Decisions
19/06/2025 - Local Transport Plan 5
To seek approval for formal adoption of the
Local Transport Plan 5
Decision Maker: Council
Decision due date: 05/12/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Ffion Horton
Notice of decision: 19/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
17/06/2025 - To extend the Hereford Levelling Up Funding (LUF) Programme award for Professional Services Support. ref: 10734 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Corporate Director – Economy & Environment
Decision published: 19/06/2025
Effective from: 17/06/2025
Decision:
To allocate £476,075 of the approved
Levelling Up Funding to the awarded contract to provide
professional services support for the design and delivery of the
LUF programme. This value includes an amount for contingency and
risk.
Lead officer: Melissa Walker
19/06/2025 - Local Walking and Cycling Plan adoption
To seek Cabinet approval for the adoption of
the Local Walking and Cycling Plan
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 18/12/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Ffion Horton
Notice of decision: 19/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
04/06/2025 - To confirm Tree Preservation Order 697 The Bannut, Bromyard Road, Bringsty ref: 10733 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Officer Decisions - Economy and Enviroment
Decision published: 19/06/2025
Effective from: 04/06/2025
Decision:
To confirm a TPO
Lead officer: Ruth Jackson
16/06/2025 - Decision to approve an Early Works Instruction in respect of Peterchurch Primary School project for early procurement and site mobilisation works ref: 10731 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Service Director - Education, Skills and Learning
Decision published: 19/06/2025
Effective from: 16/06/2025
Decision:
Decision to approve an Early Works Instruction
under the Pre-Services
Construction Agreement in respect of the Peterchurch Primary
School
project for enabling works to be instructed.
The Early Works Instruction 2 will instruct early procurement and
site
mobilisation works at a cost of £168,083.27 due to a long
lead in time and
to ensure there is not a delay to programme, this is within the
budgets set
aside for these elements of the project.
Lead officer: Annie Ahearne
20/05/2025 - Decision to award contract and approve the expenditure of up to £172,065 for the damp works at Kington Primary School, Herefordshire. ref: 10730 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Service Director - Education, Skills and Learning
Decision published: 19/06/2025
Effective from: 20/05/2025
Decision:
Award a contract to S C Joseph Ltd for the
damp works at Kington Primary School, Herefordshire, following a
successful tender on the Council’s procurement portal.
Approve the expenditure of up to £152,946.3 for the works,
which includes a contingency of up to £13,904.21.
Approve the expenditure of up to £19,118.29 for internal and
external
professional fees.
Responsibility for monitoring the programme to be carried out by
the
Capital Senior Project Manager within the spend budget.
Lead officer: Annie Ahearne
18/06/2025 - West Midlands Safe Centre
To approve the establishment of a Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and agrees for Herefordshire to join the SPV
and be part of a formal partnership with other local authorities in
the West Midlands in terms as set out in the report.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 25/09/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Tina Russell
Notice of decision: 18/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Part exempt - view reasons
Explanation of anticipated restriction:
Appendix 1 is exempt as it is the business case for the Safe Centre.
17/06/2025 - Purchase of accommodation and commissioning of outreach services
To approve capital expenditure to source a
building from which a single provider, commissioned through a
competitive tender exercise, will deliver a registered overnight
and outreach short breaks service within Herefordshire. This will
increase local sufficiency in line with Herefordshire's Improvement
Plan for Children and Families, and Placement Sufficiency Strategy
for Children and Young People.
Decision Maker: Corporate Director - Children & Young People
Decision due date: 01/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Sandra Griffiths
Notice of decision: 17/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
16/06/2025 - Contract Award for Herefordshire Resurfacing Works - Works Orders WO2 Programme Amendments ref: 10729 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Corporate Director – Economy & Environment
Decision published: 16/06/2025
Effective from: 16/06/2025
Decision:
To amend the works programme and agree
Compensation Events, via the Works Order 2 to Tarmac Trading, using
the Council’s NEC 4 Framework Agreement, to authorise an
uplift of £61,220.24 to cover outstanding compensation events
in relation to additional works agreed on the B4348 to the Tram Inn
scheme.
Lead officer: Jenny Arnold
16/06/2025 - Executive Responses to Notices of Motion ref: 10714 Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
To approve executive responses to outstanding
notices of motion agreed at meetings of the full Council.
Decision Maker: Leader of the Council (Section 9E)
Decision published: 16/06/2025
Effective from: 21/06/2025
Decision:
a) The executive responses to notices of motion contained in appendix a are approved.
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Matthew Evans
11/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current 40mph speed limit at Walford in Herefordshire ref: 10728 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced to 30mph
Lead officer: Callum Bush
04/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current National speed limit at Elton and Pipe Aston in Herefordshire ref: 10727 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 04/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced to 30mph
Lead officer: Callum Bush
11/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current 40mph speed limit at Blakemere in Herefordshire ref: 10726 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced to 30mph
Lead officer: Callum Bush
11/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current 40mph speed limit at Bartestree in Herefordshire ref: 10725 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced to 30mph
Lead officer: Callum Bush
11/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current 40mph speed limit at Kinsham in Herefordshire ref: 10724 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced to 30mph
Lead officer: Callum Bush
11/06/2025 - Decision to maintain the current National speed limit along C1103 Moreton Hill in Herefordshire ref: 10723 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Following the investigation into a speed limit
reduction, it is recommended that the current speed limit is not
reduced
Lead officer: Callum Bush
11/06/2025 - Decision to proceed with new waiting restrictions on C1099 Station Road and U73048 Dovecote Lane, Credenhill ref: 10722 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Head of Highways and Traffic
Decision published: 13/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
Traffic Regulation Order be implemented under
Sections 1, 2, 3 and Part
IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as
proposed in
the Notice of Proposal, the effect of which will be to introduce No
Waiting
at Any Time (Double Yellow Line) restrictions on C1099 Station Road
and
U73048 Dovecote Lane
Lead officer: Callum Bush
13/06/2025 - Herefordshire Suicide Prevention Strategy
To approve, for publication, a new Suicide
Prevention Strategy (2024-2029) for Herefordshire
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 25/09/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Lindsay MacHardy, Kristan Pritchard
Notice of decision: 13/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
13/06/2025 - Housing related support for children in care and care leavers aged 16-25
To seek approval to commission, by means of a
competitive tender process in line with the council’s
contract procedure rules, a housing related support service for
16–25-year-old children in care and care leavers
Decision Maker: Cabinet member children and young people
Decision due date: 04/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Wendy Dyer
Notice of decision: 09/04/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
16/05/2025 - To grant a license to Herefordshire Wildlife Trust granting permission to access various stretches of the waterway via Council owned land for the purposes of carrying out maintenance. ref: 10720 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Commercial and Investment Manager
Decision published: 12/06/2025
Effective from: 16/05/2025
Decision:
1. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust (HWT) require
the license as part of their bid to the EA to demonstrate they have
the ability to deliver the River City Project.
2. HWT will carry out maintenance and upgrading works on
Herefordshire Council owned land where appropriate.
3. The license will allow HWT to improve the area which will
benefit the rivers and wetlands across the city.
4. The works will open up areas of riverside walks, which are
currently overgrown and neglected, for the benefit of the public
and the flora and fauna that lives in and around them. The project
will also increase the public awareness of the natural environment
through the use of information boards and waymarkers.
Lead officer: Michelle Chadd
02/06/2025 - Disposal of land and buildings at the former Colwall Church of England Primary School, Colwall Green, Colwall ref: 10719 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Commercial and Investment Manager
Decision published: 12/06/2025
Effective from: 02/06/2025
Decision:
Owing to severe water ingress problems in the
school buildings a replacement school was built during 2017, and
the school relocated in January 2018.
No use has been made of the old school buildings since this
date and they are no longer required by Herefordshire Council as an
educational establishment.
Part of the site and buildings is already owned of the Diocese of
Hereford and the consideration is to compensate for the public
value in the land that is being transferred.
Lead officer: Michelle Chadd
02/06/2025 - To transfer to the Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance the freehold building footprint and land at Colwall Church of England Primary School, Mill Lane, Colwall ref: 10718 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Commercial and Investment Manager
Decision published: 12/06/2025
Effective from: 02/06/2025
Decision:
Paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 3 to the School
Standards and Framework Act 1998 requires the council to transfer
the freehold building footplate and developed hard play areas to
the Hereford Diocesan Board of Finance.
Lead officer: Michelle Chadd
21/05/2025 - Decision to award contract and approve the expenditure of up to £114,453 for the roof and surfacing upgrade works at Blackmarston Primary School, Herefordshire. ref: 10717 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Service Director - Education, Skills and Learning
Decision published: 12/06/2025
Effective from: 21/05/2025
Decision:
Award a contract to S C Joseph Ltd for the
roof and surfacing upgrade works at Blackmarston Primary School,
Herefordshire, following a successful tender on the Council’s
procurement portal.
Approve the expenditure of up to £101,735.70 for the works,
which includes a contingency of up to £9,248.70.
Approve the expenditure of up to £12,717 for internal and
external
professional fees.
Responsibility for monitoring the programme to be carried out by
the
Capital Senior Project Manager within the spend budget.
Lead officer: Annie Ahearne
27/05/2025 - Award of highway works associated with Highway Infrastructure Investment – Works Order 23 ref: 10716 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Corporate Director – Economy & Environment
Decision published: 11/06/2025
Effective from: 27/05/2025
Decision:
To award a contract (Works Order 23) to Tarmac
Trading Ltd using the Council’s NEC 4 Framework Agreement, up
to the value of £226,498.48, for carriageway and remedial
works with an additional contingency of up to a value of
£22,649.84 (10%)
Lead officer: Jenny Arnold
11/06/2025 - Award of contract for pre surface dressing patching works of various sites – Works Order 22 ref: 10715 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Corporate Director – Economy & Environment
Decision published: 11/06/2025
Effective from: 11/06/2025
Decision:
To award a contract (Works Order 22) to Tarmac
Trading Ltd using the Council’s Highways and Public Realm
Schemes Framework, to the initial value of £287,301.65 for
surface dressing preparation works on C and U roads across the
county, as set out in Appendix 1.
Lead officer: Jenny Arnold
11/06/2025 - Reprocurement of Herefordshire Independent Adult Advocacy Services
To approve the reprocurement of Herefordshire
Independant Adult Advocacy Services, bhy way of an open tender
process.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member adults, health and wellbeing
Decision due date: 28/11/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: John Burgess
Notice of decision: 11/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
06/06/2025 - Section 228 Highway Act 1980 – Adoption of highway at Malvern Oak Close, Cradley ref: 10713 Recommendations Approved
Decision Maker: Officer Decisions - Economy and Enviroment
Decision published: 10/06/2025
Effective from: 06/06/2025
Decision:
To adopt the highway at Malvern Oak Close,
Cradley, as identified on drawing no S38/2025-1 under Section 228
of the Highways Act 1980. Notices to be posted on site to
facilitate the adoption of the above sections of footway as
highways maintainable at public expense. In the event of objections
being received, further Governance will be sought.
To secure adopted publicly maintained highway works constructed to
the proper standards for the benefit of the community.
Lead officer: Fiona Miles
05/06/2025 - Ross Enterprise Park Phase 1; Construction Phase
To approve the expenditure of up to
£7.229m of allocated capital funding to progress delivery of
Ross Enterprise Park (phase 1) into the next phase of construction,
and to undertake procurement for a main contractor and other
essential suppliers to deliver those works.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member community services and assets
Decision due date: 18/07/2025
Wards affected: Old Gore; Penyard; Ross East; Ross West;
Lead officer: David Jones
Notice of decision: 05/06/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
30/05/2025 - Procurement Strategy for the Hereford Western Bypass -Phase 1
To agree the procurement route to enable the
Hereford Western Bypass to move to it's construction
stage.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 17/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Steve Smith, Scott Tompkins
Notice of decision: 30/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Part exempt - view reasons
29/05/2025 - City and Market Town Public Realm Investment
To approve the 2025/26 £1.2m City and
Market Town Public Realm Investment.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member roads and regulatory services
Decision due date: 11/07/2025
Wards affected: Bromyard Bringsty; Bromyard West; Kington; Ledbury North; Ledbury South; Ledbury West; Leominster East; Leominster North and Rural; Leominster South; Leominster West; Ross East; Ross North; Ross West;
Lead officer: Ed Bradford
Notice of decision: 29/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
22/05/2025 - Solar Car Ports at Plough Lane
To approve the scoping and construction of
solar car ports at Plough Lane
Decision Maker: Cabinet member environment
Decision due date: 10/07/2025
Wards affected: Central;
Lead officer: Katie Ainsworth, Richard Vaughan, Rosanna Willmott
Notice of decision: 22/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
22/05/2025 - Children and Young Persons' Improvement Plan - Phase 3
To present cabinet with the Phase 3
Children’s Services Improvement Plan for
endorsement.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 17/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Maxine David, Tina Russell
Notice of decision: 22/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
12/05/2025 - Merton Meadows Flood Alleviation - delivery of construction works
To seek approval to spend the remaining
£1.2 million of the £2 million Brownfield Land Release
Fund grant awarded by the government for a flood alleviation scheme
on the Merton Meadow sites in Hereford to enable them to be
released for development. The grant funding will be utilised to
deliver the physical flood alleviation works.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member economy and growth
Decision due date: 27/06/2025
Wards affected: Widemarsh;
Lead officer: Stephen Holland
Notice of decision: 12/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
01/05/2025 - Domestic Abuse Strategy for Herefordshire 2025 to 2028
To approve the new strategy for reducing the
prevalence of and preventing domestic abuse throughout the
county.
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 17/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Kayte Thompson-Dixon
Notice of decision: 01/05/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
16/04/2025 - Local Transport Grant allocation
To delegate authority to the Corporate
Director, Economy and Environment to spend the Local Transport
Grant, Local Transport Resource Fund and Integrated Transport Block
funding from the Department for Transport
Decision Maker: Cabinet member transport and infrastructure
Decision due date: 27/06/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Scott Tompkins
Notice of decision: 16/04/2025
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
Authorities were informed about this funding in April 2025. The funding must be spent in-year, i.e. by the end of March 2026, otherwise the DfT will instigate their 'clawback' process.
Anticipated restriction: Open
15/04/2025 - Bromyard Employment Land and Leominster Business Hub Development
To seek approval to allocate and spend the
Employment Land capital budget to bring forward detailed designs
and accompanying business case for the development of business
space on the former Bromyard Depot site, and to establish a
business hub facility on the ground floor of the Buttercross
Building in Leominster.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member community services and assets
Decision due date: 20/06/2025
Wards affected: Bromyard West; Leominster East;
Lead officer: David Wright
Notice of decision: 15/04/2025
Reason for urgency:
N/A
Anticipated restriction: Open
Explanation of anticipated restriction:
N/A
09/04/2025 - Capability and Ambition Fund 2025/26 allocation
The purpose of the report is to confirm what
Herefordshire Council will deliver with the Capability and Ambition
Fund grant
Decision Maker: Cabinet member transport and infrastructure
Decision due date: 18/06/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Ffion Horton, Scott Tompkins, Richard Vaughan
Notice of decision: 09/04/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
12/03/2025 - Bus Service Improvement Plan capital funding
The purpose of this report is to set out how
the £1.1 million of Bus Service Improvement Plan capital
spend is proposed to be spent and to seek the necessary approvals
to do so.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member transport and infrastructure
Decision due date: 20/06/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: David Land
Notice of decision: 12/03/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
28/02/2025 - Debt Enforcement Contract Award (amended to non key due to monetary amount)
To award the debt enforcement
contract
Decision Maker: Cabinet member finance and corporate services
Decision due date: 20/06/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Rachael Sanders
Notice of decision: 28/02/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
10/02/2025 - Hereford Enterprise Zone Retained Business Rates – Herefordshire Growth Programme
To approve the expenditure of the retained
business rates from the Hereford Enterprise Zone, to deliver a
county wide business growth, skills and inward investment
programme
Decision Maker: Cabinet member economy and growth
Decision due date: 07/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Roger Allonby
Notice of decision: 10/02/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
31/01/2025 - Wye Valley National Landscapes - acceptance of grant funding
This report seeks approval to accept a number
of confirmed and indicative funding awards, allocations and bids
from National Grid, DEFRA, Welsh Government and Natural Resources
Wales for the future management and duties of the Wye Valley
National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
This report also seeks approval to delegate the review of the AONB
Management Plan and the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding
between the 4 constituent local authorities, on account of the
complex nature of the cross-border designation.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member environment
Decision due date: 09/07/2025
Wards affected: Backbury; Birch; Dinedor Hill; Kerne Bridge; Llangarron; Old Gore; Ross East; Ross North; Ross West;
Lead officer: Ben Boswell
Notice of decision: 31/01/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
30/01/2025 - Play Area Investment
The purpose of this report is to set out how
the £1 million for Play Area Investment is proposed to be
spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do so.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member community services and assets
Decision due date: 31/07/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Leigh Whitehouse
Notice of decision: 30/01/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
27/01/2025 - Herefordshire Flood Risk Mitigation
The purpose of this report is to set out how
the £2.055 million for Herefordshire Flood Risk Mitigation is
proposed to be spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do
so.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member transport and infrastructure
Decision due date: 20/06/2025
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Lead officer: Steve Hodges
Notice of decision: 27/01/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
27/01/2025 - Road Safety Schemes
The purpose of this report is to set out how
the £3.0 million for Road Safety Schemes is proposed to be
spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do so.
Decision Maker: Cabinet member transport and infrastructure
Decision due date: 14/07/2025
Wards affected: Bromyard Bringsty; Wormside;
Lead officer: Ed Bradford
Notice of decision: 27/01/2025
Anticipated restriction: Open
18/12/2024 - Retaining of the swimming pool at Peterchurch Primary School
To approve the retention of and structural
improvements to the swimming pool at Peterchurch Primary
School
Decision Maker: Cabinet member community services and assets
Decision due date: 20/08/2025
Wards affected: Golden Valley South;
Lead officer: Quentin Mee
Notice of decision: 18/12/2024
Anticipated restriction: Open
08/06/2023 - New care facility
To consider and agree the business case to
invest in and develop the council’s own care facility in
Herefordshire to meet future demand
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision due date: 25/09/2025
Lead officer: Hilary Hall, Hayley Doyle
Notice of decision: 08/06/2023