In June 2015 a number of items from the late 9th century were found buried in a privately owned field in the north of Herefordshire. The collection, now known as the Herefordshire Hoard, is currently with the British Museum awaiting valuation by the Department of Culture, Media & Sports’ Treasure Valuation Committee.

Once valued, Herefordshire Council will have the opportunity to acquire the Hoard and display it for the benefit of the people of Herefordshire.

Acquisition of the Hoard will strengthen the business case for the redevelopment of the building currently housing the museum in Hereford as part of the Stronger Towns Project.

Acquiring the Hoard would enhance the cultural offer to residents and visitors, support the case for the museum redevelopment as part of the Stronger Towns Project, would extend people’s understanding locally, nationally and internationally of the importance of the Hoard in understanding how the English nation developed.

A professional fundraiser will be commissioned to develop, write and implement a fundraising strategy to support the acquisition of the Hoard, covering areas such as donations, community engagement and external funding bids.

Total cost of the process to be up to £40,150. These costs would cover the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy, activities and evaluation, marketing and promotion and additional staff time to manage the process and donations.

£32,000 has been identified to support this from existing revenue reserves with additional funds up to the total being provided from existing revenue budgets where available.

A Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and Side Roads Order (SRO) were made on the 23 August 2013, to enable the delivery of the Link Road and following a public inquiry on 23 September 2014 both the CPO and SRO were confirmed by the Secretary of State for Communities and the Local Government and the Secretary of State for Transport respectively.

This is professional support required in regards to negotiating and agreeing statutory compensation due under s52 Land Compensation Act 1973 up until the 31 December 2021. Other than Lambeth Smith Hampton the costs identified specifically relate to the one outstanding claim that relate to three property interests.

The anticipated £130k for Lambeth Smith Hampton is the total cost for all claims that have been received and settled to date.

To date the following payments have been made:

Professional Service Amount (£)
Lambeth Smith Hampton 127k
Forensic accountant 0k
Barber Wadlow 11k
Pinsent Masons 5k
Counsel Advice 0k

Total 143k

All of the above have been procured in line with the council’s contract procedure rules. The total payments will be £176k

To appoint a provider to undertake a state of the community and voluntary sector report across Herefordshire by the end of January 2022 with the option for the council to instruct the provider to undertake a second survey in 2023/4, to monitor change as part of the covid recovery plan.

The global Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting measures taken to reduce the spread of the virus have had an unprecedented impact on the national and local economy and on people’s wellbeing and mental (as well as physical) health. Nationally the magnitude of the recession caused by the pandemic is unprecedented, GDP declined by 9.8% in 2020 the steepest drop since records began in 1948.

The pandemic has also had a severe impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing, due to long periods of anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty. The Herefordshire Community Wellbeing Survey 2021 found 28% of people reported high levels of anxiety, 32% experienced drop in household income, 33% doing less exercise, and 30% sleeping less well. Wellbeing is lowest in those living in the most deprived areas.
The council has worked across all directorates to support businesses, residents and communities throughout the pandemic to remain as safe as possible and to prevent and reduce spread of infection and protect those most vulnerable in our society.

Our focus now moves towards recovery. Over the coming months the true impact of the pandemic will become better known for the economy, community wellbeing and organisation.
To support the recovery cabinet approved a £6m Covid Recovery Plan which includes the economy, community wellbeing and organisation. The recovery plan now focuses on the immediate impactful actions we need to take in the short term. Our priorities are to:
- Establish Safe and Welcoming Places
- Support Business Viability and Resilience,
- Support Employment
- Support Wellbeing.

This ROOD will give authorisation for direct funding to be provided to Age UK Herefordshire and Worcestershire to deliver the following activities:

- 6 week courses
Co-ordinators will facilitate weekly cafes at rural locations around Herefordshire such as village halls, community centres or our own offices and make use of the wealth of how to guides that are available to improve digital skills. Creating a weekly 6 week course to cover: the basic skills, how to access and use social media, set up email, use Zoom/Facetime/Video calling, how to stay safe online and online shopping. These will be delivered by Co-ordinators and supported by Digital Volunteers. A follow on 121 course will also be offered, if participants wish to continue their learning. Age UK will work with them on a 121 basis to support with specific individual tasks like personal admin for household bills, setting up online energy accounts and personal banking.

- 121/Outreach support
For those who are at the very early stages of entering the digital world, we will provide 121 outreach support by way of Co-ordinator meeting with the client to understand their individual needs. Once these needs have been established, a Digital Volunteer will be allocated who will provide ongoing support to enable the client to get online. This could be with liaising with broadband providers to set up connections, supporting with purchasing the right equipment, setting up new devices and end with supporting the client to attend one of the courses being offered in their local area to continue to build on their new skills.

- Tablet Loan
Purchasing 50 tablets, 20 of which will be dedicated to delivering our courses. The remaining tablets will be made available for loan to clients for a 3 month period to ‘try before they buy’. An agreement will be established between Age UK and the client so all parties are clear on their expectations. An agreement will be established between Age UK and the client so all parties are clear on their expectations. How tablets will be utilised beyond the project timescales will be decided jointly by Age UK and Herefordshire Council at the end of the project.

Age UK has modelled their offer on the following predicted beneficiary impact:
Age UK believe the number of beneficiaries detailed below could be supported based on: employing 2 Co-ordinators at 30hrs per week, recruiting 20 volunteers to support with the café running and 121 support, and that the project starts on time in September/October 2021.
The number of beneficiaries per year are detailed below:
• 6 week computer café course:288
• Follow on 121 course: 60
• 121 Outreach: 80
• Tablet Loan: 50

The Council has been awarded £7.37m Additional Restriction Grant fund since November 2020 to support businesses severely impacted by coronavirus restrictions. The Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy has provided the council discretion on how it can use these funds to support the needs of local businesses and the economy. Following a number of discretionary grant rounds, £630k of the £7.37m budget remains.

The Cabinet Member for Economy and Place decision 04 May 2021, “Additional Restrictions Grant - business recovery programme” set out proposals for a Festivals and Events Grant to support existing public events and festivals that will take place within the 2021/22 financial year.

Due to the dynamic Covid-19 situation, circumstances have changed and many events planned for 2021 will either have now occurred or have been cancelled due to the situation. There is also an opportunity to reflect arrangements on other grant schemes, simplify the criteria and remove subjective assessment requirements or further post payment spend monitoring.

In consideration of the above, this decision proposes to vary the criteria to support festivals and events as follows:

• Operate the grant as a discretionary grant with broad criteria and application process. Making grant awards to those events meeting the criteria. Eligible applicants would be given discretion on the use of the award and there would be no subsequent monitoring process on the use of these funds (the covid-19 fraud/post payment checks will remain).
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• Eligible applicants will have the discretion on the use of the funds within the government set criteria.
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• Applicants will need to be either a business, a charity, or town or parish council. Constituted community groups will be able to apply through one of the above eligible applicants where they are an active partner within the group.
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• Events will need to take place following the receipt of the grant either within 2021 or 2022 calendar years. If the event or festival does not go ahead by December 31st 2022, unless due to the reintroduction of further COVID19 restrictions, any grant awarded will be clawed back from the applicant body.
• Events supported will have a minimum attendee requirement of 500 which will restrict very localised events.
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• Events must be held in Herefordshire and all members of the public must be able to attend (via a reasonable charge if necessary) at all times.
• A previous event of the same nature must have been held by the applicant during the three calendar years prior to 17 September 2021.
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• Event organisers who hold more than one event per year will be able to apply for more than one event providing that each is materially different. For example an event organiser holding a food festival would not be supported for holding another food festival but would be supported for holding a walking festival or arts fair.
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• Applicants can apply for no more than 2 grants per organisation.

In addition to the above criteria the following types of event are specifically excluded:
o Award ceremonies
o Business expos or trade fairs
o Wedding fairs
o School or village fetes
o Regular street markets, auctions, car boot sales, or agricultural markets
o Sports matches, race meetings or sporting competitions

A one off grant will be made in accordance with the following criteria:

• Events or festivals evidencing less than 1000 attendees will receive a £5,000 grant payment;
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• Events and festivals providing strong evidence of between 1001 and 5,000 attendees will receive a £10,000 grant payment.


• For events and festivals providing substantial and verifiable evidence of over 5,000 attendees a grant payment of up to £50,000 will be made.
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• For events in this last category the size of the grant payment will be determined by:
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o the number of attendees;
o the strength of evidence provided for numbers of attendees – for example demonstrable ticket sales being very strong evidence, head counts or estimations being weak evidence;
o demonstrable commitment to holding an event before the 31st December 2022 – for example booked venues, performers, released promotion, other associated costs;
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o a definable and demonstrable need for support in the form of an identified viability gap or an expansion of the previous event in terms of number of attendees, length of event, enhanced facilities or attractions.

Wherever possible evidence should be based on the last time the event was held during the last three years. For most applicants this should be the last pre Covid19 year (anticipated as 2019 for most annual events).

The Economic Development Manager is delegated authority to conclude the suggested eligible items of expenditure, eligible applicant organisations, and any final detailed administration of the scheme.

A webpage with the criteria for the scheme and an online application form will be developed which will follow the precedent set by the Additional Restriction Grant Guidance and previous discretionary schemes. Guidance will be provided to applicants and criteria terminology will be explained.

All applications will follow the application process and applications will be checked that they are correct, accurate, and that applicants meet the stated criteria and the ARG assurance requirements. The Economic Development Manager will award grants to those that meet the requirements in accordance to the grant criteria. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application.

The global Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting measures taken to reduce the spread of the virus have had an unprecedented impact on the national and local economy and on people’s wellbeing and mental (as well as physical) health. Nationally the magnitude of the recession caused by the pandemic is unprecedented, GDP declined by 9.8% in 2020 the steepest drop since records began in 1948.

The pandemic has also had a severe impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing, due to long periods of anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty. The Herefordshire Community Wellbeing Survey 2021 found 28% of people reported high levels of anxiety, 32% experienced drop in household income, 33% doing less exercise, and 30% sleeping less well. Wellbeing is lowest in those living in the most deprived areas.
The council has worked across all directorates to support businesses, residents and communities throughout the pandemic to remain as safe as possible and to prevent and reduce spread of infection and protect those most vulnerable in our society.
Our focus now moves towards recovery. Over the coming months the true impact of the pandemic will become better known for the economy, community wellbeing and organisation.

To support the recovery cabinet approved a £6.1m COVID Recovery Plan which includes the economy, community wellbeing and organisation. The recovery plan now focuses on the immediate impactful actions we need to take in the short term. Our priorities are to:

- Establish Safe and Welcoming Places
- Support Business Viability and Resilience,
- Support Employment
- Support Wellbeing.

An element of the recovery plan will be to provide additional capacity to the Talk Community Health and Wellbeing Team to deliver mini health checks and healthy lifestyle behavioral support within the community. This support will provide people the advice and support needed, to stop smoking, be more active, reduce alcohol consumption, lose weight and eat healthier.

The current service provides 12 week evidence based lifestyle support to enable, individuals, and groups, the time and support needed to make positive, and sustainable lifestyle choices within their community – helping improve their overall health and wellbeing. Additional capacity within the service will allow a greater reach into Herefordshire communities and further opportunities to address lifestyle risk factors associated with ill-health, covid-19 complications and improve wellbeing.

Herefordshire is an inclusive county and has welcomed 95 refugees through resettlement programmes since late 2016. From 2020, the council has had to defer implementing its commitment to resettle more refugees, owing largely to Covid19. However the final withdrawal of UK forces from Afghanistan and the unfolding situation amid humanitarian concerns has led to the council rapidly reviewing the options for resettling refugees.

The government has announced two resettlement schemes; the afghan citizen’s resettlement scheme (ACRS) and the ARAP scheme, which is for Afghan people who have been employed supporting UK forces and agencies. The two schemes are now closely aligned and are supported by the same comprehensive financial package. People on both schemes will be awarded refugee status and five years leave to remain, giving them all the rights of UK citizens.

The council has received significant offers of support from key partners including but not limited to: the CCG, NHS Trusts, police, housing, voluntary and community sector agencies.

Herefordshire’s larger stockholding housing providers are offering properties suitable for refugee families, when they become available from their existing social and affordable stock or new development schemes. Suitable properties will generally be able to accommodate a family of four or larger. Properties will be reserved by the council to ensure they are available at the time of arrivals.

The council must submit an offer of accommodation and support to the Home Office by Thursday 23 September. It is likely that an offer made to the Home Office from Herefordshire will focus on one or more of Ledbury, Hereford City or Leominster areas. A support and orientation service will be commissioned from a specialist provider and mobilised rapidly, subject to a separate record of officer decision.

A communications approach for Afghan refugee resettlement is being prepared in conjunction with the Communications Team, to guide all external and internal communications as resettlement develops.

To approve expenditure and deliver activities as detailed in the Leominster Heritage Action Zone Delivery Plan

To grant an explosives licence to Aldi, 166 – 168 Eign Street, HR4 0AP in accordance with the Explosives Regulations 2014 for 5 years. Expiry 31st August 2026.

To grant an explosives licence to Aldi, Dishley Street, HR6 8PX in accordance with the Explosives Regulations 2014 for 5 years. Expiry 31st August 2026.

To grant an explosives licence to Aldi, Brookend Street, Ross on Wye, HR9 7EE in accordance with the Explosives Regulations 2014 for 5 years. Expiry 31st August 2026.

To prosecute one defendant for failing in duty of care under Sections 34 (1) & 34(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

To prosecute one defendant for contravening regulations 3 & 6 of The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and sections 1 & 2 of the Fraud Act 2006

To prosecute the defendant for offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 117

HMO Licence granted M/117328.

HMO Licence granted M/117182.

HMO Licence granted M/117098.

To serve a S20 & 21 Prohibition Order Cat 1 & Cat 2 notice - U/003274.

To serve a R18- PWS Regulations 2016 notice - U/003283.

• The licence granted to RNC (Royal National College for the Blind) to occupy the building expired on 31st August.

• Repairs are required to the air conditioning plant which are the obligation of RNC to resolve, but they were unable to procure before the licence to occupy ended.

• A further short-term licence to do works is required to permit the RNC to return and to carry out the works.

To:
i. renew the existing the contract with Attenti Consulting Ltd at a maximum cost of £437,190 for an external Children’s Social Care Quality Review & Assurance Team from 21 September 2021 to 20 December 2021
ii. vary the contract terms to reduce the termination notice period from one month to two weeks

To approve the Market Town Investment Plans (MTIP’s) for each of Herefordshire’s market towns. The MTIPs have the vision for the future economic development of the town together with a programme of potential projects that support the delivery of the vision. And to approve next steps in the development of business cases for projects that have been identified and prioritised by stakeholders as part of the market town investment planning process that meet the criteria for ELIS funding.

C1219 Nuthatch Cottage To Gwent Boundary, Walterstone (TTRO21-722)

Wye Float

8 Septe C1110 From C1116 Junction To Pencombe Road, Winslow, BT

22 Sept C1110 From C1116 Junction To Pencombe Road, Winslow, BT

B4348 From A465 To C1228 Haywood Road, Tram Inn (TTRO21-722)

Temporary Parking Restriction - C1189 Breinton Road, Hereford (TTRO21-196)

U70409, Bulls Hill From B4234 To Forest Green, Walford

08 U71603 Little Birch Road Wrigglebrook Kingsthorne Closure - OD (TTRO21-820)

09 PUTLEY FIBRE FASTERSHIRE CLOSURE - OD - TTRO21-388
Little Princess Trust

U94214 Gorsty Hill, Kimbolton (TTRO21-189)

C1110 from Risbury Mill to Pencombe via Risbury (TTRO21-190)

U67252, Upperfields, Ledbury

C1093, High Street, Weobley

U66007, Criftage Lane, Ullingswick, Herefordshire

C1206 From C1205 To Crossway, Michaelchurch Escley, Herefordshire

B4216, New Street, Ledbury

U70228, Cothars Lane, Gorsley

U70017, How Caple Court Road, How Caple

U70001, Church Road, Upton Bishop

U65630, Crumpton Hill, Storridge

C2097 From C1061 Junction To School Lane Hampton Charles Closure - OD (TTRO21-675)

C1280 Whitehall Road To Bury Hill Lane, Weston Under Penyard

C1297 Mordiford To Woodland Car Park, Mordiford (TTRO21-774)

C1219 Lower House Road To The Vroe Road Via Rowlestone, Rowlestone

U94001 Hope Under Dinmore

C1120 From A49 To Old School House Via Moreton-On-Lugg, Moreton-On-Lugg (TTRO21-715)

TCO OP14

A4110 Three Elms Road, Hereford (TTRO21-764)

U70200, Hope Mansell Lane, Hope Mansell (TTRO21-702)

A4110 from C1017 to Brinshope Lane, Wigmore - HGV Restriction

C1261 Picts Cross To Moraston Farm, Dadnor And Picts Cross (TTRO21-719)

A44 Mill Street, Leominster (TTRO21-597)

Road Closure - U75246, Cusop Dingle, Cusop

U74417, Wern Ddu Road From Prill Road Ewyas Harold To Golden Grove, Ewyas Harold

C1080 From A480 To Track South Of Pennsylvania, Lyonshall

C1149, Watery Lane, Yarkhill

U72214, Common Hill, Fownhope

Road Closure - U93654, Perseverance Road, Leominster

C1257 Symonds Yat West Road, Symonds Yat (TTRO21-726)

U92622, Killhorse Lane, The Goggin Richards Castle (TTRO21-713)

U93400, Lower Derndale, Westhope

U70238, The Line, Linton Ross On Wye

C1129 From C1130 To Junction With Veldo Lane, Withington

C1032, Bridge Street, Pembridge

TCO TL5

U67252, Upperfields, Ledbury

C1048, Eye Lane, Luston

Eardisley Fibre Pt 2 - Road closure

U71610, Castle Nibole Road, Little Birch, Closure (TTRO21-793)

TCO DW20

U73220 Church Croft - Road Closure

Winforton Fibre - Road Closures

C1142, Birchwood Lane, Storridge (TTRO21-728)

U71009, Moraston Lane From C1261, Dadnor And Picts Cross

C1144 From A438 To Longworth Mill, Lugwardine

U91029, Kingswood Road, Kingswood

C1040 from Gilberts Farmhouse to B4361

U66208 Alders End Road

U93624, High Street, Leominster

run Hereford half marathon event – 19 September 2021

C1037, Hostel Lane, Kingsland (TTRO21-755)

U70408, Leys Hill Road, Leys Hill Walford (TTRO21-752)

TCO KS5

Cheltenham motor club Three Shires Rally – officer decision

s.38 - Yew Tree Close

Bromyard folk Festival – 11th/12 September 2021

C1183, Middlewood, Dorstone

U72004, Kilforge Road, Bolstone

U65025 Whitbourne School Road, Whitbourne (TTRO21-181)

U93209, Dilwyn Common Road, Stretford

TCO BZ72

road closure for Cheltenham Club Rally

1. The Maylord Orchard Shopping Centre is now owned outright by the council as a strategic asset in the centre of Hereford.

2. The Shopping Centre comprises multiple retail units some of which a number have been vacant for some time and it is important that occupation levels are increased so that the holding costs incurred by the Council are mitigated.

3. The renewal for a period of 12 months will help retain an existing occupier and the footfall that they bring, whilst also mitigating void costs for the unit.

4. The tenant, a mobile phone retailer, and the terms for the letting have been recommended by the council’s managing agent Montagu Evans.

The tenancies at the Shopping Centre will not prohibit the council from undertaking development at a future date.

1. The Maylord Orchard Shopping Centre is now owned outright by the council as a strategic asset in the centre of Hereford.

2. The Shopping Centre comprises multiple retail units some of which a number have been vacant for some time and it is important that occupation levels are increased so that the holding costs incurred by the Council are mitigated.

3. The renewal for a period of two years will help retain an existing occupier and the footfall that they bring, whilst also mitigating void costs for the unit.

4. The tenant, and the terms for the letting have been recommended by the council’s managing agent Montagu Evans.

5. This tenancy at the Shopping Centre will not prohibit the council from undertaking development at a future date.

To assist the council in the implementation of the New Integrated Waste Management Strategy agreed by Cabinet in July 2021.

1. The Shell Store is owned by the Council, and has been developed to operate as a business incubation, development and networking Centre to stimulate business activity, with 40 units for rent.
2. The Shell Store units are envisaged as being occupied through easy in, easy out terms, through licence arrangements.
3. We want to welcome and settle the first set of tenants into the building as soon as possible to create an income and generate a positive atmosphere to stimulate further interest.
4.The terms agreed reflect on market rents and the facilities on offer to tenants.
5.The prospective tenant has cleared appropriate checks.

To directly award funding to the East Primary Care Network, for the remainder of the current financial year 21/22, for training and resources to increase the early identification of risky drinking through increased interventions including but not limited to; Alcohol AUDIT C screening tool, brief interventions and patient surveys.

As part of the annual review of budgets and commissioning plans the partners have agreed a revised financial plan for the financial year 2021/22.
The Partners acknowledge agree and confirm that they waive the requirements of clause 33 (Variation) in respect of the variations set out in this Deed and further acknowledge, agree and confirm that the Partnership Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1) The Partners have agreed to vary Schedule 1 (Financial Contributions and Financial Governance) to the Partnership Agreement as set out in Schedule 4 (Other Amendments).
2) The Partners have agreed to amend Schedule 3 (Scheme Template & Schedules) to the Partnership Agreement to reflect the revised financial plan as set out in Schedule 4 (Other Amendments).
3) The Partners have reviewed the financial arrangements contained in the Partnership Agreement and have agreed to revise Schedule 4 (Risk Share and Overspends) to the Partnership Agreement to reflect the revised financial plan as set out in Schedule 4 (Other Amendments);
4) The Partners have reviewed the performance management arrangements and have agreed to revise Schedule 6 (Performance Arrangements) to reflect the revised governance structures for joint commissioning as set out in Schedule 4 (Other Amendments);
5) The partners have reviewed the detailed financial plan and have agreed to add to the Partnership Agreement Schedule 11 (Financial Plan)
A partnership arrangement under section 75 (s75) of the NHS Act 2006 enables partners to commission integrated health and social care services to better meet the needs of service users than if the partners were operating independently. Section 75 agreements provide a contractual framework for the use of pooled funds between the council and CCG, to enable services to be delivered and commissioned co-dependently.

The s75 agreement is a national requirement of the Better Care Fund, set by NHS England under the NHS Act 2006.

The global Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting measures taken to reduce the spread of the virus have had an unprecedented impact on the national and local economy and on people’s wellbeing and mental (as well as physical) health. Nationally the magnitude of the recession caused by the pandemic is unprecedented, GDP declined by 9.8% in 2020 the steepest drop since records began in 1948.
The pandemic has also had a severe impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing, due to long periods of anxiety, isolation, and uncertainty. The Herefordshire Community Wellbeing Survey 2021 found 28% of people reported high levels of anxiety, 32% experienced drop in household income, 33% doing less exercise, and 30% sleeping less well. Wellbeing is lowest in those living in the most deprived areas.
The council has worked across all directorates to support businesses, residents and communities throughout the pandemic to remain as safe as possible and to prevent and reduce spread of infection and protect those most vulnerable in our society.
Our focus now moves towards recovery. Over the coming months the true impact of the pandemic will become better known for the economy, community wellbeing and organisation.
To support the recovery cabinet approved a £6.1m COVID Recovery Plan which includes the economy, community wellbeing and organisation. The recovery plan now focuses on the immediate impactful actions we need to take in the short term. Our priorities are to:
-Establish Safe and Welcoming Places
-Support Business Viability and Resilience,
-Support Employment
-Support Wellbeing.

To improve the access roads that at present do not form part of the Public
Realm Highways responsibility, to reduce the number of insurance claims
against the council and to bring them up to an acceptable standard
for future adoption.

S C Joseph Ltd have been identified as the bidder representing best value for money following a competitive tender and assessment process in accordance with Council procurement procedures. Quotations were
invited from three prospective companies and two returned valid quotation for consideration.

The work to be various locations on the Rotherwas Industrial Estate to be
Awarded to S C Joseph Ltd at a cost of £24,889.00.

The overall budget of £109k (residual from the three year budget) is also
to improve Station Road an un-adopted road in Bromyard.

The general scrutiny committee review proposals for in year adjustments to the capital programme to allow the re-alignment of capital spend to projects on priority flood works that require the allocation of budget.

To consider the comments and objections received from one resident, in relation to the advertisement of the council’s proposal to introduce the following Traffic Regulation Order: (A44 AND VARIOUS SIDE ROADS, PEMBRIDGE) (20MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2021.

The extents of the proposed restrictions as advertised are shown on drawing 3409-100 in Appendix A.

To serve a Civil Penalty Notice - HMO Licence S.72 notice: U/003223

To serve a EPA 1990 S80 Notice - U/003259.

To serve a Civil Penalty Notice - HMO Licence S.72 notice - U/003262

To serve a EPA 1990 S80 Notice notice - U/003289

HMO Licence granted M/118502.

The external surfaces of the windows are in need of minor repair and decoration deemed necessary in order for this Grade II Listed Building to be preserved and to prevent further deterioration of the asset.

The adjacent road is narrow and will need a road closure in place to facilitate scaffolding to safely carry out the works.

Hoople have provided a target cost to carry out these works in the amount of £18,973.20.

The works to be awarded to Hoople to self-deliver.

The council has secured an award of £675k of LEP funding to spend on infrastructure in 2021/22 to prepare land for development at Hereford Enterprise Zone. This funding is in addition to £5,432k previously awarded LEP funds and the £14,947k of capital funding already in the approved capital programme (both of which are shown as separate projects on the capital programme). The funding will enable the council to carry out additional infrastructure work and hence prepare more land for development and sale at the North Magazine of Skylon Park.

• The council is keen to progress the investigation of delivering affordable housing as quickly as possible. Expert advice is required to inform decisions regarding the sites value of any purchase of third party owned housing schemes on across Herefordshire.

• Fisher German LLP have the expertise in this area and are able to complete a Red Book Valuation and initial assessment of the site.

• The council has opted to use three quotes to assess the value for money of this contract. The procurement process complied with the council’s contract procedure rules for a contract of this value.

The cabinet member report dated the 12th February 2021 authorises that the insurance settlement figure of £173k be granted to the sports club to undertake the reinstatement works.
The specification was approved in November by the councils building surveyor and mechanical engineer.
The sports club to date have been paid £173 k as per the cabinet member report dated he 12th February 2021. The actual insurance settlement amount was £173,408.14, leaving a balance in the cost centre of £408.14.
It is proposed that this balance be forwarded to the sports club as full and final settlement.
A copy of the invoices and valuation to date have been provided.