meetings going
forward for existing cases to progress. In the meantime a
spreadsheet is being collated of all previously deferred cases and
the new cases to be discussed. This will be circulated for comments
from all Officers who attend MAP so that decisions can be made on
each case whether to approve or not in the interim.
Other approaches
Urban Renewal have responded to the Coronavirus by gathering
information from various bodies’ voluntary/public and private
to make sure we can signpost those in need for services/advice that
we can’t offer, such as rent arrears, mortgage arrears for
Landlords, food banks and homelessness to name a few . This is an
evolving situation and we will continue to support all customers as
far as possible.
Lead officer: Paul Lakin
20/03/2020 - Business change for review – Building Control ref: 3088 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 20/03/2020
Decision:
The following alterations have been made to
the service delivery of the Building Control function.
Site Visits – Requests for site visits are being recorded as
this is the minimum legal requirement as set by legislation. Visit
requests are then assessed by the individual officers, where a site
visit is not essential then the contractor can provide photographic
evidence of the element of work in question.
Where site visits are required then an assessment is made by the
officer in accordance with the attached site visit risk assessment
form.
Submission of applications – We have contacted our regular
agents and advised them that the ability to submit a paper
application is likely to be removed at short notice and that they
should look to submit electronic documents.
Office Work – Where staff have the ability to work from home
then there primary place of employment is now at home, phones have
been diverted and new practice and procedure documents have been
given to all staff. Nominal costs incurred for head-sets /
head-phones so that incoming calls remain private.
Payment Of Fees – All payment of fees to be made online,
previously accepted cheques, phone payments and payments at the
town hall.
Complaints about unauthorised Work – We will accept
photographic evidence, and inform owners of their legal
obligations, formal enforcement powers last for up to 2 years so
these issues will be dealt with at a later date.
Acceptance of Building / Initial Notice – These applications
are being automatically accepted to reduce the processing workload.
An electronic note will be added to the case file by the building
control manager / team leader to act as the formal acceptance
signature.
Legal Notices / Documents – While we have access to the
office we will try and issue paper documents, once paper documents
are no longer available we will issue electronic documents.
Lead officer: Paul Lakin
30/03/2020 - Walshaw Rd/ Elton Fold Chase- Bury- Proposed introduction of no waiting at any time ref: 3085 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 30/03/2020
Decision:
No waiting at any time restrictions, for
further details see the attached sheet.
Lead officer: David Giblin
25/03/2020 - Knowles St, Belgrave St, Robert St, Robertson St, Radcliffe- Proposed no waiting at any time ref: 3084 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Decision:
No waiting at any time, see attached sheet for
full details.
Lead officer: David Giblin
01/04/2020 - Fairfield Drive, Bury – Emergency closure ref: 3079 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 14/04/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Decision:
Approval to the temporary closure under
Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, of Fairfield
Drive from Broad Oak Lane for a distance of 50 metres in a
northerly direction from 26 March 2020 for a period of 21 days to
enable repairs to resolve interruption of UU supply (anticipated
duration one week). The diversion route is via Broad Oak Lane and
Fairfield Drive and vice versa.
Lead officer: David Giblin
30/03/2020 - Approval to procure support to businesses in relation to COVID19 ref: 3058 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 06/04/2020
Effective from: 30/03/2020
Decision:
There is a need to procure time-sensitive,
interim capacity to strengthen the Council’s response to
supporting businesses in Bury.
The capacity is required to be sourced within a short timescale and
the Council does not have the capacity in-house to deliver this
work.
It is proposed to appoint Deloitte to deliver this work, in light
of the commissions they are currently working on in Bury, as they
have a good understanding of Bury’s businesses.
Deloitte will work with Bury Council to create a proactive response
to the COVID-19 crisis. There will be a targeting of key businesses
within the Borough and an assessment of how national and regional
support packages can be best tailored towards their specific needs
and requirements. Deloittes will work with Bury Council staff to
ensure the staff working in our COVID-19 Business Unit are trained
and supported to have the information and know-how to best guide
companies. The exercise will use an assessment of the Councils
resources and our capacity to deploy them to support the business
base.
Advice from procurement is to use the pre-approved MCF2 procurement
framework to engage Deloitte. A maximum budget of £35k is
proposed to fund the following urgent requirements during
April:
Undertake analysis of Bury businesses to establish the main cohorts
of business requiring support from the Council. This will involve
using information available from public records, Bury Council and
other stakeholders engaged with the local economy to identify the
“Bury Business Dataset” of businesses in the Bury
economy.
Using the information gathered together to identify businesses
which Bury Council can target its support. Key factors for
consideration will be the business’ alignment with the
objectives of Bury Council and whether these businesses are being
supported by other organisations, such as the Business Growth
Hub.
For the cohorts identified for support set out a
“toolkit” of available options to business in attaining
support from central government interventions or those of Bury
Council. This will be used by “account managers” in
reaching out to businesses in the cohort, to guide these businesses
to these interventions and possibly assist in their attaining this
support.
Understand Bury Council’s core team resource and that
available through wider stakeholders (Business Growth Hub etc.) to
inform account manager process and role.
Determine the appropriate way to reach out to the businesses in the
identified cohorts. This may include central resource available on
the “Bury Means Business” website giving general
guidance on Covid-19 support for businesses and gathering further
information on the needs of businesses in Bury. Using the toolkit
developed and resource from Bury Council acting as “account
managers” to ensure that this cohort has been contacted and
is being guided through attaining support.
Assist Bury Council in determining interventions for local
businesses, using results from reaching out to businesses in these
cohorts and their feedback on whether other support programmes are
sufficient.
Paul Lakin, Director of Regeneration and Capital Growth will be
responsible for contract management and there will be a weekly
agreement about what will be undertaken each week and the
associated costs prior to work commencing. This will be shared with
Finance to assist with budget control.
The cost of the work is £35k and will be met from the
council’s general reserves.
Lead officer: Geoff Little
01/04/2020 - Free School Meals Vouchers ref: 3044 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director Children and Young People
Decision published: 02/04/2020
Effective from: 01/04/2020
Decision:
All schools must issue vouchers in line with
Government Guidance to all eligible FSM throughout the usual Easter
School Holiday period, and funding should not be the consideration.
FSM provision also needs to be sustained for those pupils eligible
by age under the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM)
requirements, only where they are attending school as they a
children of critical workers.
Schools must meet the costs of supporting their vulnerable pupils
and code any additional expenditure to CORONA fund source in the
hope it may be reimbursed by the DfE or is covered by the COVID-19
grant being provided to the LA. This could also apply to costs of
considering a welfare scheme to support the most vulnerable pupils
in Bury.
A central list of all children entitled to Free School Meals will
also be cross referenced to those families seeking assistance with
food parcels in order that the food parcels can be allocated to
other vulnerable families who do not qualify for Free School
Meals
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Karen Dolton
27/03/2020 - Temporary Alternative Disclosure and Barring Check Arrangements from 31st March 2020 to 30th June 2020 ref: 3043 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 31/03/2020
Effective from: 27/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
27/03/2020 - Alternative arrangements to temporarily until the 30th June 2020 issue Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers Licences for a 12 month period. ref: 3042 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 31/03/2020
Effective from: 27/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
30/03/2020 - Temporary Alternative Medical Certification Arrangements for 3 months ref: 3041 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 31/03/2020
Effective from: 30/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
25/03/2020 - Spurr House Rapid Hospital Discharge Beds Proposal ref: 3040 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Health and Adult Care
Decision published: 31/03/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
27/03/2020 - To request that all Enforcement Officers , Environmental Health Officers , Trading Standards Officers in Environmental Health , Trading Standards and Licensing services be authorised under the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (England) R ref: 3036 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 27/03/2020
Lead officer: Neil Long
25/03/2020 - Engineering Services Covid 19 service changes ref: 3035 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 25/03/2020
Lead officer: Neil Long
26/03/2020 - Parking Services - Suspension of Charging and Suspension of Staff Permit Parking Salary Deductions ref: 3034 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 26/03/2020
Lead officer: Neil Long
20/03/2020 - Request a temporary change to the Community Response Rota ref: 3033 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 20/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
18/03/2020 - The change in provision of service for the Occupational Health Unit due to the Coronavirus. ref: 3032 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 18/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
18/03/2020 - Prioritisation of essential services ref: 3031 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 18/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
19/03/2020 - Housing Reception – closure at STH – Homelessness / Housing Assessment / Housing Options services. ref: 3030 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 19/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
20/03/2020 - Permission to use B&B to ensure we adhere our homelessness statutory duty. ref: 3029 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 20/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
20/03/2020 - Suspension of classes at Bury Adult Learning Centre and other venues ref: 3028 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 20/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
23/03/2020 - Supporting The FED with apprenticeship development through a levy transfer ref: 3027 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 23/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
24/03/2020 - Postponement of Happy Festival and Proms due to Coronavirus ref: 3026 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
24/03/2020 - Request the temporary closure of Whittaker St reception and contact centre to WFH ref: 3025 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
24/03/2020 - Reduction in Pest Control Services during COVID-19 Lockdown. Reclassification of pest control request that are eligible ref: 3024 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
24/03/2020 - Request to Postpose the process for the receipt of Hackney Carriage and private hire driver applications for 3 months. ref: 3023 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
24/03/2020 - Streetscene Maintenance Covid 19 Service Changes ref: 3022 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 24/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
23/03/2020 - Bury Council Trading Standards and Environmental Health teams to suspend all planned Food, Food Hygiene and Feed stuffs interventions/inspections including food hygiene rating system ref: 3021 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 23/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
23/03/2020 - Adjustments to the waste collection service in light of a reduction in availability of staff due to the coronavirus. ref: 3020 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 23/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
23/03/2020 - To request that all Enforcement Officers , Environmental Health Officers , Trading Standards Officers in Environmental Health , Trading Standards and Licensing services be authorised under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closures) Regul ref: 3019 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 23/03/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
18/03/2020 - The temporary extension of special leave provisions for teachers. ref: 3018 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 27/03/2020
Effective from: 18/03/2020
Lead officer: Lynne Ridsdale
16/08/2020 - Capital Allocation Request for the Integrated Equipment Store Relocation ref: 3015 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Health and Adult Care
Decision published: 23/03/2020
Effective from: 16/08/2020
Lead officer: Julie Gonda
27/01/2020 - Contract for the Supply and delivery of Taxi Vehicle Licence Plates, Driver Badge Materials, other Licences and Consents 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2023, with an option to extend the contract for a further 12 months ref: 3014 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 23/03/2020
Effective from: 27/01/2020
Lead officer: Donna Ball
22/01/2020 - Office 11 market Chambers – Lease Renewal ref: 3013 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 23/03/2020
Effective from: 22/01/2020
Lead officer: David Brown
29/11/2019 - Self- Management of a Council Asset - Football Pitches ref: 3012 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 23/03/2020
Effective from: 29/11/2019
Lead officer: Neil Long
12/12/2019 - Self- Management of a Council Asset - Football Pitches ref: 3010 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision published: 20/03/2020
Effective from: 12/12/2019
Lead officer: Neil Long