Issue - meetings

This report advises Members of the receipt of a petition requesting that the area around the shops on Plantation Drive and Boroughbridge Road be tidied up, including repairs to the footway surfaces and dealing with issues relating to litter.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:

(i)                 Note the receipt of the leaflet petition;

(ii)               Approve the proposals outlined in paragraphs 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the report:

·        To write to all the owners of the private forecourts requesting that they carry out any necessary repairs to their areas in the interests of the safety of the general public within a definite timescale.

·        Should works not be completed by the due date to serve formal notice on the property owners under Section 230 (1) of The Highways Act 1980 listing what works are necessary to maintain this area in a safe condition and defining a timescale in which these works should be completed.  Powers are also available under Section 230 (4) for the highway authority to execute these works by default and recover all reasonable costs incurred.

·        Streetscene will continue to attend to the sweeping and litter picking of these areas under the new pilot zone and will attend with the mobile crews as and when requested.

·        The adopted areas will continue to be monitored and repairs will be actioned as and when required;

(iii)      That Officers work with the Street Environment Officers to address the issues in the area.        

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  To ensure the area is maintained in a satisfactory condition for all users of the private forecourted areas.

Members considered a report which advised them of the receipt of a leaflet petition presented by Councillor Simpson-Laing at Full Council on 25 January 2007. The petition was presented on behalf of 36 residents that use the shops and post box adjacent to the shops in the Plantation Drive/Boroughbridge Road area. The residents requested that the area be tidied up including repairs to the footway surfaces and the issues relating to litter.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:

(i)                 Note the receipt of the leaflet petition;

(ii)               Approve the proposals outlined in paragraphs 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the report:

• To write to all the owners of the private forecourts requesting that they carry out any necessary repairs to their areas in the interests of the safety of the general public within a definite timescale.
• Should works not be completed by the due date to serve formal notice on the property owners under Section 230 (1) of The Highways Act 1980 listing what works are necessary to maintain this area in a safe condition and defining a timescale in which these works should be completed.  Powers are also available under Section 230 (4) for the highway authority to execute these works by default and recover all reasonable costs incurred.
• Streetscene will continue to attend to the sweeping and litter picking of these areas under the new pilot zone and will attend with the mobile crews as and when requested.
• The adopted areas will continue to be monitored and repairs will be actioned as and when required;

(iii)      That Officers work with the Street Environment Officers to address the issues in the area.        

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  To ensure the area is maintained in a satisfactory condition for all users of the private forecourted areas.