Council decisions

This report agrees the following:

That the Commissioning Director-Growth and Development agrees to procuring the services of a Surveyor for work on housing enforcement related cases including properties purchased through CPO for a period of two years, with an option to extend for a further year subject to performance and budget. The contract value will not exceed £164,000.

This report proposes the write off of individual debts for Council Tax and Business Rates of less than £5000, which are uncollectable for reasons provided in this report, with a total write off sum of £955,091.16 for Council Tax and £531,388.86 for Business Rates.

On the 4^th April 2016, the Council approved Barnet’s Future Library Strategy and within this strategy, four libraries (East Barnet, South Friern, Mill Hill and Childs Hill) will become community run Partnership Libraries from the 1^st April 2017.  These libraries will continue to form part of the Barnet library network and agreements with partner organisations will last for 10 years. The successful partners will receive an annual enabling grant to support the operation of the service, alongside volunteers which they will recruit from the local community. The council has now concluded the process to identify partner organisations and has identified partner organisations for each of the four Partnership Libraries. A period of transition will now commence during which the preferred partner organisations will be supported to refine and develop their business plans and prepare to operate the library.

Oak Lodge Special  School, a Community School, has been approved by the Secretary of State to convert to an Academy as part of a multi-academy trust (Barnet Special Education Trust). As part of the conversion process, the Council is required to grant a lease of the land and buildings used by Oak Lodge Special School to the Academy Trust in the terms of the model long term Department for Education Academy Lease and this report sets out the main terms.

The Council, the Governing Body of the School, and the Academy Trust are also required to execute a Commercial Transfer Agreement, which includes information relating to: (i) any employees of the Council or the Governing Body who are assigned to the School and who will transfer from the employment of the Governing Body or the Local Authority to the new Academy Trust; and (ii) assets and contracts which will transfer from the Local Authority or the Governing Body to the new Academy Trust, together with other rights and obligations of the Council or the Governing Body.

Authority to commission workforce learning and development based on systemic principles, up to the value of £150,000 in 2016-17 and over the contract lifetime, for the children’s social care workforce and relevant practitioners.

This report authorises the Head of Electoral Services (working with the London Borough of Barnet’s Corporate Procurement) to seek quotations for the supply, maintenance and support of a software system to manage Electoral Registration and Elections within Electoral Services for a period of three years, with the option to extend for one additional year.  This is required to enable continuity of service when the existing contract expires on 31 March 2017.

A modern, robust and fully supported Electoral Registration and Elections Management Software system is essential to Barnet’s Electoral Services in order to ensure that they can effectively deliver the essential functions of the Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer of the Council in full compliance with all statutory requirements.

This authorisation is sought in accordance with Barnet’s Contract Procedure Rules.

This is a list of decisions taken under delegated powers in the month of November 2016.

In June 2016, Adults and Safeguarding Committee approved a procurement exercise to appoint a new telecare provider, in order to reach more people and achieve savings through the reduction and avoidance of care costs.

Following a procurement process with three compliant bids, Argenti Partnership / PA Consulting scored highest on both quality and pricing evaluation, which were weighted at 60% and 40% respectively.

The telecare contract is due to commence in April 2017 with an initial term of three years and the option to extend for up to two more years. 

The aim of the telecare service is to firmly embed the use of technology as part of mainstream care provision, mobilise innovation for the benefit of Barnet residents, and more clearly understand, measure and realise the financial and non-financial benefits of telecare.

The telecare service will support our commitment to prevent, reduce and delay social care needs, to support people to live independently for longer, and to provide greater assurance for family members and informal carers.

DECISION:

To award the Telecare contract to Argenti Partnership / PA Consulting for a period of three years with the option to extend by up to two further years subject to satisfactory performance and budget.

Following the termination of one of the Enablement contracts for service in October the Council needs to award a new Enablement contract. Following an options appraisal it was agreed that the best option was to award the new contract to Your Choice Barnet, part of the Barnet Group.

The enablement contract is to commence in November 2016 with an initial term of one year with the option to extend on one or more occasions for up to a maximum of four further years.

The provision of the Enablement service is part of a preventative and early intervention service that promotes independence, reduces dependency and reduces or delays the need for longer term care and support. Enablement homecare provides intensive time limited care to adults with assessed needs to help them gain or regain a higher level of independence and improved quality of life

This report seeks approval to award a single contract to Middlesex University to undertake a research project about different levels of take up of services for children, young people and families from different communities in Barnet.

This is a summary of decisions taken under delegated officer powers for the month of October 2016.

Authorisation to award the contract for Strategic Construction Partner (SCP) contract ref 701462. This requirement covers the provision of construction and related technical services for major projects over a period of five years, with option to extend for a further two years subject to budget and performance. The Strategic Construction Partner contract will support an estimated £150m of construction activity, subject to specific project pricing over the full seven year contract period.

This Strategic Procurement was authorised by the Council’s P&R Committee 2^nd September 2015.

Committee to receive a paper on school performance in Barnet, 2016 (provisional).

The Director of Education and Skills was invited by the Chairman to introduce the item to the committee, which related to provisional school performance in Barnet 2016.

Following discussion of the report, the Chairman moved to the recommendations as laid out in the cover report, which were agreed by the committee.

The following was therefore RESOLVED:

1.    That the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee noted the provisional school performance in Barnet for the academic year 2015-16;

2.    That the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee noted the proposed commissioning priorities for school improvement for the academic year 2016/17 (based on data available so far) set out in section 1.5 of the report.

Giving authority for Instrument of Government of school governing bodies to be submitted for signing and sealing.

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained school:

·         Gold Star Federation

This report authorises the Head of Electoral Services to seek quotations for the provision of mobile tablet devices to be used when conducting future statutory ‘Household Enquiry Form’ (HEF) canvasses. Legislation requires that a canvass is conducted of every residential property in Barnet each year between July and November, ahead of the publication of the annual revised Register of Electors on 1 December. Legislation further requires that all households that do not respond to the HEFs that are posted to them must receive a personal visit by a canvasser in order to elicit a response. Making use of modern, mobile tablet technology offers the potential for more secure, accurate and efficient household visits to take place, leading to an increase in the response rate from households and savings to the service in future years.

This report gives authority for Instrument of Government of school governing bodies to be submitted for signing and sealing.

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained schools:

·         Brookland Nursery & Infant and Junior Schools

·         Sunnyfields Primary School

·         Garden Suburb Infant and Garden Suburb Junior Schools

The report seeks authorisation for the council to undertake a procurement process for a Motivational and Psychological Employment Support Service as part of the Burnt Oak Opportunity Support team (BOOST).

Thie report authorises the permanent expansion of Childs Hill Primary School from one and a half to two forms of entry for September 2016. It is estimated that the expansion will cost £365,000. These costs will be met from the Council’s Basic Need Allocations (funding from the Department for Education).

The report authorises the putting in place of planning obligations that are required to be taken into account by the planning inspector when deciding whether to uphold or dismiss the appeal against the refusal of planning permission for the Granville Road Estate  scheme F/04474/14 15/01195/AREF  APP/N5090/W/15/3132049 (“the Appeal”)

This report seeks permission to enter into a contract with UK Energy Partners Ltd (working in Partnership with Net Zero Buildings Ltd) to provide three classrooms and associated space for Underhill School and two classrooms and associated space for St Agnes school.

This report seeks authorisation to procure through a single tender action an analysis from Policy in Practice to help LB Barnet and partners to understand the impact of welfare reform on Barnet households.

This analysis will include reforms that have already taken place and a selection of those that are yet to be implemented. The detailed household level analysis that underpins the analysis can be used by the council and JobCentre Plus to target its support resources more effectively. In particular it can be used to target the one to one support provided by the Welfare Reform Task Force, Children’s Centres and Adults and Communities. A number of other London Boroughs have undertaken this analysis including LB Hounslow and LB Haringey.

This will be funded from the Welfare Reform Reserve in place to support work to mitigate the impact of welfare reforms.

A number of changes to the Family Services establishment are required to help deliver purposeful, resilience-based practice in line with the social care practice improvement plan. The service needs to be configured in the best way possible, with manageable caseloads, and sufficient capacity to deliver service improvement. This report sets out the required changes in context and sets out the associated costs. 

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained schools:

·         Queenswell Infant & Nursery School

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained school:

·         Brunswick Park Primary School

This report provides a general update on progress against the Oakleigh Road Depot and seeks approval to enter into the JCT Design and Build Contract for the construction of the new Council Depot as a replacement for the Mill Hill East Depot.

This report is to seek permission to procure third-party specialist equipment from Bibliotheca to allow the new Colindale Library (the replacement for the existing Grahame Park Library) to be technology enabled. This would use the same system as that adopted for the pilot at Edgware Library, which started at the end of July 2015.

The Carers Recruitment and Assessment team seeks approval to award contracts to Independent Social Workers (ISW) on the Barnet Approved List of ISW providers. 

Initial contracts will be awarded for two years with the option to extend for up to two years.  The contract will commence 01 April 2016 until 31 March 2018. 

The six contracts to be awarded are for the following:

Lot 1:  Fostering Assessments: 

Initial Visit and Report and Form F Assessment

Lot 2:  Special Guardianship Order (SGO) and Connected Persons: 

Initial Visit and Report and SGO  Assessment

Lot 3:  Adoption:

Initial Visit and Report, Prospective Adopters Report and Annex A Report

Lot 4:  Parenting Assessments:

Parenting Capacity Assessments Outside of Care Proceedings and

Parenting Capacity Assessments within Care Proceedings

Lot 5:  Training:

Co-running skills to foster courses and training, Bespoke Training for Foster Carers, Adopters and SGO Applicants

Lot 6:  Independent Investigation

The total maximum contract value including extensions is £420,000.  The annual costs will not exceed £105,000 across all of the contract lots.

Council approved at its meeting on 04/04/2016.

Councillor Daniel Thomas moved reception and adoption of the recommendations in the report. Debate ensued.

The recommendations as set out in the report were put to the vote. Votes were recorded as follows.

For:                 32

Against:         27

Abstain:           0

Absent:            3

TOTAL:           62

The recommendations in the report were declared carried.

RESOLVED hat Council:

1.    Note the progress on the Colindale Office project

2.    Note that a Full Business Case (FBC) is being prepared for consideration in June 2016, which will include an Equalities Impact Assessment.

3.    Approves the use of up to £2 million of the existing budget allocation for conclusion of the pre-construction activities and technical design and help maintain the current delivery programme ahead of the submission of the Full Business Case.  The £2 million allocation constitutes 7.5% of the estimated overall Capital Build Budget.

4.    Agrees to delegate the authority to the Chief Operating Officer to settle terms and enter into the required pre-construction stage agreements.

This report seeks approval to award a single contract for the delivery of an Emergency Duty Team (out-of-hours social work) service to the London Borough of Harrow. This is a shared service between Family Services and Adults and Communities.

The contract is for 3 years, from 1 April 2016, with an option to extend for a further 1 year, commencing from 1 April 2016, to the total value of £639,296, with a total extension value of up to £852,394. 

1.    Highway and Pedestrian Improvements - S106 ETZ Chaim Primary School

2.    Award of contract to carry out essential tree works at Hendon Cemetery.

3.    Redevelopment of former British Newspapers Library, 130 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE - Highway Works Agreement under Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 

4.    Redevelopment of the former Hendon Football Club site, Claremont Road, London, NW2 1AE - Highway Works Agreement under Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 

The purpose of this report is to confirm that the necessary action has been taken to finalise the contract documentation, in accordance with the submitted tender that was accepted by full Council, and that all necessary action has been taken to mobilise the contract from 1^st April 2016.

This report seeks to award a two year contract (with an option to extend for a further year), for the provision of an independent travel training service. The total contract value of this service is anticipated to be £401,250.00

This report summarises the tendering process which has been conducted for the award of new contracts for the provision of Home and Community Support (HCS) and Enablement services.

The report seeks approval for named charges to be increased by inflation (2%) or below inflation.  The report includes such fees and charges for: Highways; Trading Standards; Licensing; Environmental Health; Planning; Land Charges; Cemetery and Crematorium Street Naming and Numbering and Building Control. 

This report outlines the decision to vary the Section 75 Agreement for the commissioning of learning disability services and for the establishment and maintainance of a Pooled Fund.

Approval for the Appointment of The Barnet Group to Provide a Six Month Interim Management Facility to the Street Scene Delivery Unit.

A summary of decisions taken under delegated powers.

This report approves proposals to update fees and charges for Youth Services and Children Centres from 1 April 2016, where fees and charges need to be increased in line with inflation (assumed to be 2%).

These fees and charges will take effect from 1 April 2016.

This report sets out the Council Tax Base for 2016-17 which must be notified to major precepting authorities by 31 January of the preceding financial year.

The report agrees the Council Tax Base for 2016-17 to be 135,324 and that all major precepting and levying authorities, and Barnet members, be notified of this amount by 31 January 2016.

The report proposes a one-off revenue payment of £67,758 to Barnet Centre for Independent Living (BCIL) to defray the 2015/16 running costs for People’s Choice (PC) in providing a professional and independent advice, support and advocacy service through self-advocacy groups (such as the Learning Disabilities Parliament) and outreach on a 5-day week basis.

The proposal arises because a recent tender (October 2014) for Specialist Information, Advice and Advocacy (SIAA) resulted in the award of a contract to a new Provider in June 2015. The previous IAA contract was held by BCIL who sub-contracted the advocacy element to PC (which was then a separate entity but merged with BCIL in 2012 as both were user-led organisations and to realise synergies in “back office” functions). Post-merger funding for PC was rolled-up into the original IAA contract held by BCIL. When the new SIAA contract was awarded to a different Provider, the specification for IAA also changed to reflect the requirements of the Care Act 2014 i.e. a more holistic offer as opposed to advocacy specific to the learning disability client group. At the time it was also deemed that TUPE did not apply to PC staff. The £68k therefore provides one-off interim revenue funding to meet the current year budget shortfall and thus ensure business continuity including the provision of services to Barnet residents for the activities provided by PC. The budget shortfall is currently being met via BCIL’s reserves; however, this is a temporary measure to meet short-term cash flow requirements. BCIL is currently commissioned by Barnet Council to provide external support planning and brokerage services to Adults & Communities. BCIL management are actively working on a 2016/17 business plan to secure longer-term funding and ensure sustainability and growth, particularly around flagship projects such as PC.

The Assets, Regeneration and Growth Committee approved at its meeting on 7^th September 2015, amongst other matters, to enter into the Pre-Construction Services Agreement and to delegate to the Commissioning Director for Growth and Development, in consultation with the Chairman to execute all future contracts associated with the Pre-Construction Services Agreement(s).

This DPR provides authority to enter into five Pre-Construction Services Agreements (one for each site) with Wates Construction Limited, the successful tenderer, to only carry out the necessary services on Tranche 1, up to and including RIBA Stage 4 – Technical Design, to be approved.

A summary of decisions taken under delegated powers from November 2015.

This report seeks permission to procure a third-party specialist organisation to identify the most appropriate whole-service delivery model for the Family Services Delivery Unit and develop a clear path to putting it in place, following the Council’s internal governance model and project management methodology.

The successful bidder will be expected to work with the Council to develop a strategic outline case, outline business case and full business case setting out a clear evidence base behind a recommended model for the delivery of these services. This will include supporting public and employee consultation, the production of an equalities impact analysis and other activities as noted in Barnet’s project management methodology.

This report seeks authorisation to commence a procurement exercise to commission a partner or partners to a framework to deliver additional capacity to the London Borough of Barnet (LBB) to complete reassessments and support plans for service users with learning disabilities. The maximum budget for this contract is £150,000 to be funded from the adults transformation programme.

This report seeks authorisation to commence a procurement exercise to commission a partner or partners to a framework to deliver additional capacity to the London Borough of Barnet (LBB) to complete reassessments and support plans for older people and adults with physical disabilities. The maximum budget for this contract is £150,000 to be funded from the adults transformation programme.

To note the feedback following the consultation on the draft Housing Strategy.

The Committee considered the Housing Strategy which set out the strategic housing priorities for the borough and how they would be achieved over the next 10 years.  The Committee were requested to approve the Commissioning Plan and Housing Strategy. 

During debate, Councillor Houston MOVED a motion which was duly seconded as follows:

Replace recommendation 1 with:

1.         That Council approve the final Housing Strategy at Appendix A, with the following additions:

That the Housing Strategy should:

·       Set out specific targets for delivering at least 50% affordable housing on developments on council-owned land, including a specific target of 50% to be social rented housing

·       Commit the council to developing a Supplementary Planning Document that sets out clear expectations on value in viability reports, including that viability calculations should be transparent and public. 

·       Commit the council to establish a policy on the local marketing of properties to minimise off-plan sales.  

·       Specify that where the council must transfer land to secure delivery of affordable housing it should have a long-term interest in the land eg. through retaining the freehold, keeping a long term equity stake in the value uplift of the land by adding covenants on disposal, and look at long term payback arrangements on private sector-led development.

·       Set out that on the regeneration schemes the same number of council homes as were originally there prior to the start of regeneration should be provided as a minimum.

·       Ensure that all longstanding non-secure temporary tenants on Barnet’s regeneration estates should be granted secure tenancies.

·       Look at developing  new intermediate rent and low cost home-ownership products, for example: 

·       Set out additional actions to improve standards in private rented sector, including: 

·       Investigate setting up a social lettings agency to offer a quality management service to private landlords for letting their properties at either market rent or affordable rent with the service either free of charge for tenants.

·       Investigate working with Housing Associations to bring empty/non-decent properties into the public housing sector.

·       Any acquisitions should prioritise purchases in borough.

Replace recommendation 2 with:

2.         That the Committee approve the final Commissioning Plan at Appendix B, with any appropriate amendments following from the amended recommendation 1.

Having been put to the vote the Committee voted:

For: 4

Against: 5

Abstain: 0

The Motion was therefore LOST.

The Chairman moved to the vote on the recommendations as set out in the report.  Votes were recorded as follows

For: 5

Against: 4

Abstain: 0

Immediately following the vote, Councillor Houston moved to refer the item to the next practicable meeting of Full Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3 of Responsibility for Functions.  The reason given for the request to refer the item was:

“Housing is the central issue in Barnet. It is the second highest concern in the Residents Perception Survey. The proposed Labour Group amendments would have given the Strategy far more ambition in terms of affordable housing in the borough. It is appropriate that Full Council considers the Strategy.”

The Committee Members supporting the referral were:

Councillor Houston

Councillor Langleben

Councillor McGuirk

Councillor Roberts

RESOLVED that having received the requisite number of support for referral, the item will be placed on the agenda for consideration by Full Council. 

This report seeks authorisation to commence a procurement tender exercise in order to partner with a specialist social work recruitment agency, to recruit permanent, qualified, Children’s Social Work practitioners.

The reason this approach is being taken is due to the Council being unable to directly recruit sufficient numbers of high quality and experienced practitioners.

Following a thorough procurement process, the selected party will be contracted to supply up to an initial 15 permanent workers. The Council will continue to recruit directly, in parallel with the agency recruitment campaign.

This report seeks authorisation to award a contract to Welfare call (LAC) Ltd. The initial contract period is for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year. The contract value will be in the sum of £24,960 per annum.  This contract can be terminated with 3 months written notice on either side.

After a competitive procurement process a one year contract for the provision of Special Education Needs legal advice was awarded to Baker Small Solicitors and a contract signed on 16/07/2014. These two DPRs authorise an additional spot purchase and to extend the contract with Baker Small Solicitors for one year.

This report sets out what is required from Barnet Council – across a range of services including housing and social care - in order to achieve the Council’s commitment to resettle 50 refugees in Barnet as part of the Government’s Syrian Vulnerable Person Relocation (VPR) scheme. The report provides background to the VPR scheme and how the Council will work with the Government to welcome and accommodate the 50 refugees and register them with the appropriate universal and specialist services in the borough.  The report also sets out how the Council will assess the potential need for further support in order to meet the requirements of the scheme and the standards of service offered to all Barnet residents.

The report presents financial modelling of the potential costs to the Council of participation in the VPR scheme, based on initial assumptions about the size and potential requirements of those resettled – which will be subject to change based on actual referrals - and analysis of how these compare with the funding committed by Government to cover costs of resettlement for the first year of the scheme. The report also looks ahead to subsequent years. The Government has committed to providing funding for years 2-5 (in line with the period of 5 years Humanitarian Protection status that will be granted to refugees). The level of funding available in years 2-5 is yet to be finalised, although the Government has committed to making funding available to cover this period.  The Council is in close contact with the Home Office and expects to receive confirmation imminently.

Reflecting the degree of uncertainty about the potential financial implications – particularly over the longer-term if the circumstances of those resettled were to change - the report recommends the earmarking of a £100,000 contingency, allocated from the risk reserve.  The size of the contingency fund will be kept under review and is intended to help meet the potential costs of delivering the VPR scheme in future years without placing an undue financial burden on service budgets.

Due to the urgent nature of the decision, the Chief Executive has utilised the urgent provisions in the Constitution to approve the earmarking of a contingency in order for the Council to move as quickly as possible to begin accepting referrals from the Government as it meets the commitment to resettle 50 Syrian refugees in the borough, reflecting the degree of urgency required and the preference of Members to respond as quickly as possible.

The report relates to authorising the procurement of external support for Library Service public consultation.

Attached is a summary of decisions taken under delegated powers from October 2015.

This report seeks approval to accept the fixed fee proposal for construction works from Morgan Sindall and to enter into an NEC contract for construction works in relation to the 2015 Schools Expansion at Oak Lodge School.

This details a decision the Director of Assurance to agree the sealing of legal agreement under delegated powers.  This has been provided by the appellant at the Public Inquiry into decision of the Finchley & Golders Green Area Planning Committee to refuse planning permission for a sports pavilion.

The legal agreement would make financial contributions towards traffic management improvements outside the school and towards the monitoring of a Travel Plan for the facility.

As part of the West Hendon Regeneration the council’s development partner, Barratt Metropolitan LLP (BMLLP) needs to enter into an agreement with Thames Water for a new sewer and associated structures to provide drainage to the new West Hendon properties..

The sewer and associated structures will be in an area of York Park owned by the council which is why the council needs to be party to the Agreement.  All costs are being met by BMLLP.

In order to comply with its obligations under s123 of the Local Government Act 1972 the council approved the advertising of the proposal under a DPR approved on 24^th January 2013 (attached). No objections were received.

This DPR requests authority to enter into the s185 Agreement between  BMLLP, Barnet Council, Thames Water and the National House Building Council (as Surety) in the position shown on the attached plan EXTR_2081572_1

This report proposes the write off of individual debts which relate to former secure and non-secure Council Tenant rent arrears less than £5000, which are uncollectable for reasons provided in this report. The total write off sum requested is £1,187,548.13.

This report attaches assessments of grant applications by three not-for-profit organisations.

Authority for Instrument of Government of school governing bodies to be submitted for signing and sealing. In line with new regulations, governing bodies of Maintained Schools have been required to reconstitute in regard to the number and types of Governor. The governing bodies of the schools listed have submitted details of changes in their Instruments of Government, which is the formal document that outlines the arrangement of each governing body.

This applies to the following Maintained Schools:

-       St. Johns CE Primary School

-       Hasmonean School

-       Courtland School

-       All Saints C of E Primary School N20

-       Underhill Primary School

-       Dollis Junior

-       Menorah Primary

-       Gold Star Federation

-       St John’s C of E, Friern Barnet Primary School

-       Coppetts Wood Primary School and Children’s Centre

-       Colindale Primary School

This report seeks approval to procure and put out to tender a two year contract (with an option to extend for a further year), for the provision of an independent travel training service. The total contract value of this service is anticipated to be £100,000.00

The attached document is a summary of decisions taken under delegated powers in September 2015

Following the termination of the leasehold interest within Unit 4 NLBP a number of car parking spaces will be lost which are currently provided under the existing arrangements. Consequently a short term lease and licence for alterations have been agreed from the 18^th October 2015 for 108 replacement car park spaces and the installation of a parking machine.

Following the appointment of the new Chief Operating Officer a review has been undertaken of the staffing structure in order to ensure that the directorate has the capacity and capability to undertake the increasing need for project, performance and contract management skills.

The attached document is a summary of decisions taken under delegated powers in August.

The Moss Hall Crescent Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Management Proposals and Appraisal Map are proposed for adoption following a public consultation exercise with local residents and other interested parties. A report will be presented to the Finchley and Golders Green Area Committee for their information and to approve the Article 4 Direction.

The Council benefits from a restriction over title number NGL445141, owned by Barratt Metropolitan LLP (BMLLP). The purpose of the restriction is to ensure that the terms of the transfer dated 24 March 2011 of the land from the Council to BMLLP are complied with by BMLLP. In particular, that BMLLP will not dispose of land intended to be common areas without first procuring that any purchaser of such land enters into a direct covenant with the Council.

BMLLP have granted Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited a lease of the sites known as Blocks G1 and G2. This disposition does not breach the terms of the restriction and accordingly the restriction, therefore, does not apply to this disposition.

Authority is sought for the issuing of a certificate to the Land Registry that the terms of the transfer dated 24 March 2011 do not apply to this disposition

This report gives authority for Instrument of government of school governing bodies to be signed and sealed for the following maintained schools:

-       Chalgrove Primary School

-       Beis Yaakov Primary School

-       St. John’s CE Primary School

Variation to DPR

Title:

Dollis Valley Regeneration Phase 2 ,

A.        Appropriation of Phase 2a to Planning purposes

B.        Entering into a deed of variation to enable the grant of    

           the Phase 2a Development Lease

C.        Entering into Phase 2 Shared Equity Mortgages

Decision

Authorise the private treaty acquisition of the Estate Properties’ leasehold interests within West Hendon CPO1 land in accordance with Heads of Terms to be agreed in respect of each property.

This report approves:

This report seeks approval for the appointment of Galliford Try to enter into a Pre Construction agreement for the RIBA Stage 4, Technical Design works on the New Corporate Accommodation in Colindale.

On 18^th June 2007 Cabinet approved the Council entering into The Principal Development Agreement (PDA) with Barratt Evolution LLP (BEL), for the regeneration of the Stonegrove and Spur Road Estates. This was subsequently varied by Deeds of Variation on 25 March 2008 and 30th June 2011.

Resolution 3 of the decision of Cabinet on 18th June 2007 stated that, subject to the final terms of the Principal Development Agreement and legal arrangements being approved by the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Development under Delegated Powers; that the necessary legal documentation be completed in order for the scheme to proceed.

The regeneration of the estate includes a requirement in the PDA, and under a Section 106 Agreement, that BEL construct a new Community Building and Church.  The Community building is a new facility that will be operated by the Stonegrove Community Trust (SCT) under the terms of a Community Trust Deed between the Council and the Trust.

Part of the land for the final phase of the regeneration is owned or leased by the London Diocesan Fund (LDF).  This land includes a long lease (at a peppercorn rent) of St. Peter’s church hall and the freehold of the existing vicarage. To avoid acquisition of this land under a Compulsory Purchase Order a land swap was agreed with the LDF.

The PDA and the s106 Agreement requires Barratts to build a new parsonage and, on completion, the PDA requires the Council to transfer the land for the parsonage and the church to the LDF in consideration of the LDF transferring the freehold of the vicarage.

The LDF’s loss of St Peter’s church hall is being compensated through the grant of a 999 year lease to the LDF of the new community building and church, in accordance with the terms of the PDA.

In order to maximise the use of the new community facilities the church and community buildings have been constructed together on the site shown outlined in red on the attached plan 12407_70_03-D Community Centre Plan (with such minor or inconsequential amendments as may be necessary to give effect to the transaction).  This will reduce the running costs and maximise amount of space available for community usage. Planning consent has been granted for this building which is already under construction.

The parties have all agreed to amend the plan in the PDA to reflect what is being built and the PDA allows the plan to be varied.

Because of the inter-relationship between the various agreements and leases the parties will need to complete an Agreement for Lease that will place obligations on the parties to complete the documents needed at the appropriate time.

This DPR requests authority for the Council to enter into the Agreement for Lease, and subsequently complete two occupational 998 year leases, one to the LDF for the church area and one to the Community Trust for the community centre.  Each lease is at a peppercorn rent on internal repairing and insuring terms with a service charge to cover the cost of maintenance of common parts.  In addition to the occupational leases to compensate the LDF for the loss of its lease of the church hall authority is requested to enter into an overriding 999 year lease of the building with the LDF, under which they will take on full responsibility for both managing and maintaining the whole building.  The Council will retain the Freehold interest.

The Community Trust (CT) will operate the community centre under the terms of a Community Trust Deed to be granted by the Council, the terms of which maintain the principles set out in the PDA and the Council’s objectives to maintain a community centre for the estate. Authority to complete this Deed is also requested.

The full cost of the construction of the church and community centre building and all legal costs are reimbursed to the Council by BEL under the terms of the PDA.  There are no financial implications for the Council in completing the leases, land transfers and other agreements which all form part of the Council’s obligations under the PDA.

Agree new Instruments of Government to be signed and sealed for the following schools:

-       Oak Lodge School

-       All Saints’ Church of England Primary School

-       Bishop Douglass Catholic School

-       St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Mill Hill

Giving authority for Instrument of Government of school governing bodies to be submitted for signing and sealing.

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained schools:

·         St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School

·         Frith Manor Primary School

·         The Annunciation Catholic Infant School

·         St Paul’s, N11 Church of England Primary School

·         Dollis Infant School             

·         Queenswell Junior School

·         St James’ Catholic High School

·         Hollickwood Primary School

·         Woodcroft Primary School

·         Monken Hadley C of E Primary School

·         Church Hill Primary School

·         Barnfield Primary School

EQUALITIES AND DIVERSITY ISSUES: The schools’ Instruments of Government do not compromise their compliance with their statutory equality duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

LEGAL ISSUES: The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools including foundation and trust schools in England.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In line with new Regulations, Governing Bodies of Maintained schools have been required to reconstitute in regard to the number and types of Governor. The Governing Bodies of the schools listed have submitted details of changes in their Instruments of Government, which is the formal document that outlines the arrangement of each Governing Body.

To authorise the Authorisation Agreement to Ad Hoc Property Management Ltd to provide security at the above property.

The existing electrical installation at Holly Park School has reached the end of its serviceable life and consequently it has been prioritised in accordance with the Council’s Children’s Service programme and verified by the Building Services Team.

The designs were undertaken in accordance with the latest DfE standards.

The work includes renewal of the electrical installation comprising the lighting, power, mains distribution and lightning protection system.

The works are scheduled to take place on site between July 2015 and September 2016.

Five contractors were invited to tender and all but one responded accordingly. They were scored and assessed based on two main criteria: price 60% and quality 40%.

The existing electrical installation at Holly Park School has reached the end of its serviceable life and consequently it has been prioritised in accordance with the Council’s Children’s Service programme and verified by the Building Services Team.

The designs were undertaken in accordance with the latest DfE standards.

The work includes renewal of the electrical installation comprising the lighting, power, mains distribution and lightning protection system.

The works are scheduled to take place on site between July 2015 and September 2016.

Five contractors were invited to tender and all but one responded accordingly. They were scored and assessed based on two main criteria: price 60% and quality 40%. All details are set out in Appendix A.

This report gives authority for Instrument of Government of governing bodies to be applied to various schools.

The existing electrical installation at Sunnyfields School has reached the end of its serviceable life and consequently it has been prioritised in accordance with the Council’s Children’s Service programme and verified by the Building Services Team.

The designs were undertaken in accordance with the latest DfE standards.

The work includes renewal of the electrical installation comprising the lighting, power, mains distribution and lightning protection system.

The works are scheduled to take place on site between July 2015 and September 2015.

Five contractors were invited to tender and all but one responded accordingly. They were scored and assessed based on two main criteria: price 60% and quality 40%. All details are set out in Appendix A.

This report approves the following:

1.    That the Officer approves the award of rewiring works contract at Sunnyfields  School to the supplier listed in Appendix A.

2.    That Legal issue a letter of intent to Raytell Electrical Company Limited to commence works in order to achieve completion by early September 2015.

3.    That subject to the completion of legal and all other documentation, the Council enters into a Model Form of General Conditions of Contract MF/1 with Raytell Electrical Limited for the rewiring works at Sunnyfields School in the sum of £186,743.93 (plus VAT).

This report approves the re-grading of 1 post within the library service.

The Cabinet Office has provided funding to Local Authorities so that they are able to comply with new legislation (ERA Act 2013) – which includes the implementation and transition to Individual Electoral Registration.

The project to deliver this work has clearly identified that over (at least) the next 12 months, the Electoral Services teams (i.e. Electoral Projects and Electoral Registration) will require full time administrative support.

The creation of an additional one year fixed term post of Electoral Services Administration Assistant has is required to fulfil the project goals.

The Cabinet Office funding fully covers the cost of the post over the entire period.

Variation to DPR published on 29^th April 2015

Under the DPR the Council approved (inter alia)

3.       That in accordance with the resolution of Assets Regeneration and Growth Committee dated 8th September 2014 and the terms of the Development Agreement dated 1st October 2012 between the Council and Countryside Properties (UK) Limited, the Council agrees enter into shared equity mortgages in respect of the five newly constructed properties on the redeveloped estate identified at paragraph 1.10 below

On phase 1 the Council has agreed to enter into shared equity mortgages on 7 homes, 5 of which are awaiting completion. Under the terms of the shared equity agreements the council will hold a percentage of the value of the home and it has been agreed that stamp duty land tax will be paid on a proportional basis with the council being responsible for payment of the SDLT on its equity holding.

The actual amount payable may increase slightly  dependent on the final sale price at completion, but the provisional amount of SDLT that the Council will pay has been assessed at £50,137.50

This variation to the DPR seeks authority to Complete the Mortgage agreements and to pay the Stamp Duty Land tax due on each property in proportion to the equity interest retained by the Council  up to a maximum of £52,000

Following a tender procurement exercise that was run under the London Boroughs of Barnet and Harrow’s Electoral Services Print and Postage Framework Agreement (2013-2017), the contract for the supply of all externally required Printing and Postage Services for the delivery of the 2015 Electoral Registration Canvass has been awarded to Electoral Reform Services Ltd.

Under LBB’s Contract Procedure Rules (June 2014), the Assurance Director is authorised to award a contract up to the value of £172,514. The total value of services to be supplied under this contract award is valued at approx. £90,000.

Full funding for this contract is available from the London Borough of Barnet’s Electoral Registration budget, as supplemented by Individual Electoral Registration (IER) grant funding received from Cabinet Office to cover the full additional costs of implementing IER between 2013-2016.

Following a tender procurement exercise that was run under the London Boroughs of Barnet and Harrow’s Electoral Services Print and Postage Framework Agreement (2013-2017), the contract for the supply of all externally required Printing and Postage Services for the delivery of the 2015 Electoral Registration Canvass has been awarded to Electoral Reform Services Ltd.

Under LBB’s Contract Procedure Rules (June 2014), the Assurance Director is authorised to award a contract up to the value of £172,514. The total value of services to be supplied under this contract award is valued at approx. £90,000.

Full funding for this contract is available from the London Borough of Barnet’s Electoral Registration budget, as supplemented by Individual Electoral Registration (IER) grant funding received from Cabinet Office to cover the full additional costs of implementing IER between 2013-2016.

These reports give authority for Instrument of Government of school governing bodies to be altered.

This report highlights the requirement to make the Instrument of Government for the following maintained schools:

·         Martin Primary School

·         Fairway Primary School

·         Northway School

·         Sunnyfields Primary School

·         Summerside Primary School

·         Manorside Primary School

·         Wessex Gardens Primary School

·         St Paul’s Primary School

·         St Johns CE Primary School

·         St Mary’s Primary School

·         Rosh Pinah Primary School

·         Woodridge Primary School

·         Moss Hall Nursery

·         Edgware Primary School

·         Monkfrith School

·         Moss Hall Junior School

·         Oakleigh School and The Early Years Centre

·         Childs Hill Primary School

·         St Mary’s Church of England primary School N3

·         Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

·         Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

·         St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School

EQUALITIES AND DIVERSITY ISSUES: The schools’ Instruments of Government do not compromise their compliance with their statutory equality duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

LEGAL ISSUES: The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out the arrangements for the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools including foundation and trust schools in England.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In line with new Regulations, Governing Bodies of Maintained schools have been required to reconstitute in regard to the number and types of Governor. The Governing Bodies of the schools listed have submitted details of changes in their Instruments of Government, which is the formal document that outlines the arrangement of each Governing Body.

The Policy & Resources Committee agreed on the 13^th January 2015, under item 10 of the Forward Plan procurement activity, for the smart working moving costs in connection with the Accommodation Implementation Programme (AIP). There is now a requirement as part of the defined works to relocate the staff of NLBP4 for funding allocation for furniture removal/ relocation, in order to relocate staff to Barnet House, NLBP2 and a third location to be confirmed.

A mini competition was conducted under the ESPO Framework Contract249. All suppliers on the framework were alerted to the mini competition opportunity.

A request for expressions of interest was issued in March 2015; two companies expressed an interest and were issued tender documentation. Submissions were received from the two suppliers, covering their removal costs and method statement response to the specification provided. These were evaluated on a weighting of 50 price / 50 quality.

The Principal Development Agreement (PDA) for the regeneration of the Stonegrove and Spur Road Estates was approved by Cabinet on 18 June 2007 and was varied by a Deed of Variation on 25 March 2008.

Resolution 3 of the decision of Cabinet on 18th June 2007 stated that subject to the final terms of the Principal Development Agreement and legal arrangements being approved by the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Development under Delegated Powers; that the necessary legal documentation be completed in order for the scheme to proceed.

Under the terms of the PDA with Barratt Evolution LLP Barratts the Council has entered into an agreement that BELLP can call for a Development Stage Works License (DSWL) to commence construction on each phase of the site until they reach a point where they can call for a drawdown of the land.

BELLP has called for a works licence for the final phases, 7 & 8, as shown on the attached plan 12369_05_29-A and this DPR requests authority to enter into the DSWL as required under the terms of the PDA.

There are no financial implications to granting this DSWL and all costs are recovered from Barratts under the terms of the PDA.

This report outlines the changes to Commissioning Group to consolidate and enhance commissioning capacity within London Borough of Barnet to ensure Commissioning Directors, and their respective portfolio, has the right strategic and technical capacity. Where Commissioning Directors previously had no direct reports; the restructure has resulted in the creation of teams for each commissioning portfolio reporting directly to Commissioning Directors.

The restructure ensures the requirement for a more integrated commissioning approach by realigning commissioning functions across delivery units into the new Commissioning Group structures, referred to in the Chief Executive’s senior management restructure agreed by General Functions Committee in October 2014.

As a result, the council has strengthened its central commissioning capacity to ensure there is a focus on the development of detailed commissions and reducing the pressures on agency spend in the Commissioning Group. The implementation date for this restructure was 7 April 2015.

The Policy & Resources Committee agreed on the 13th January 2015, under Item 10 of the Forward Plan procurement activity, for -the supply, delivery and installation of furniture in connection with the Accommodation Implementation Programme. There is now a requirement that as part of the defined works to relocate the staff of NLBP4 it will require the funding allocation, in order to supply and deliver furniture to Barnet House,NLBP2 and a third location to be confirmed.

The services are to be procured using a mini competition through CCS-RM1501 where a number of companies have previously been vetted to ensure their suitability, capabilities and financial stability. All companies were required to submit a pricing schedule and a qualitative assessment for their proposed model office design and were selected on evaluation weighting of 70/30 price/ quality an allowed modification of evaluation criteria.

A request for expression of interest was issued in December 2014 three companies expressed an interest, all were issued tender documentation however, one company withdrew from the tender submission. Submissions were received from the remaining suppliers

This report recommends agreement to the Council entering into a Section 75 Agreement for a term of 26 months commencing on the 1 February 2014 for Voluntary Services Prevention Commissioning.  This report recommends agreement to this being included within the overarching Section 75 Agreement between the London Borough of Barnet and NHS Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group.

Redevelopment at Dollis Valley Park Estate Barnet, Phase 2 – Stopping Up Order No 4 - Stopping up of Highway at / adjacent to Dollis Valley Way, Barnet under Section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

This report seeks to extend the current contract with Barnet Centre for Independent Living for a period of two months until 31^st May 2015 at a value of £58,991 to allow for the resolution of staffing issues before the new contract commences.

This report requests approval to appoint a recommended supplier for a five year contract with an option to extend by a further year as the provider of the Information, Advice and Advocacy Service in the London Borough of Barnet.

The report proposes an extension of the contract with British Red Cross for an additional 12 months from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. 

This report captures a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules in order that additional services can be secured to address delays in transfers of care for those in acute hospital settings.

This report approves the following:

1.    That the Officer in consultation with the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee agree a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules is to vary the contract with the Fremantle Trust from 2^nd February 2015 to 10^th May 2015.

2.    That the Officer in consultation with the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee agree a waiver of the Contract Procedure Rules is to vary the contract with Age UK Barnet from 2^nd February 2015 to 10^th May 2015.

To consider the 2014 Annual Report of the Director of Public Health; and to consider an update on the 2013 Annual Report (to include update on Call to Action on Physical Activity)

The Chairman invited Dr Andrew Howe, the Director of Public Health for Harrow and Barnet Councils to join the table.

The report provided an overview of the last 50 years on a selection of topics which were public health issues fifty years ago and remained relevant issues today:

·                     Cardiovascular Disease

·                     Tuberculosis

·                     Sexually Transmitted Infections

·                     Tobacco control

·                     Vaccine Preventable Infections

·                     Healthy life expectancy

The Committee noted that each topic in the report included suggestions to tackle potential risk factors and improve awareness in the communities.

The Committee commended the Annual Report of the Director of Public Health.

RESOLVED that the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee note the report.

Phase 1 of the Dollis Valley regeneration scheme is now nearing completion. In accordance with the decision of Assets, Regeneration and Growth Committee of 8th September 2015 the Council needs to hand over the next development phase, known as Phase 2a This will be achieved by entering into a deed of variation of the Development Agreement to provide for the grant of a development Lease of Phase 2a, being land which is not currently subject to residential occupation. The development lease of phase 2b will be completed once vacant possession of that additional land is obtained, it is anticipated towards the end of 2015.  

Associated with the hand over of this phase, the council needs to obtain vacant possession of a block of residential properties, 1 to 15 The Ridge. The acquisition of these houses is underwritten by a Compulsory Purchase Order with a vesting date of 30th March 2015.

Under the terms of the Development Agreement leaseholders on the estate have been offered the option of reinvesting the value of their existing properties into a shared equity purchase of a new home on the estate, under which agreement the Council would purchase and hold the balance of the equity.

In Phase 2 five leaseholders have opted to take up the Council’s offer and the Council now needs to provide the funding of the equity that it will retain in these five homes so that Countryside can complete the sales and move the leaseholders out of the homes which will need to be demolished for the next phase.

Prior to the grant of the Development Lease of phase 2a the Council needs to extinguish any private rights over the land that may exist in order to enable the development to proceed in accordance with the planning permission.

The majority of this land was formerly public Highway with the remainder being predominantly amenity land associated with the Estate. When the Council promoted the Stopping up Order only one party claimed any private rights and that party has already agreed a deed of release.  The Council is not aware of any other private rights but it needs to appropriate this land to Planning prior to completing the Development Lease so that any that may exist are extinguished and they will not hinder implementation of the planning permission.

Following completion of the appropriation the Council will enter into the Development lease of Phase 2a which will also enable Countryside to construct the social housing needed to rehouse Council Tenants in the remaining phases.

This report seeks approval to award a contract with £75,000 for the provision of a Special Transport Service. The contract will commence from 04 May 2015 and will continue under Local Authority specific statutory powers. The contract will be terminated with one month’s notice.

This report attaches assessments of grant applications by two not-for-profit organisations.

This report seeks Chief Officer approval of fees and charges for 2015/16 that are changing broadly in line with the rate of inflation or less.

This report seeks to:

-       To approve the Street Scene fees and charges for 2015/16 as detailed in Appendix A.

The Education and Skills Alternative Delivery Model project was established to identify and assess possible alternative delivery models for the Education & Skills Delivery unit.  This was initially presented to the Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee on 12^th January 2015, where it was then referred to and approved by a meeting of Full Council on 20^th January 2015.  The report and attached outline business case identified the need to procure specialist advisors, including commercial advisors, and included an estimate of approximately £275k for the cost of the commercial advisors.

Following a competitive tender exercise, a preferred bidder has been identified and the purpose of this report is to confirm the appointment of the preferred bidder to undertake the work.

This report seeks approval:

1.    To appoint iMPOWER to provide financial and commercial consultancy support to the Education and Skills Alternative Delivery Model at the quoted rates and in accordance with agreed work packages.

The report seeks approval for named charges to be increased by inflation (2%) or below inflation. The report includes such fees and charges for: Highways, Trading Standards, Licensing, Environmental Health, Planning, Land Charges, Street Naming and Numbering and Building Control.

It also seeks approval for the adoption of updated Building regulations & Dangerous Structures Charging Scheme No 2.1.2015.

This report seeks approval to award a contract to Academia Limited. The contract will commence from 30th March 2015 and will have two elements

1.         Supply 25 iPad tablets and accessories plus two wearable cameras

2.         The provision of a three year extended warranty contract for the iPads

The Council approved entering into the Principal Development Agreement for the Stonegrove Regeneration Scheme at its Cabinet Resources Committee on 25th March 2008.  All conditions precedent of that legal agreement have been satisfied and the agreement, known as the Principal Development Agreement (PDA), which was signed on 24th September 2008 and is now in force between the Council and Barratt Evolution LLP, a joint venture between Barratt and Family Mosaic.

Under the terms of the PDA the development partner, Barratts, must serve a notice requiring the Council to transfer the land needed for the new homes. These Notices are served on a phase by phase basis, upon reaching certain contractual milestones, to enable them to complete their transfer of affordable homes to Family Mosaic and the sale of private sale dwellings in line the agreed program.

To date approximately half of the land has already been transferred by the Council and the formal Acquisition Notice calling for the draw-down of the next phase, known as phases 4a and 4b, was served on the Council on 5th March 2015.  Barratts have requested that the Council transfer part of the land directly to the Social Housing provider, Family Mosaic Homes.

Prior to the transfer the Council is required to appropriate the land to Planning to extinguish any private rights.  This was approved by Cabinet on 18th June 2007 (Cab. Dec 18/07/2007 – 6).  We are not aware of any existing private rights on this land.

This DPR is to appropriate the land in phase 4 a and 4b to Planning and then for consent to complete the transfer the land for the social housing to Family Mosaic Homes and the balance of the land to Barratt Evolution LLP, as required under the Principal Development Agreement.

The PRS project is tasked with finding suitable properties for Adults and Communities Delivery Unit service users to offer as move on accommodation. Advantages should arise from engaging a Registered Provider of social housing (Omega Housing Ltd). These advantages are itemised in the main body of the report but include extending the opportunities afforded by the scheme to a broad pool of service users. Following an open procurement exercise to seek proposals from suitable Registered Providers this report requests authority to appoint Omega Housing Ltd for the provision of housing management services. This service would be for a three-year period. The total income that may derive over this period is estimated to be £171,000.

Delivery of health facilities that can meet the needs of the current and future population of Colindale has had a difficult history in relation to finding any one solution that can work with all the complex factors that influence the ability for NHS England (and its predecessor organisations) to formally agree to take on a new or replacement health centre.

A potential new health centre was built at the former Colindale Hospital site (known as ‘Pulse’), but could not be adopted for financial and clinical reasons, so the space was turned over to commercial uses.  Further attempts to negotiate the terms for an appropriate facility struggled to fit requirements, governance and/or timescales for delivery of all the parties needing to be involved in the decision-making process.

The need for additional primary care (particularly GP) capacity in the Colindale area is increasing as more of the planned new development is delivered.  Furthermore current development timescales would suggest that the existing Grahame Park Health Centre may need to be demolished in 2018 linked to the redevelopment of Grahame Park concourse; meaning a replacement for that facility will need to be agreed and in place by that time.

In order to ensure the right health outcomes for Colindale, it is necessary to undertake a full business case, public consultation and planning approval process as required by NHS England (NHSE) to identify, agree and secure delivery of the most appropriate facilities for delivery of modern health services.  This process will happen in parallel with planning applications for a number of the larger development sites, enabling a few delivery options.

There is a significant amount of work required to be completed to agree the options appraisal, outline business case and then full business case stages of the process to agree the appropriate means of delivering primary care services in Colindale.  The Council needs to take a greater coordination role to ensure the range of public bodies involved in primary care services work together and undertake the necessary reviews to deliver a joined-up response.  It is therefore proposed that a small amount of received planning contributions from development in Colindale can underwrite the funding of this coordination role.

In November 2014 NHSE agreed to transfer £90,000 to Barnet to support the development of the business case, and in particular the options appraisal.  This report is intended to agree this use of these funds, authorise the completion of relevant procurement matters required to secure completion of the full business case, and allocation of S106 funds.