Decisions

Bristol City Council has attracted significant funding through the Home Office Grant. This additional investment in the City, will enable delivery of a number of initiatives that aim to reduce incidents of violence against women and girls to include sexual harassment and drink spiking incidents. The project includes the development of legacy products to include a Bristol Women’s Safety Charter, anti-sexual harassment training package for night-time economy employees and a City-Wide Awareness campaign. The funds will also expand on the current police led drink spiking testing pilot across the City and support the Bristol@Night website. Implementation of these initiatives will serve to reduce crimes against women and girls at night, reduce the fear of these crimes and grow the power of the night-time community from within.

Bristol City Council have agreed to receive funds from the Home Office Safer Streets Fund (Safety for Women at Night). Bristol City Council will spend the funds on a number of initiatives designed to prevent violence against women at night in Bristol City Centre, to include within venues as well as routes home, through protecting those at risk and by targeting potential perpetrators of violence against women and girls. The proposed project is designed to make the Bristol City Centre safer and feel safer for women at night.

To award a new Bus Shelter Advertising Concession as set out in the Cabinet reports dated 2 October 2018 and 25 February 2021, and the tender report dated 27 October 2021.

To award the new Bus Shelter Advertising Concession (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2030) to Clear Channel UK Ltd, following a procurement exercise, as per recommendations set out in Cabinet Reports dated 2 October 2018 and 25 February 2021.

If a pupil in an education setting has very complex needs and requires specialist help to make progress with their education, the school can apply for additional funding. This is called 'element 3' or 'top up' funding.
The bid is concerned with the additional development and enhancement of a centralised web-based application for the new DSG High Needs Block Element 3 funding process (more commonly known as ‘top-up’).
The conditions of the bid were favourable, and no match funding is required. The primary conditions of the bid are to agree to publish all outputs of the project under open license.
The funding will be used to deliver a project which the Council had already identified as being necessary.

a)To accept funding in the sum of £314,200 following a successful bid to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Local Digital Fund Round 5 to explore the digital build/interface of a centralised special educational needs top-up funding service.
b)To spend the funding award asset out in the bid submission.

Bristol City Council has been directed by Government to implement a Charging CAZ D.
The Council's proposal consists of deploying both fixed ANPR cameras and mobile systems to enforce the Clean Air Zone. The contract also includes a full back-office management system and interfaces to other applications / agencies.
A recent tender was carried out for both CAZ and Bus Lane Enforcement (BLE) devices so that the Council has one contract/one supplier. The contract was awarded prior to JAQUs decision, and as per the tender was initially for just the BLE element. A Tender Report for this was signed off by the Executive Director Growth and Regeneration on 22.06.21.
Now that JAQU have formally signed off the Council’s full business case for a Charging CAZ D, the Council needs to ‘enable’ the CAZ D element of the contract.

Approval to spend £872k over 5 years to enable the ‘CAZ D’ element of the existing contract for the provision of ‘approved devices for unattended enforcement’ to start with immediate effect.

Consultation is sought on the initial draft document to inform the final content of the Purpose-built Student Accommodation and Shared Living Supplementary Planning Document. Section 12 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 requires the preparation of a consultation statement before a local planning authority can adopt a Supplementary Planning Document.

Commence initial consultation on Purpose-built Student Accommodation and Shared Living draft Supplementary Planning Document on 8th November 2021 until 7th January 2022.

To enable information to be provided explaining how Bristol City Council’s Local Plan policies relating to affordable housing provision will be applied in accordance with the Government’s national policy approach to the provision of First Homes.

To authorise publication of Delivery of First Homes in Bristol - Addendum to Affordable Housing Practice Note -November 2021

These bespoke works are required to ensure that Council housing flats comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (FSO).

Approval to award remedial fire safety works to lofts, communal ducts and flats with associated asbestos removal.