To enter into Parish Lengthsman contract variation agreements with 18 Town and Parish Councils, to provide labour only purchase orders for 2 Town and Parish Councils, to supply materials only to 4 Town and Parish Councils as listed in Appendix 1, and to increase a previous agreement with Little Birch Parish Council by a further £2,250 due to an administrative error so as to deliver £83,063.53 of improvement works on the Public Rights of Way network, as set out in this report, and within a total value of £25k per Town and Parish Council in order to be permissible as a direct award under the Contract Procedure Rules.

(This Record of Officer Decision is further to a previous Record of Officer Decision of July 2024 to enter into Parish Lengthsman contract variation agreements with 34 Town and Parish Councils in order to deliver £83,602.45 of improvement works on the Public Rights of Way network).