Agenda item

(a)  That Faircroft, Westfield Road, Springfield Road and part of Hillrise are not, to the satisfaction of the Council as the street works authority, sewered, levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, made good or lighted;

(b)  That the specifications for street works to be carried out to those streets and as appended to this report be approved;

(c)  That the street works detailed in the said specifications be carried out at Faircroft, Westfield Road, part of Hillrise and Springfield Road to render them satisfactory to the Council as the street works authority in accordance with Section 205 (1) of the Highways Act 1980;

(d)  That the estimated expenses of £1.5m for these works be noted;

(e)  That the provisional apportionment apportioning the said expenses between the premises liable to be charged with them under the street works code be approved;

(f)  That the Highways Team apply the criteria for a private street works scheme as set out in part of XI of the Highways Act 1980 and Sections 205 to 218 (The Private Street works code) on Faircroft, Westfield Road and Springfield Road;

(g)  That following the completion of the said street works subject to satisfactory safety audit  the Council  declare Faircroft, Westfield Road and Springfield Road  as set out in drawings HW 19/20 – PR – 001, HW 19/20 – PR – 001 & HW 19/20 – PR – 001 appended to this Report to be  highways in accordance with  Section 228 of the Highways Act 1980; and

(h)  To apply the above criteria to other unadopted private streets identified in the future and for funding be allocated to new streets as they are identified and agreed.

The Parking Team Leader introduced a report that sought approval to execute street works on four private seeks that were not to the Council as the street works authority and to agree an approach to make such improvements to other streets in the future.

The streets identified for improvement – Faircroft, Westfield Road, part of Hillrise and Springfield Road – were unadopted and required significant improvement works as they were either not sewered, levelled, metalled, flagged, channelled and lighted to a satisfactory standard.  The cost of works was expected to be £1.5m and charges could be made to each property to recover these costs.

Lead Members commented that they had previously worked with residents to try to bring forward improvements on some of the roads identified on a voluntary basis for several years but it had not been possible as unanimous approval of property owners on the street was required.  It was agreed that the required works would not therefore happen without the intervention of the Council.  It was noted that the costs were based on the scale of the frontage to the streets and spread amongst the property owners it was considered to be a reasonable charge.  Owners were likely to benefit to an uplift in the property values as a result of the highway improvements.

The Cabinet agreed the recommendations for Faircroft, Westfield Road, part of Hillrise and Springfield Road and there was approval for a similar approach to further street identified without the specific need for Cabinet approval on each occasion.

Resolved –

(a)  That Faircroft, Westfield Road, Springfield Road and part of Hillrise are not, to the satisfaction of the Council as the street works authority, sewered, levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, made good or lighted;

(b)  That the specifications for street works to be carried out to those streets and as appended to this report be approved;

(c)  That the street works detailed in the said specifications be carried out at Faircroft, Westfield Road, part of Hillrise and Springfield Road to render them satisfactory to the Council as the street works authority in accordance with Section 205 (1) of the Highways Act 1980;

(d)  That the estimated expenses of £1.5m for these works be noted;

(e)  That the provisional apportionment apportioning the said expenses between the premises liable to be charged with them under the street works code be approved;

(f)  That the Highways Team apply the criteria for a private street works scheme as set out in part of XI of the Highways Act 1980 and Sections 205 to 218 (The Private Street works code) on Faircroft, Westfield Road and Springfield Road;

(g)  That following the completion of the said street works subject to satisfactory safety audit  the Council  declare Faircroft, Westfield Road and Springfield Road  as set out in drawings HW 19/20 – PR – 001, HW 19/20 – PR – 001 & HW 19/20 – PR – 001 appended to this Report to be  highways in accordance with  Section 228 of the Highways Act 1980; and

(h)  To apply the above criteria to other unadopted private streets identified in the future and for funding be allocated to new streets as they are identified and agreed.