Decisions

City Leap is a key project being undertaken by the council to enable it to respond to the Climate Emergency declared by the council in November 2018 and the subsequent adoption of the ambition of Bristol being a carbon neutral city by 2030.
To support the council in its delivery against this ambition, City Leap aims to deliver at least £1bn of investment in Bristol’s energy system over the next 10 years, delivering a cleaner, greener, healthier city for the benefit of all its residents and businesses.
There is a requirement for highly specialised commercial advisory services, including directly relevant energy sector-specific knowledge and experience, to support a successful conclusion to the ongoing City Leap procurement exercise for a Strategic Partner, who will bring very substantial investment and delivery capability to enable the aim of £1bn of investment in the city’s energy system to be achieved.

Appointment of specialist consultants to provide commercial advice and expertise in order to refine and improve the presentation of the commercial business model for the council’s heat network, which forms a key part of the overall business case for City Leap which will be presented to potential Strategic Partners as part of the City Leap procurement exercise.

City Leap is a key project being undertaken by the council to enable it to respond to the Climate Emergency declared by the council in November 2018 and the subsequent adoption of the ambition of Bristol being a carbon neutral city by 2030.
To support the council in its delivery against this ambition, City Leap aims to deliver at least £1bn of investment in Bristol’s energy system over the next 10 years, delivering a cleaner, greener, healthier city for the benefit of all its residents and businesses.
There is a requirement for highly specialised commercial advisory services, including directly relevant energy sector-specific knowledge and experience, to support a successful conclusion to the ongoing City Leap procurement exercise for a Strategic Partner, who will bring very substantial investment and delivery capability to enable the aim of £1bn of investment in the city’s energy system to be achieved.

Appointment of specialist consultants to provide commercial advice and expertise in order to support a number of deliverables linked to refining and improving the presentation of City Leap’s business case, target operating model and commercial strategies to potential Strategic Partners as part of the City Leap procurement exercise.

The DfT grant will provide Bristol City Council and its local authority partners with funding to continue the successful work under the Access WEST programme [see here for original bid document: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-West-of-England-Final-without-appendices-V2.pdf}The programme focusses on providing support to businesses, communities and schools to encourage uptake of sustainable modes of travel and includes a range of activities including (but not limited to) free loan bikes, bus tickets for those seeking employment, skills and training and match-funded grants for businesses to install sustainable travel amenities.

- To submit a funding application to the DfT’s Access Fund Extension competition for £2.301m on behalf of the West of England Authorities dependent on relevant approvals from partner local authorities’ S151 Officers and Bristol’s S151 Officer and in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport and Energy
- To commit to the 10% required match-funding for the bid at £230,100
- Noted that permission to accept and spend the grant, if awarded will be sought at Cabinet on the 3rd December

To override the rights to light over the land at Cattle Market Road and part of Temple Island, Bristol pursuant to Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

The disposal of the Cattle Market Road site and part of the Temple Island site was approved by Cabinet in September 2017. The land sale agreement required the City Council to seek approval to exercise its powers of appropriation in respect of rights to light in relation to the Cattle Market Road property and part of Temple Island if it was not able to demonstrate that it acquired the property for development/planning purposes.
A right to light analysis report has been undertaken on behalf of the University of Bristol which demonstrates that no interference of rights to light exist, and that all of the neighbouring properties should continue to enjoy reasonable levels of light or be no worse off than they are presently.
Decision taken:
1.To confirm and evidence the Council’s purpose of the acquisition of the site in 2015 for development/planning purposes.
2.To confirm the intention of the Council to rely on Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to override the rights of light over land at Cattle Market Road and part of Temple Island, Bristol .
In doing so, the Council has considered the provisions of the Equalities Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998 so far as they might be applicable in deciding whether or not to confirm the intention to override the rights of light. With regard to Article 1 of Protocol 1 Part II of Schedule I of the Human Rights Act 1998, it is considered that in balancing the rights of the individual who may be affected by the overriding against the benefit to the community of proceeding with the overriding, the overriding resulting in the interference of individual rights is justified in the interests of regenerating the area.

To accept external funding contract in accordance with Cabinet decision of 6th March 2018.

In accordance with Cabinet decisions of 6th March 2018 to accept and invest a £6.686m Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) award to support housing delivery and regeneration in Lockleaze, a decision is now made to enter into contract with Homes England to accept this £6.686m award.

Bristol’s aim is to value its carers and to recruit and retain local carers for children who need our care. Providing an inflationary uplift on an annual basis will enable carers to meet the needs of children. This is recognised as an essential part of the high value package provided by Bristol City Council.

1) A 2.3% inflationary uplift to be applied for full year 2019-20 to allowances for Bristol City Council foster carers, special guardians, adopters and supported lodgings hosts .
2) Inflation to be budgeted and applied annually thereafter in line with MTFP inflation model