Forward Plan

For the 4 month period 1 May 2013 to 31 August 2013

This plan contains all the key decisions which the Council expects to take over the next four months. It will be refreshed regularly and will contain the expected decisions over the stated period.

A decision notice for each key decision is published within five days of it having been made. This is open for public inspection on the Council’s website: www.tameside.gov.uk.

The law and the Council’s Constitution provides for urgent key decisions to be made provided certain criteria are met. A decision notice will be published for these in exactly the same way.

The Plan also contains a summary of previous key decisions made since the start of the 2012/13 Municipal Year.

Definition of a Key Decision:

A key decision, as defined in Article 17 of the Council’s Constitution is:

• any Executive decision which requires a budget expenditure of £30,000 or more that is not in the budget presented to Council;
• any Executive decision to vire £500,000 or more in the budget presented to Council;
• any Executive decision where the outcome will have a significant impact on a significant number of people living or working in 2 or more Wards or a District Assembly area where this is less than two Wards.

A decision taker may only make a key decision in accordance with the requirements of the Executive Procedure Rules.

Details of the current Executive Members are set out below:

If you wish to contact any of the Executive Members detailed above please ring 0161 342 3152 or Send a message to Executive Support. 

If you wish to make representations as to why any matter which is indicated will take place in private you should send a message to Democratic Services or telephone 0161 342 2146. The Proper Officer will consider any representations received and will issue a statement to any representatives five clear days before the meeting.

Notice to Take Key Decisions

Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012

In accordance with the above Regulations notice is hereby given that Key decisions are to be made as detailed below:

Key Decisions Taken Previously During 2012/13 Municipal Year

Decision	Decision Maker	Date Of Decision	Decisions
Animal Boarding Conditions	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	15 May 2013	Animal Boarding Conditions 220.6 KB
Meals Provision in Adults Services	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	15 May 2013	Meals Provision in Adults Services 236.23 KB
Tameside Housing Advice Contract	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	15 May 2013	Tameside Housing Advice Contract 342.1 KB
Redmond Close, Audenshaw contaminated land issues	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	30 April 2013	Redmond Close, Audenshaw contaminated land issues 983.33 KB
Adult Social Care Capital	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	19 April 2013	Adult Social Care Capital 476.21 KB
Social Care Offer	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	19 April 2013	Social Care Offer 1.77 MB
Priority Schools Building Programme	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	18 April 2013	Priority Schools Building Programme 1.46 MB
Proposal to increase capacity at Flowery Fields Primary School	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	18 April 2013	Proposal to increase capacity at Flowery Fields Primary School 1.67 MB
Proposal to Increase capacity at Holden Clough Primary School	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	18 April 2013	Proposal to Increase capacity at Holden Clough Primary School 1.83 MB
Pension Auto Enrolment	Deputy Executive Leader/First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	28 March 2013	Pension Auto Enrolment 634.47 KB
Respite Care for Adults with Learning Disabilities	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	28 March 2013	Respite Care for Adults with Learning Disabilities 771.4 KB
Repair and Maintenance of Education Buildings	Executive Cabinet	27 March 2013	Repair and Maintenance of Education Buildings 563.88 KB
Primary and Secondary Admission Arrangements	Executive Cabinet	27 March 2013	Primary and Secondary Admission Arrangements 514.49 KB
Land Transfers for Affordable Housing	Executive Cabinet	27 March 2013	Land Transfers for Affordable Housing 518.08 KB
Transfer of Public Health Staff to Local Authority/Public Health Contract Transfer	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	13 March 2013	Transfer of Public Health Staff to Local Authority/Public Health Contract Transfer 2.68 MB
Risk Based Verification Policy	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	13 March 2013	Risk Based Verification Policy 1.43 MB
Adult Fees and Charges Uplift	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	13 March 2013	Adult Fees and Charges Uplift 447.76 KB
Review of Loxley House	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	13 March 2013	Review of Loxley House 257.11 KB
Charging for Wheeled Bins and Review of Clinical Waste	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	13 March 2013	Charging for Wheeled Bins & Review of Clinical Waste 1.08 MB
Proposal for Scheme to replace Discretionary Social Fund	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	14 February 2013	Proposal for Scheme to replace Discretionary Social Fund 1.86 MB
Neighbourhood Offer	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	Neighbourhood Offer 520.39 KB
Children's Services Review	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	Children's Services Review 475.43 KB
You Choose 2013 - Participatory Budgeting	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	You Choose 2013 - Participatory Budgeting 713.19 KB
Sports Development Transfer and Tameside Sports Trust Management Agreement	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	Sports Development Transfer and Tameside Sports Trust Management Agreement 2.65 MB
Schools Traded Service	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	Provision of Services to Schools 551.97 KB
Environmental Services - A New Offer	Executive Cabinet	13 February 2013	Environmental Services - New Service Offer 447.77 KB
Review of Dog Control Orders	Executive Member (Neighbourhood Services)	6 February 2013	Review of Dog Control Orders 1.38 MB
Environmental Fees and Charges	Executive Members (Development and Transport) and (Environmental Services)	6 February 2013	Environmental Services Fees and Charges 1.66 MB
Private Hire Driver and Operator Conditions	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	6 February 2013	Private Hire Driver and Operator Policy and Conditions 155.78 KB
Discretionary Rate Relief	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	31 January 2013	Discretionary Rate Relief 1.21 MB
Business Rates	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	31 January 2013	Business Rates 527.83 KB
Council Tax Base	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	31 January 2013	Council Tax Base 107.17 KB
Top Notch Furniture Services	Executive Member (Adults' Services)	5 December 2012	Top Notch Furniture Services 110.82 KB
Review of West Villa	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	5 December 2012	Review of West Villa 165.43 KB
Mental Health Charging	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	5 December 2012	Mental Health Charging 126.08 KB
Troubled Families Investment Agreement	Executive Member (Children & Families)	5 December 2012	Troubled Families Investment Agreement 178.8 KB
Contract for Wide Area Network/Internet	Deputy Executive Leader	5 December 2012	Contract for Wide Area Network/Internet 679.87 KB
Adults Supported Accommodation: Larger Schemes	Executive Member (Adults Services)	5 December 2012	Adults Supported Accommodation: Larger Schemes 128.37 KB
Healthwatch	Executive Member (Adult Services)	14 November 2012	Approved Creation of Local Healthwatch
Droylsden Canalside	Executive Leader	29 October 2012	Agreed Deed of Variation (Note: report considered in private under provisions of Local Government Act 1972)
Godley Hall RGF Project	First Deputy (Performance and Finance) / Executive Member (Development and Transport)	29 October 2012	Agreed to Progress Regional Growth Fund offer.  (Note: report considered in private under provisions of Local Government Act 1972)
Review of Sports Development Service	Executive Leader	29 October 2012	Agreed to consult on transfer of Service.  (Note: report considered in private under provisions of Local Government Act 1972)
Review of Cemetery Regulations	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	24 October 2012	Review of Cemetery Regulations 1.83 MB
Council Tax Support	Executive Cabinet	24 October 2012	Council Tax Support 4.72 MB
Revitalising Tameside's Towns	Executive Cabinet	24 October 2012	Revitalising Tameside's Towns 390.72 KB
Corporate Asset Management Plan	Executive Cabinet	24 October 2012	Corporate Asset Management Plan 600.45 KB
Charging for Enforcement and other services in Housing, Planning and Technical Services	Executive Leader/Executive Member (Development and Transport)	17 October 2012	Charging for Enforcement and other services in Housing, Planning and Technical Services 3.29 MB
New Offer for Tameside Libraries	Executive Cabinet	24 September 2012	New Offer for Tameside Libraries 12.73 MB
Integrated Health and Social Care Proposal – Dementia Pathways and Full Whole System Business Case – Consultancy Support	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	13 September 2012	Integrated Health and Social Care Proposal - Dementia Pathways and Full Whole System Business Case - Consultancy Support 1017.04 KB
Tameside Markets	Executive Cabinet	29 August 2012	Tameside Markets 1.45 MB
Consultation on the Future Provision of Respite/Short Stay Support Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	15 August 2012	Consultation on the future provision of respite/short stay support services for Adults with a Learning Disability 219.81 KB
Procurement of Residential Care and Determination of Fees for Residential Accommodation	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	15 August 2012	Procurement of Residential Care and Determination of Fees for Residential Accommodation Disability 4.78 MB
District Assemblies Operational Services: Partnership Working with Greater Manchester Probation Trust	Executive Member (Neighbourhoods)	15 August 2012	District Assemblies Operation Services Partnership Working with GM Probation Trust 588.18 KB
Designation of Copperas Fields, Droylsden as a QE II Field	Deputy Executive Leader	15 August 2012	Designation of Copperas Fields, Droylsden as a Queen Elizabeth II Field 743.31 KB
Council Tax Support Scheme	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	31 July 2012	Council Tax Support Scheme 1.03 MB
A New Offer for Tameside Library Service	Executive Cabinet	4 July 2012	New Offer for Tameside’s Library Service 14.74 MB
Customer Contract and Care Strategy	Executive Cabinet	4 July 2012	Customer Contact and Care Strategy 625.84 KB
Review of Car Parking in the Borough	Executive Cabinet	4 July 2012	Review of Car Parking in the Borough 1.64 MB
Park Café Social Enterprise	Deputy Leader and Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	4 July 2012	Park Café Social Enterprise 1.63 MB
Armed Forces Community Pledge	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	20 June 2012	The Armed Forces Community Pledge 776.37 KB
Future Provision of Dementia Day Services	Executive Member (Adults’ Services)	30 May 2012	Future Provision of Dementia Day Services 1.99 MB
Review of Clothing Grant Scheme	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	28 May 2012	Review of the Clothing Grant Scheme 1.32 MB
Unauthorised Memorials in Cemeteries	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	28 May 2012	Unauthorised Memorials in Cemeteries 137.91 KB
Review of Public Toilet Provision	Executive Member (Neighbourhoods)	28 May 2012	Review of Public Toilet Provision 2.28 MB

Executive Decisions Taken Previously During 2012/13 Municipal Year

Decision	Decision Maker	Date Of Decision	Decisions
Universal Credit Delivery Partnership Agreement	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	26 April 2013	Universal Credit Delivery Partnership Agreement 694.95 KB
Home to School Transport	Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	18 April 2013	Home to School Transport 731.06 KB
Routes to Young Talent	Deputy Executive Leader/Executive Member (Learning and Achievement)	2 April 2013	Routes to Young Talent 897.41 KB
Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles Fees and Charges	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	4 April 2013	Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles Fees and Charges 152.23 KB
Pay Frequency	Deputy Executive Leader and First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	28 March 2013	Pay Frequency 311.33 KB
Council Tax Reduction Scheme	First Deputy (Performance and Finance) and the Executive Director (Governance)	28 March 2013	Council Tax Reduction Scheme 171.91 KB
Digital Infrastructure	Deputy Executive Leader	28 March 2013	Digital Infrastructure 596.96 KB
Mobile Telecommunications	Deputy Executive Leader	6 February 2013	Mobile Telecommunications 85.07 KB
Copley High School: Conversion to an Academy	Deputy Executive Leader	16 January 2013	Copley High School: Conversion to an Academy 2.42 MB
Asset of Community Value - Denton West End Library	Deputy Executive Leader	17 December 2012	Asset of Community Value - Denton West End Library 292.43 KB
Collective Energy Switching	Executive Leader	5 December 2012	Collective Energy Switching 54.2 KB
ICT Equipment Disposal	Deputy Executive Leader	5 December 2012	ICT Equipment Disposal 255.37 KB
Restricting Access to removable media	Deputy Executive Leader	5 December 2012	Restricting Access to removable media 95.45 KB
Service Review of Print Services	Deputy Executive Leader	5 December 2012	Service Review of Print Services 666.94 KB
Use of Mobile Devices by Councillors and Officers	Deputy Executive Leader	5 December 2012	Use of Mobile Devices by Councillors and Officers 793.61 KB
Council Tax Discounts	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	31 July 2012	Council Tax Discounts 662.53 KB
You Choose - Allocation of Funding: Denton and Audenshaw/Dukinfield	Deputy Executive Leader	30 July 2012	You Choose - Allocation of Funding for the 2012-2013 Denton & Audenshaw and Dukinfield You Choose Events 613.13 KB
Disposal of Land at Brushes Road, Stalybridge	Executive Member (Business and Community Development)	27 June 2012	Disposal of Land at Brushes Road, Stalybridge 255.45 KB
ICT Strategy and Delivery Plan	First Deputy (Performance and Finance)	20 June 2012	ICT Strategy and Delivery Plan 2.35 MB
Waste Services Review – Workforce Implications	Deputy Leader, Executive Member (Development and Transport) and Executive Member (Environmental Services)	11 June 2012	Waste Services Review -Workforce Implications, Engineering Transport Workshop Review - Workforce Implications 2.45 MB
You Choose - Allocation of Funding for 2012/13 Pan-Tameside	Deputy Executive Leader	28 May 2012	You Choose - Allocation of Funding for the 2012-2013 Pan-Tameside You Choose Event 541.6 KB
Consultation with Service Users around the Replacement of Wheeled Bins and Clinical Waste Collections	Executive Member (Environmental Services)	28 May 2012	Consultation with Service Users Around the Replacement of Wheeled Bins and Clinical Waste Collections 71.04 KB

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