Decisions

To announce the results of the distribution of the Local Transport Plan (LTP) Area Board ‘Substantive Highway Scheme’ budget of £150,000 in 2018/19.

I approvethe results of the Substantive Highway Scheme funding mechanism as set out in Appendix 2.

This decision was published on 7 December 2017 and will come into force on 15 December 2017.

To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to consider whether the Council should grant a request from Mr Richard Moseley of Restrop Farm, Mud Lane, Purton to apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping up highway rights for mechanically-propelled vehicles over part of Mud Lane on the ground that the highway rights are not necessary for public use.  The section of highway concerned is shown on the plan at Appendix 1.  

I consider that the proposed application should be made and therefore approve adoption of the course of action outlined in paragraph 18 (ii) of the report.

This decision was published on 7 December 2017 and will come into force on 15 December 2017.

To present the findings of the post 16 area review of education in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Swindon.

Councillor Laura Mayes presented the report which informed Cabinet of the findings and recommendations from the government review of local further education provision which was completed earlier in 2017.

Matters highlighted in the course of the presentation and discussion included: how education provision can best meet the needs of the economy; the involvement of the Local Enterprise Partnership; the capital investment being made into colleges; and the responses to the review’s recommendations.

In presenting the report Councillor Laura Mayes and the Leader expressed their thanks to Wiltshire College in recognition of their hard work and the improvements made in recent years.

Resolved

1.             To note the contents of the report as they relate to Wiltshire.

2.             To endorse the report’s recommendation to be part of a strategic planning group to monitor implementation of the review recommendations and drive the collaborative agenda relating to post-16 learning and skills.

Reasons for Decision:

The post-16 area review report and recommendations were published in August 2017. Given that this is a national report in the public domain, it is important for Cabinet to be aware of the findings and recommendations regarding further education provision in Wiltshire.