Decisions made

Two appeals against the refusal of home to school transport, as an exception to policy

Hampshire Pension Fund's cash balances will be invested in accordance with the approved decision sheet for Hampshire Pension Fund - Cash Investments. this has been prepared with the advice of the County Council's Treasury Management adviser, Arlingclose Ltd, and in accordance with the Annual Investment Strategy 2017/18.

To make a prescribed alteration to Four Marks Church of England Primary School, Five Lanes End, Four Marks, Alton, GU34 5AS (category of schools – Controlled Church of England) by enlarging the premises of the school, with effect from September 2020.

Both cases were refused.

To make a prescribed alteration to Endeavour Primary School, East Anton Farm Road, Andover, SP11 6RD (category of schools – Community) by expanding the premises of the school to manage the David Kirk site on Dairy Road, with effect from September 2018.

1.1. That the temporary extension of interim resources to provide supplementary change management capacity in Property Services be approved. This to be provided by Stockton Consulting via the Matrix Agency contract.
1.2. That the cost of the additional resources up to £32,000 over a fixed term period be approved.

This report seeks permission to modify, by extension, the three Meals on Wheels contracts for a period of 6 months from April 2018.

This report seeks approval to spend under the proposed Hampshire Accommodation Development and Support Options Model (HADSOM) Procurement vehicle. HADSOM is a new bespoke procurement vehicle for accommodation and support options for younger adults.

This report seeks approval to procure a county wide carer support service, to be operational from 1 April 2019.

1.1. This is an application, made by a member of the public in 2007, under Section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The application seeks to record a public footpath over St Catherine’s Hill, running between Garnier Road and Five Bridges Road, Winchester.

1.2. It is considered that the documentary and user evidence reviewed is insufficient for it to be inferred that, on the balance of probabilities, the public has acquired a right of way on the claimed route, and it recommended that the application be refused.

1.1. Hampshire County Council has been approached by local residents and elected members with a view to improving the surface of a metalled path running between Winchester Bridleway 5 and Coppice Close. The route has existed since the surrounding Teg Down development was built during the 1960s, but was not subsequently adopted as a publicly maintainable highway. As a result, no authority currently has any duty (or power) to maintain the surface of the route, and in recent years some sections of the route have fallen into disrepair, in particular the right-angled junction at the eastern end of the route, which is prone to flooding in wet weather.

1.2 There is no known owner of the land over which the route runs (the company registered as the freeholder has been dissolved), nobody is in a position to dedicate public highway rights over the route, and so to record the route as a public right of way would require rights to either be recorded via a Map Modification Order, based on evidence of use (which would be a time-consuming process), or by a creation order under Section 26 of the Highways Act 1980. It is considered that the latter would be a more efficient means of recording the route on the Definitive Map.

1.3 Because the route in question runs between an existing bridleway and an adopted road, officers have consulted on the basis of recording the route as a bridleway, so as not to render the spur of Bridleway 5 a legal cul-de-sac for cyclists. Further, the consultation revealed that the route is (and has been) regularly used by cyclists. Whilst recording the route as a bridleway would also enable the route to be legally used by equestrians, the urban setting of the path makes this scenario unlikely.

1.4 Winchester City Council, user groups and local residents were consulted on the proposal. No objection was raised, with support coming from some local residents and the representative of Cycling UK.

1.1 A recent investigation into the alignment of Alton Footpath 64 has revealed that the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way is in error, and requires modification. A full report into the history of the path is appended to this decision record.

1.2 Officers have established that the alignment of the path currently recorded does not reflect the route that has been available on the ground for over a century. The decision has therefore been made to make a Definitive Map Modification Order to correct the alignment of the path.

To make a prescribed alteration to COLDEN COMMON PRIMARY SCHOOL, Upper Moors Road, Brambridge, Eastleigh, SO50 6HW (category of schools – community) by enlarging the premises of the schools, with effect from 1 September 2020.

To make a prescribed alteration to NORTHERN JUNIOR SCHOOL, Richmond Rise, Portchester, PO16 8DG (category of school – Community) by enlarging the premises of the school, with effect from September 2019.

That a Traffic Order be made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will be to prohibit the use of four wheeled motorised vehicles (as stated in the order) from using Shallow Lane, Boldre between a point 78 metres north-east of its junction with Boldre Lane and a point 20 metres south-west of its junction with Pilley Hill, an approximate distance of 530 metres.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding an interim transport policy position which sets out the County Council’s view on transport infrastructure requirements for the Waterside area of South Hampshire in light of potential future growth.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding the need for procurement of a retainer contract to provide waste management services for storage, onward transport and disposal of material resulting from a coastal pollution event.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval for public engagement and consultation on the outline scheme proposals emerging for the Farnborough Growth Package and Blackwater Valley Gold Grid.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval to establish civil parking enforcement in Gosport to be implemented and operated by the County Council. In addition approval is sought to give notice to end current agency arrangements and to put in place the provisions required for providing civil parking enforcement across the County in pursuance of Transformation to 2019 proposals.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval to undertake a public consultation exercise on the extent and nature of potential improvements to the A3025 Hamble Lane, between the Windhover Roundabout up to and including the Portsmouth Road junction.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment seeking approval to continue the current arrangements for the Hampshire Concessionary Travel Scheme for 2018/2019.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval for land between Warsash Road, Schooners Way and Dibles Road, Warsash to be declared surplus to highway requirements.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval for land adjoining Dix Hill Cottage, Main Road, Tadley to be declared surplus to highway requirements.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding approval for land at Shetland Road, Basingstoke to be declared surplus to highway requirements.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding charging for services, including some currently provided free of charge and implementing new charged-for services up to a level that enables the full costs of providing those services to be recovered.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding progress and delivery within the capital programme and two amendments to the capital programme.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding progress with the work the County Council is doing with other authorities to devise an agreed approach to cross border charging to recover costs incurred.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding Hampshire County Council's future waste strategy.