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Professor Steven Broomhead Chief Executive Town Hall Sankey Street Warrington WA1 1UH Statutory Co-opted Members Roman Catholic and Church of England – Mr D Littlewood 2 x Parent Governor Representatives - Vacancy 21 January 2020 Building Stronger Communities Policy Committee Wednesday 29 January 2020 at 6.30pm Council Chamber, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH Agenda prepared by Abigail Howell – Telephone: (01925) 442142 E-mail: [email protected] Note – In line with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 this meeting may be recorded. A guide to recording meetings has been produced by the Council and can be found at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/info/201104/council_committees_and_meetings/1003/a ccess_to_council_meetings A G E N D A Part 1 Items during the consideration of which the meeting is expected to be open to members of the public (including the press) subject to any statutory right of exclusion. Item 1. Apologies for Absence To record any apologies received. To: Members of the Building Stronger Communities Policy Committee Councillors: Cllr J Flaherty - Chair Cllr S Hall - Deputy Chair Cllrs M Biggin, J Grime, M Hannon, S Harris, A Hill, D Price and S Wright 1

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Professor Steven Broomhead Chief Executive

Town Hall Sankey Street

Warrington WA1 1UH

Statutory Co-opted Members Roman Catholic and Church of England – Mr D Littlewood 2 x Parent Governor Representatives - Vacancy

21 January 2020

Building Stronger Communities Policy Committee

Wednesday 29 January 2020 at 6.30pm

Council Chamber, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH

Agenda prepared by Abigail Howell – Telephone: (01925) 442142 E-mail: [email protected]

Note – In line with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 this meeting may be recorded. A guide to recording meetings has been produced by the Council and can be found at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/info/201104/council_committees_and_meetings/1003/access_to_council_meetings

A G E N D A

Part 1 Items during the consideration of which the meeting is expected to be open to members of the public (including the press) subject to any statutory right of exclusion.

Item 1. Apologies for Absence

To record any apologies received.

To: Members of the Building Stronger Communities Policy Committee

Councillors: Cllr J Flaherty - Chair Cllr S Hall - Deputy Chair Cllrs M Biggin, J Grime, M Hannon, S Harris, A Hill, D Price and S Wright

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2. Code of Conduct - Declarations of InterestRelevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations2012

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare anydisclosable pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest which they have inany item of business on the agenda no later than when the item isreached.

3. Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 4 September 2019as a correct record.

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Warrington Central Area regeneration masterplan

To receive a report from Director of Public Health.

Local Transport Plan 4 and Cycle Ways

To receive a report from Director of Transport and Environment.

Work Programme 2019/20

To consider an update report on behalf of Councillor Jean Flaherty,Chair of the Committee, regarding the Work Programme 2019/20.

7. Schedule of Meetings for 2019/20

The meetings scheduled for the 2019/20 municipal year are asfollows;

14 April 2020

Part 2

Items of a "confidential or other special nature" during which it is likely that the meeting will not be open to the public and press as there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.

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BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES POLICY COMMITTEE 17 November 2019

In attendance: Councillors Flaherty, S Hall (Deputy Chair), M Biggin, J Grime, M Hannon, S Wright

Also Present

David Boyer – Director of Environment & Transport Economic Regeneration Growth and Environment Abigail Howell – Democratic Services Officer Laurence Pullan – Communications Manager Neil Drum – Warrington LPU, Inspector

BSC 16 Apologies for Absence

There was no apologies received.

BSC 17 Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest received.

BS 18 Minutes

Resolved - That the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 4 September were approved as correct record, subject to the amendment of the committee of Councillor J Grime was connected to Making a Difference Culcheth, not a member.

BSC 19 Co- opted Members Update

The Committee received an update report on the Co –Opted Members for the committee. The report provided the committee with an update on the process being followed to appoint to the co-opted member vacancies. The following was highlighted;

• Members discussed the options around the possibility to having an additional faithmember as they felt that the town was more diverse. The committee agreed that thiswould be a good idea.

• To notify all councillors and senior officers of the vacancies

Decision – That the committee noted the content of the report.

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BSC 20 Communications Update

The Committee received a presentation from Laurence Pullan, Communications Manager. The committee was informed of the current position of the communications team. The team supported the delivery of the council’s priorities and aimed to achieve optimum value for money. The team were a combined team of web, communications and design experts. In 2016 communications team salary stood at approximately 400k, the current salary now stood at 260k. Given the decreasing team size, prioritising work aligned to the corporate priorities had never been more important at times the team had to refocus their workloads accordingly.

The Communications focus was to share skills and become a multi – disciplinary team. Communications had delivered the new council website which also dealt with media relation and customer contact. The new council website has improved user experience, and includes better search language, it supports people to self – serve and access services online alongside the transformation programme. Around 3000 people had already created a My Warrington account which benefited people to access online services.

A priority of the team was to ensure that they could measure and evaluate what the team could do to ensure that they were demonstrating return on investment at every opportunity.

A summary of comments and observations were made by members were:

• The members were very impressed with the new council’s webpage.• Comments were made around ways it could be made easier for members of the

public to access a computer, it was suggested there could be signposts around thecontact centre and community centres so the public could see how to access thecouncils webpage.

• Putting details of the new council’s webpage in newsletters.• Look at ways to encourage people to use the council’s webpage.

BSC 21 New Local Policing Unit

The committee received a presentation from Neil Drum, Warrington Local Policing Unit Inspector. The presentation gave a brief overview around the Warrington Local Policing Unit Team, the PSCO Commitments, the ‘122’ Model, the ‘Tiered’ Basing and the Force resources. It was highlighted that it was really important to work with partners across Cheshire to make communities safer and to ensure that the team had the right resources to make communities even safer and to prioritise ‘front line’ delivery.

• Warrington’s Response Team were responsible for the delivery of emergencyresponse policing and would respond to reports of incidents such as crimes of publicorder, ASB, concern for safety, traffic incidents, collisions, sudden death or missingpersons. There were 5 teams working a 5 week shift pattern. Patrols operated acrossthe Borough from Charles Stewart House.

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• Warrington CID ( Criminal Investigation Department) were responsible for theinvestigation of serious and complex crimes, there are 4 teams of detectives, eachled by a detective sergeant who works a 4 week pattern of days and lates 7 days aweek. The offences investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department werevaried and included robbery, blackmail, serious assaults, fraud and sexual offences.

• Warrington Beat Initiative Team were responsible for the investigation of seriousacquisitive crime, protecting communities by tackling organised criminals such‘county lines’ teams. The team was made up of 2 Detective Sergeants and 12Detective Constables and 12 Police Constables. The team were based at CharlesStewart House.

• Warrington Beat Management Team was established in July 2015. The teamconsisted of 1 Inspector and 6 Sergeant led Neighbourhood Policing Teams. Therewere 37 PCSOs (Police Community Support Officer) broken down as 23 ward PCSO’s,9 Community Team, 3 funded and 2 Tutors. The Beat Management Team developedand maintained strong and effective relationship with community contacts, electedmembers and stakeholders and to develop and support Active Citizenship.

• ‘122’ Model was introduced in 2019, every ward in Cheshire had an identified PCSO(Police Community Support Officer) that included a social media account. EveryNeighbourhood Policing Team and ward officer were also advertised on theConstabulary websites.

Addtionally to the teams that had been mentioned other forces resources that supported local policing were;

• Forces Major Incident Team, which investigated the most serious offences, includingmurder.

• Public Protection Directorate which safeguarded vulnerable people and theinvestigation of domestic, child and elder abuse and those in positions of trust whocommitted offences.

• Dedicated Rape Unit which investigated serious sexual offences.• Roads Policing Unit which policed the motorway and road networks.• Armed Response Alliance which was responsible for the delivery of armed policing

across the country.• Other specialist teams which provided a range of support including covert,

surveillance, cyber, telecoms, intelligence, offender management, financialinvestigation, search, forensic capabilities and a rural crime team had beenestablished.

The Committee had a full discussion on the report. Members of the Committee asked a series of questions and made a number of observations including;

• The great work that PCSO’s (Police Community Support Officer) do for thecommunity.

• The close relationships that PSCO’s had with their communities.• What was Active Citizenship? It was explained that Active Citizenship meant people

helping their own communities and to work with Warrington’s Local Policing Unit tohelp report issues/crimes.

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• School’s involvement. It was noted to the committee that there was a dedicatedPCSO that goes into secondary schools to talk around knife crime and other issues.

BSC 22 Networking between Community and Friends Group

The Committee received a briefing note from Chair of the Committee, Councillor Jean Flaherty. The Friends of Friends networking was introduced to assist with the important role of maintaining Local Park and green spaces with many volunteers of ‘Friends of’ groups. There were many established groups who had been taking care of parklands, trails and small garden areas who were keen to become involved working together informally. The fundamental premise of the project was to assist and enhance relationships between various voluntary groups and Warrington Borough Council Officers.

The Committee were informed that in 2017 the first ‘Friends of Friends’ BBQ was held at St Elphin’s Park. The event coincided with the green flag achievement for that year and went on to become the flag ship event for park groups. This developed a stronger working relationship between staff and volunteers, which resulted in better working practices and much more positive outcomes. The benefits of these improved relationships were having a positive impact to the local parks and green spaces and the number of volunteers who were keen to make a difference became part of the Warrington Borough Council’s Count Me in Project. The impact of the friend of friends group had also improved the health and well-being as some of the volunteers had mental or physically health difficulties. Being part of a group provided them with an opportunity to be outside and active in the company of others.

The ‘Friends of Group’ now met on a regular basis and helped each other with loans of equipment and a helping hand when necessary and knowledge sharing. The membership was continuing to increase, helping new groups to get established.

The Committee had a full discussion about the networking between Community and Friends Group and noted the content of the briefing.

BSC 23 Work Programme 2019/2020

The Committee received and noted the Work Programme for 2019/2020. The following was agreed;

• Affordable Housing would be added to the work programme for a futuremeeting.

• Waste Management report would include an update on the ‘Clean 19’• The Local Transport Plan would be discussed at the January 2020 meeting.• Modern Slavery would be presented as a joint working item with the Protecting

the Most Vulnerable Committee.

Decision,

(1) To note and update the Work Programme 2019/2020, as discussed by theCommittee.

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Agenda Item 3

Signed ………………………………..

Date …………………………….

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WARRINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES POLICY COMMITTEE 29th January 2020 Report of the: Director of Environment and Transport

Report Author: Adam Graham, Lesley McAllister, John Nichol

Contact Details: Email Address: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Telephone: x2205 x3249 x3867

Ward Members: All Wards

TITLE OF REPORT: Local Transport Plan 4 and Cycling

1. PURPOSE

1.1 The purpose of this report is to inform members of the Committee about the recently approved fourth Local Transport Plan (LTP4) with a specific focus on proposals to improve an encourage cycling in Warrington. It includes an overview of the First and Last Mile Project, The Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP), and smarter travel choices work aimed at encouraging more people to walk and cycle.

2. CONFIDENTIAL OR EXEMPT

2.1 Not applicable

3. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

3.2 As a transport authority, Warrington Borough Council has a statutory duty under the Transport Act 2000, as amended by the Local Transport Act 2008, to produce a Local Transport Plan (LTP) and to keep the plan under review.

3.3 Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) was adopted as Council policy in December 2019.

3.6 At the core of LTP4 is an ambition to reduce car usage in Warrington and encourage people to travel in more sustainable ways. Key to this is change will be a significant increase in the number of people walking and cycling. LTP4 includes details of some of the important tools that we will use to deliver this increase, notably:

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• Last Mile project ( now renamed ‘First and Last Mile’ to improve walking,cycling and public transport links into and around the town centre

• Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan• Smarter Travel Choices policies that sets out how we will look to change

behaviour and encourage people to travel in more sustainable ways.

4. LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN 4

4.1 Five strategic priorities shaped the development of LTP4. These are:

• Health - Transport improvements in Warrington will contribute to improvedhealth and wellbeing of residents

• Air Quality and Noise - Transport improvements in Warrington shouldimprove Air Quality and reduce noise in the borough.

• Reducing Carbon - Transport choices in Warrington will be furtherdeveloped to reduce the emission of Carbon Dioxide and other GreenhouseGases

• Housing Growth - Transport improvements in Warrington will be developedand delivered to support housing growth and development

• Economic Growth - Warrington’s transport and highway networks willcontinue to support the creation and retention of jobs in the borough

4.2 The vision statement for LTP4 is “Warrington will be a thriving, attractive, accessible, and well-connected place with popular, high-quality walking, cycling, and public transport networks supporting our carbon-neutral future”.

4.3 This vision is supported by a series of transport objectives. Through LTP4 we will:

• Provide people with a choice about how they travel for each journey• Encourage a culture change that reduces the need to travel by car• Improve access to the town centre for all sustainable modes• Develop a resilient and efficient transport network that supports the town’s

growth• Reduce traffic congestion• Reduce both exhaust and non-exhaust emissions from transport• Maintain and improve all transport infrastructure• Encourage healthier lifestyles by encouraging day to day activity• Improve safety for all highway users• Make Warrington a more disabled friendly place

4.4 Fundamental to delivering our transport vision is reducing the number of trips made by private car. Currently, almost 75% of commuter trips are made by car. Our aspiration is to reduce Journey to Work mode share for drivers of cars/vans to 60% by the first Census (2041) that will take place after the end of LTP/Local Plan period in 2037. As part of this, we have set a target to treble the number of cycling trips carried out in the town over the next 20 years.

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4.5 Our approach to delivering this change falls within four themes:

• Creating an attractive, high standard, user-friendly environment for walking and cycling trips

• Transforming public transport by ensuring that there are attractive, frequent services that connect the places that people live to large attractors

• Managing demand for private car use • Creating sufficient transport capacity on our network through major and

priority infrastructure projects

4.6 To support an ambitious growth in public transport use we have started to investigate a new mass transit network for Warrington that would connect residential areas with the town centre, employment sites and key hubs of Warrington Central, Bank Quay and the Bus Interchange. The network would integrate with the potential future HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail networks at Bank Quay, and with an enhanced rail offer at Warrington Central.

5. FIRST AND LAST MILE PROJECT 5.1 In Warrington we have a relatively strong walking and cycling network linking our

neighbourhoods and running along arterial routes into the centre. However, in the town centre, the road layout has been developed to cope with the growing traffic, and has resulted in a very car dominated urban environment featuring large multi-armed roundabouts and dual carriageways. This results in a limited number of crossing points for pedestrians, and a very unpleasant cycling environment. Our aspiration is to provide high quality and fit for purpose transport infrastructure that will make walking, cycling and public transport the obvious way to get to, from, and through Warrington town centre. We have therefore identified the last mile into the town centre as a priority for improvements.

5.2 Transport consultants have been appointed to undertake the study and to identify

key measures and schemes on the key routes into the town centre. 5.3 This work has strong links to the Town Centre SPD, the Town Centre travel plan,

the Town Centre Masterplan, the Warrington Town Centre BID and the Central 6 masterplan.

5.4 Schemes and measures will be developed and costed in readiness for attracting

new funding. The study is scheduled to report back in June 2020. 6. LOCAL CYCLING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 6.1 To ensure that we are taking the right approach to identifying and delivering the

improvements that are necessary to enable more cycling we have developed a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) in line with government guidance.

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6.2 The LCWIP sets out how we will develop a walking and cycling environment that is attractive to as many users as possible. It will help us to:

• Benefit the highest level of current active travel users • Increase the number of walkable and cyclable trips • Provide for growth in the number of people wanting to walk and cycle

6.3 The LCWIP aims for a twelve year old to be able to travel independently and

safely and sets out an aspirational core network of walking and cycling routes consisting of:

• Primary Routes – fully segregated and traffic free along key corridors • Strategic Greenways – shared routes in open spaces and parks • Neighbourhood routes – shared routes alongside roads

6.4 It also proposes an upgrade of the walking environment including

• Low traffic neighbourhoods • Pedestrian priority crossings • More intuitive and legible routes

6.5 Unlike the LCWIPs produced in cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield

which have had large awards of funding provided by the government, the Warrington LCWIP can only currently be a partly aspirational plan. Current baseline funding levels are around £500,000 a year from the LTP capital programme and some s106 funds, which represents around £2.50 per head of population. In recent years, Warrington has been successful in obtaining further funding from sources such as Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (C&WLEP) and the DfT’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund programme, which has allowed many greenways and neighbourhood routes to be delivered. However, the full delivery of the LCWIP network, including critical Primary Routes on key corridors will require a significant increase above even these levels, with estimated annual funding needing to increase to around £20 per head of population (around £5 million a year) to allow a step change in the level of provision for walking and cycling movements in the town.

6.6 In order to make the case for funding and translate the vision into confirmed

proposals, consultants support is currently being commissioned to develop preliminary designs and supporting business case evidence for three key corridors into the town centre. This work will be completed later this year and allow bids for funding to be made to potential funders such as C&WLEP and Department for Transport. Having a well-developed LCWIP in place, as is now the case in Warrington, will help to demonstrate a strong commitment from the council to transforming our cycling and walking networks and is likely to influence funders to support Warrington’s plans.

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7. ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO WALK AND CYCLE 7.1 The work that Transport for Warrington undertakes to support behaviour change

and encourage people to walk and cycle more is detailed in the LTP4 Smarter Travel Choices chapter.

7.2 Smarter Travel Choices describes a range of approaches designed to help people

to become less car dependent; to vary the way they travel and make greater use of sustainable options such as walking, cycling, public transport and lift sharing. It has a wide-ranging scope which aims to help tackle congestion, reduce harmful vehicle emissions and improve health. It also supports a strong economy by enabling car-lite development and aids those without access to a car to gain employment.

7.2 The School Bikeability programme is funded by a Government grant. This

programme includes ‘Learn to Ride’ for novices, ‘Level 2’ riding on quiet roads for 10 year olds, ‘Level 3’ riding on busier roads for teenagers, and support as pupils transition from primary to high school rides.

7.3 Adult road skills training gives the confidence to cycle more often instead of driving

short journeys. 7.4 Marketing and promotion are important tools in raising awareness of the travel

options available to people. A key promotional tool to support cycling is Warrington’s Cycle Map. Both on-road and off-road routes are included in the map, with the road network graded by levels of experience needed, to allow people to plan a journey using only roads they are comfortable cycling. This supports those less confident to find an alternative to their normal driving route, which in many cases could be quicker.

7.5 A Town Centre Travel Plan is being developed. This will:

• support development with little or no accompanying parking provision • support less car ownership with incentives to use other modes • build upon the public transport offer already in place • look at providing a car club to give people access to a vehicle when they

need it • investigate a pool bike scheme to encourage more use of cycling • support and advise residents and businesses of their travel options

7.6 Workplace Travel Plans are an important tool in supporting people to change how

they travel to work. We support businesses and their employees through personal travel advice, ‘Dr. Bike’ events, travel surveys, and recruitment support. This has been successful in places such as Birchwood Park, Lingley Mere, and Omega Distribution Centre.

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8. RISK ASSESSMENT 8.1 There is risk associated with not improving cycle infrastructure or encouraging

more people to walk and cycle in Warrington. These risks include:

• Obesity resulting from inactive lifestyles • Unattractive, congested, car-dominated town centre • Worsening air quality and increased carbon emissions • Severance of communities.

9. EQUALITIES ISSUES 9.1 A full Equalities Impact Assessment has been completed for LTP4 informed by the

feedback received during public consultation. Key findings of the assessment include:

• The proposals set out in LTP4 are intended to have a positive impact on all people who travel around Warrington.

• Support for the transport vision varies with age, with younger people more supportive of some proposals

• Policies on Safer Travel and Passenger Transport are intended to improve safety for groups and individuals who may feel vulnerable using public transport

• Female respondents were less supportive of LTP4 proposals than male respondents, with comments regarding perceptions of safety for women using sustainable travel, and linked trips where e.g. mothers do the school run before travelling to work

• Consultation on more detailed proposals after the adoption of LTP4 should seek to engage further with people with protected characteristics

10. CONSULTATION 10.1 Public and stakeholder consultation on the draft fourth Local Transport Plan took

place for nine weeks, starting on 15th April 2019, and closing on 17th June 2019. The consultation was run concurrently with the consultation on the Draft Local Plan (Proposed Submission Version). This provided stakeholders and the public with the opportunity to view and comment on these two key documents at the same time.

10.2 In total, 400 responses were received to the consultation, via a standalone LTP4

online questionnaire, email and post. In relation to walking and cycling, the consultation response where particularly positive with over 72% of respondents supportive of our proposals to develop a high quality walking and cycling network.

10.3 A draft Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for LTP4 was included in the documents

that were consulted on. No comments were received regarding the performance indicators that were proposed to be monitored.

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10.4 Detailed consideration of the LTP4 consultation responses is included in a Consultation Report that is appended to LTP4.

11. RECOMMENDATION 11.1 The Building Stronger Communities Committee is recommended to note the work

that is ongoing to both improve cycle infrastructure in Warrington and encourage more people to choose to travel by walking or cycling.

12. BACKGROUND PAPERS

LTP documents and the LCWIP are available online at : www.warrington.gov.uk/LTP4 Contacts for Background Papers: Adam Graham [email protected]

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Building Stronger Communities Policy Committee Work Programme 2019-2020

This section contains the draft work programme 2019-2020 for approval by the Policy Committee. It contains items that have been brought forward from the 2018/2019 work programme and new topics for inclusion in the 2019/2020 work programme. The purpose of the topic and the role of the committee have been included in the work programme.

Work Programme Topic

Purpose of the item Recommendations - What is the Committee

being asked to do?

Link to National Policy & Local

Context

Lead Officer

Date of Meeting

Theme – Community Infrastructure

Local Transport Plan 4 & Cycle ways

To assist in the policy development of the Local Transport Plan 4. This topic will also include assisting with an initiative to develop cycle ways in the inner wards.

To forward recommendations to Executive Board for inclusion in the Local Transport Plan 4

The Local Transport Plan 4 is a major policy which sets out the council’s plans for all future transportation in the town. Cycling continues to grow in popularity but there are a lack of cycle ways in the inner wards.

Dave Boyer, Assistant Director, Transport & Environment

29 January 2020

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Waste Management

1. To look at different enforcement methods/initiatives to tackle the issue of fly tipping.

2. To review a pilot scheme regarding the collection of side waste.

3. Plastic disposal and excessive plastic packaging in supermarket products.

To forward the committee’s findings and recommendations to Executive Board-

In June 2018 the Environment Secretary announced a Government consultation on ways to tackle waste crime.

Dave Boyer, Assistant Director, Transport & Environment

Linda Smallthwaite

Ian Brackenbury

14 April 2020

Warrington 20:20 – Service Design Working Group

The working group will test and provide input into the design of customer facing services as part of the Warrington 20:20 programme. This will include the development of a new website

That the views of the working group be incorporated into the new customer facing services

Links to public service reform which aims to fundamentally change how services are received by customers.

Gareth Hopkins, Customer & Business Transformation Assistant Director

TBC

Warrington Central Area regeneration masterplan

To receive information on the final Warrington Central Area regeneration masterplan, outcome from the consultation and how it will be delivered. This topic

To forward the committee’s findings and recommendations to Executive Board

This plan will guide development, investment and projects in the central areas of Warrington

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz,

Director of Public Health

29 January 2020

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will also include an overview of health inequalities.

for the next 25-30 years.

Work of the Neighbourhood Team

To receive an update on the role of the Neighbourhood Team following it’s restructure.

To forward the committee’s findings and recommendations to Executive Board

The neighbourhood team are funded by the public health grant to deliver frontline activities for health and wellbeing. The Director of Public Health and S151 Finance Officer account for the grant each year that spend has been used for activities that improve health, reduce inequalities, and deliver value for money

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz,

Director of Public Health

Chris Skinkis

September 2019

Review of Community Initiative Fund

To look at how the fund is allocated and its impact on the community.

To forward the committee’s findings and recommendations to Executive Board

The neighbourhood team are funded by the public health grant to deliver frontline activities for health and wellbeing. The Director of Public Health and S151

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz,

Director of Public Health

September 2019

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Finance Officer account for the grant each year that spend has been used for activities that improve health, reduce inequalities, and deliver value for money

Theme – Health & Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing Strategy & Public Health Annual Report

To receive an update on the delivery of the health and wellbeing strategy and details of the Public Health Annual Report

To submit recommendations to the Health and Wellbeing Board.

The Health & Wellbeing Strategy is high-level vision for improving health and wellbeing across the borough.

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz,

Director of Public Health

July 2019

Warrington Wellbeing

To review the Warrington Wellbeing Service as follows;

• To assess whether it provides value for money

• Identify improvements • Look at challenges facing

the service i.e. complex needs.

To submit recommendations to Executive Board on the effectiveness of the service and suggestions for future development and improvement

Warrington Wellbeing is a holistic preventative support service to help people get back on track. There are many current national issues affecting personal wellbeing one of the most

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz,

Director of Public Health

September 2019

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This topic will also look at member experiences of the wellbeing service.

significant is the ongoing impact of welfare reform

Theme – Community Safety

New Local Policing Arrangements

To receive information on the new policing arrangements for Warrington

To forward findings and recommendations to the Community Safety Partnership

Nationally there have been severe cuts to police budgets which has resulted in a reduction of police officers

Local Policing Unit

27 November

2019

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