5 November 2015

Present:-

Devon County Council:-

Councillors Ball, McInnes, Sanders and Sellis

West Devon Borough Council:-

Councillors Benson and Leech

Also In Attendance:

Councillor Marsh (Devon Association of Local Councils, Observer)

*37 Minutes

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2015 be signed as a correct record.

*38 Devon and Torbay Local Transport Plan 2011 - 2026: West Devon Programme for 2015/16 and 2016/17

The Committee considered the Joint Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation Environment and the Head of Highways, Capital Development Waste (PTE/15/57 - text only | pdf PTE/15/57) summarising the proposed Local Transport Plan Programme for 2015/16 and 2016/17 in the West Devon area included in the Transport Capital Programme approved by the Cabinet in September 2015.

The 2015/16 and 2016/17 Programme took into account committed schemes, funding sources, the 2011 - 2026 Devon and Torbay Local Transport Plan and the Cycling and Multi-use Trail Network Strategy. With significantly reduced Integrated Block funding from Government over the last few years, the Programme focused on using the County Council s limited resources to maximise match funding from external sources as the most efficient way of using the available funds. Although the Programme was heavily constrained in 2015/16 by commitments from the previous year, it was able to accommodate limited new scheme starts in 2016/17.

The Report also outlined a new approach to dealing with requests for waiting restrictions involving the development of an annual programme for each HATOC area in Devon for the funding and delivery of schemes which would be based on suggestions and requests from local county councillors and communities. It was intended that a single annual Traffic Regulation Order would be produced for each HATOC area, thus reducing overall costs.

The Head of Service responded to points raised by Members on the local transport schemes programmes and their implementation and the proposed new approach to dealing with proposed waiting restrictions.

In relation to the local schemes programmes, and further to concern expressed by Members, it was concluded that the processes for keeping local county councillors informed of developments regarding individual cycling projects and for ensuring that consultations were undertaken by developers where appropriate should be reviewed.

In relation to proposals involving waiting restrictions, the Head of Service commented that:

while the officers would not - at least in the first year of operation - canvass Town and Parish Councils for waiting restriction proposals (given the anticipated backlog of schemes), Members would of course be free to approach local councils and communities for suggestions;

waiting restrictions funded by developers (through Section 106 Agreements etc) would be separate to the annual programme;

there would be contingency provision for handling priority requests where, usually for safety reasons, it would not be appropriate to wait until the next annual review.

Members welcomed the new approach to dealing with requests for waiting restrictions, although they felt that work on advertising and implementing the annual programmes from the eight HATOCs countywide should be staggered throughout the year, and should not necessarily be progressed immediately following the Spring HATOCs with a view to achieving equality of treatment for individual HATOC areas.

It was MOVED by Councillor Sanders, SECONDED by Councillor Ball and

RESOLVED

(a) that the funding provisions for schemes for West Devon in the Countywide Foundation Programme and the Market and Coastal Town and Rural Devon Targeted Capital Investment Programme and the Market and Coastal Town and Rural Devon Foundation Programme as set out in Appendix 1 to the Report be supported;

(b) that, subject to the comments above, the proposed approach to local priority waiting restrictions set out in Section 4 of the Report be supported.

*39 Petitions/Parking Policy Reviews

There was no petition from a member of the public or the Council relating to West Devon.

*40 Action Taken Under Delegated Powers

The Committee received and noted the Report of the Head of Highways, Capital Development Waste (HCW/15/73 - text only | pdf HCW/15/73) setting out action taken under delegated powers on advertised Traffic Regulation Orders since the last meeting.

*DENOTES DELEGATED MATTER WITH POWER TO ACT

The meeting started at 10.00am and finished at 11.10am

The Minutes of the West Devon Highways Traffic Orders Committee are published on the County Council s Website at:-