Venue: Committee Suite, Civic Centre, Poole BH15 2RU. View directions
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence from Councillors. Minutes: Apologies were received from Cllr N Brooks, Cllr N Geary and Cllr M Greene.
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Substitute Members To receive information on any changes in the membership of the Committee.
Note – When a member of a Committee is unable to attend a meeting of a Committee or Sub-Committee, the relevant Political Group Leader (or their nominated representative) may, by notice to the Monitoring Officer (or their nominated representative) prior to the meeting, appoint a substitute member from within the same Political Group. The contact details on the front of this agenda should be used for notifications.
Minutes: Cllr T O’Neill substituted for Cllr M Greene.
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Declarations of Interests Councillors are requested to declare any interests on items included in this agenda. Please refer to the workflow on the preceding page for guidance. Declarations received will be reported at the meeting. Minutes: There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest made on this occasion.
Other interests which Members wished to declare Cllr A Hadley had been to visit the access route in question that related to Agenda Item 6 and had spoken to neighbours.
Cllr F Rice had also visited the aforementioned site and spoken to neighbours in the vicinity.
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Confirmation of Minutes To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting held on 22 January 2020. Minutes: RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 22 January 2020 be confirmed and signed by the chairman as a correct record.
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Public Issues To receive any public questions, statements or petitions submitted in accordance with the Constitution. Further information on the requirements for submitting these is available to view at the following link:- The deadline for the submission of public questions is Wednesday 19 February 2020. The deadline for the submission of a statement is 12.00 noon, Tuesday 25 February 2020. The deadline for the submission of a petition is 12.00 noon, Tuesday 25 February 2020. Minutes: The Chairman reported that one question had been received and three statements as follows:
Question from Vicky Moss Is the Canford Cliffs Ward included in the Local Walking and Cycling Improvement Plan that is currently being developed?
Response by Senior Walking and Cycling Officer Yes. The proposed Strategic Cycling Network (SCN) is the top tier of cycling routes. They were shown on maplets for the Canford Cliffs area in green above and were currently being audited and assessed for potential improvements. Stakeholders will be invited to comment and suggest improvements of their own. All schemes will be costed and prioritised into a long-term investment programme: The Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).
Secondary cycling routes and local access routes will be reviewed in the future. These haven’t been developed yet because the process for developing proposals is very resource intensive.
Three Core Walking Zones (CWZs) comprise the top tier of walking routes – one for each of the main town centres. The western edge of the Bournemouth CWZ is shown as a solid black line, with a 2km buffer shown as a dashed line; the 2km buffer for Poole is shown on the left. Key Walking Routes (KWRs) between the buffer and the CWZ are shown in blue and are currently being audited and assessed for potential improvements. As with the SCN, stakeholders will be invited to comment and suggest improvements of their own. All schemes will be costed and prioritised into the LCWIP.
Other, lower tier CWZs will be reviewed in the future, including the local centre on Haven Road. It’s been necessary to break down the CWZs into different tiers because the process for developing proposals is very resource intensive.
Statement from Vicky Moss The Canford Cliffs Ward within the BCP Area is particularly strategically located and the network of footpaths, bridleways and cycle routes that lead from the more intensively populated areas of Branksome, Parkstone, Penn Hill and Westbourne to the Beaches are currently under-utilised due to inaccessibility caused by:
· Lack of safe pedestrian points across roads with high volume/high speed traffic Lack of signage for footpaths Lack of traffic calming/speed enforcement Flooding on footpaths caused by run off from development.
· Lack of public transport around apartments with high concentrations of over 65yrs + Inaccessible pedestrian routes to/from Branksome Station & Penn Hill due to the above.
This leads to reliance on car usage around this area, is in turn leading to congestion/pollution/unhealthy lifestyles/social isolation.
Statement from Jerry Mogg My family have lived at 22 James Road for 5 years. This is not a truthful application with any recent use and it is not supported by the majority of James Road residents.
There is a private right of way at the James road section which we wish to remain for access only. I have never seen anyone transit the route of this application.
We already have serious security issues in the area and this would only exacerbate the situation giving an unlit thoroughfare to and from James ... view the full minutes text for item 16. |
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To obtain permission to permit an Order to protect the currently obstructed path from James Road to Sheringham Road as a Public Footpath. Minutes: The Senior Rights of Way Officer presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Mr Atherton and Mr Haywood, Objectors, were invited to express their views as to why to the order should not be made.
Mr White and Mrs O’Brien, Supporters, were invited to express their views as to why to the order should not be made.
Cllr Johnson, Ward Councillor expressed his views and indicated that on this occasion he was not supportive of the proposal.
Officers responded Members’ comments and questions, details included:
Mr Atherton summed up his views and reiterated that he had not done anything unlawful when blocking access, as the strip of land concerned belonged to him and the access route was not regularly used.
Mrs O’Brien summed up her views and reiterated that despite other claims, the access route was commonly used, was passable and no steeper than the road.
RECOMMENDED that: Permission is granted to create an order to record the unprotected footpath as a Public Right of Way.
Voting: For – 5 Against - 2
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Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs Residents Association Road Safety Petition To consider an e-Petition from local residents to address safety concerns in their area.
Minutes: The Senior Road Safety & Network Management Engineer presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Vicky Moss, lead petitioner, introduced herself and set out the reasons for bringing the petition forward which primarily came down to the safety of residents and exercising a desire to apply to spend CIL monies on making improvements to the cycling and walking network
When asked about the involvement of Ward Councillors, the Lead Petitioner explained that she had liaised with Cllr Haines who was fully supportive. She had also contacted Cllr Iyengar, but had not received a response to date, although he had previously indicated that applications for CIL monies could stand more chance of success if a particular area was focussed upon, which the Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs Residents Association was not prepared to do because this was an issue that affected a large geographical area and therefore needed to be looked at as a whole.
Officers responded to Members’ comments and requests for clarification, details included:
Cllr T Trent declared that he was a Member of the CIL Panel, as did the Chairman and the Director of Growth and Infrastructure
In summing up, the Chairman stated that he welcomed the work undertaken by the Residents Association in trying to promote walking and cycling within the area, and that there was a need to bid for any available funding for such measures, CIL was a limited pot of money, and the bid would be considered as part of that ... view the full minutes text for item 18. |
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Traffic Regulation Orders To consider the proposed Traffic Regulation Orders set out within the reports at 8a and 8b Minutes: The sub-reports were considered by the Transportation Advisory Group individually.
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To approve the advertisement of changes to the Traffic Regulations Order (TRO) as requested by members of the public, councillors and council officers. Additional documents: Minutes: The Highways Design Team Leader and Traffic Management Team Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'C' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Officers responded to Members’ comments and request for clarification, details included:
Talbot Drive
Heathlands School
St Stephen’s Road
RECOMMENDED that: The changes outlined in the appendix are advertised and implemented if no objections are received.
Voting: Nem. Con.
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To approve the advertisement of changes to the Traffic Regulations Order (TRO) implementing changes to on-street disabled bays. Additional documents: Minutes: The Highways Design Team Leader and Traffic Management Team Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'D' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Officers responded to Members’ comments and request for clarification, details included:
Aylesbury Road
Fortescue Road
RECOMMENDED that: The changes outlined in the appendix are advertised and implemented if no objections are received.
Voting: Nem. Con.
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Anti-Idling Outside Primary Schools Campaign To consider recommending to Cabinet that:
a) An Anti-Idling Campaign be undertaken at a small number of primary schools using allocated DEFRA funding b) Appropriate enforcement action be used but as a last resort c) Should the campaign prove successful, it will be rolled out to additional schools across the BCP area in future years Minutes: The sustainable transport and passenger accessibility officer presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Officers responded to Members’ comments and requests for clarifications, details included:
Cllr F Rice moved to add a recommendation that would include information to schools about the carbon footprint of different types of transportation methods to educate parents on the impact of how journeys are made which was duly seconded.
RECOMMENDED that Cabinet approve: a)An Anti-Idling Campaign be undertaken at a small
number of primary schools using allocated DEFRA
funding d)that officers include information to schools about the carbon footprint of different types of transportation methods to educate parents on the impact of how journeys are made
Voting: Nem. Con.
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Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (DLEP): Programme Update This report for Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (DLEP): Programme has been developed to update members on progress with respect to projects within the BCP Council area. Minutes: The Head of Engineering and Sustainable Design Team Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'F' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. A powerpoint presentation was also given, which provided Members with site illustrations of the schemes within the DLEP programme.
Officers responded to Members comments and requests for clarification, details included:
The Chairman thanked Officers for the update report.
RESOLVED that the report be noted
Voting: Nem. Con.
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Forward Plan Items due to be considered at the next meeting of the Transportation Advisory Group on 1 April 2020 include:
1. Traffic Regulation Orders 2. Electric Vehicle Supplier Arrangements and Provision 3. Keep Our Children Safe Petition: Hill View School, Redhill Minutes: The forward plan was noted.
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