Social Value Ideas for Colchester City Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Colchester City Council in East of England across 41 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Revocation of Leather Bottle licence
The sub-committee decided to revoke the premises licence for the Leather Bottle public house after reviewing police evidence and finding that lesser measures would not sufficiently address serious cri…
“the licensing subcommittee has reached the decision to revoke the premises license held by choir build limited in relation to the leather bottle publi…”
Grant of late-hours variation
The sub-committee approved the variation to Attic's premises licence as amended during the hearing. The decision allows later operating hours for licensable activities, subject to added controls inten…
“following careful deliberations the licensing subcommittee has reached the decision to grant the application to vary the license as amended by the app…”
Refusal of Anchor licence transfer
The sub-committee refused the application to transfer the premises licence for the Anchor public house in Tiptree to Miss K Murphy after considering the police objection and the evidence of repeated b…
“following our deliberations the licensing subcommittee has reached the decision to refuse the application to transfer the premises license in respect …”
Premises licence revoked after COVID breaches
The sub-committee determined that serious breaches of coronavirus regulations and licensing objectives at the Anchor public house justified revocation of the premises licence. Members concluded that l…
“The licensing subcommittee has reached the decision to revoke the premises license held by miss k murphy in relation to the anchor public case hit tre…”
Reduce insurance requirement
The committee proposed reducing the public liability insurance requirement for pavement licence applicants from £10 million to a minimum of £5 million, aligning with Essex-wide conditions. Officers sa…
“The new Essex-wide conditions recommend public liability insurance cover of 5 million pounds. That would be a minimum. The council's existing policy s…”
Premises licence granted
The sub-committee approved a new premises licence for The Boardroom, operated by Shanghai Darts Limited. The licence covers the supply of alcohol and indoor sporting events, with the decision based on…
“Following careful deliberations the licensed subcommittee has reached the decision to grant the application by the Shanghai Darts Limited relating to …”
Licensing Act policy refreshed
The committee considered the consultation outcome for the review of the Licensing Act 2003 statement of licensing policy. Officers said no consultation comments were received, that only limited change…
“the reports coming going back to you because it's been out for consultation um and we have received no comments on it um which is not entirely unsurpr…”
Youth zone target revised
The scrutiny subgroup recommended a youth zone ambition be maintained and questioned whether a 2030 target was too slow. Members ultimately supported changing the recommendation to an earlier 2027 com…
“the subgroup recommends that an ambition be maintained for a youth zone to be completed in colchester borough by 2030 it is recommended that the counc…”
Youth Zone removed from package
The board decided not to proceed with the Youth Zone in the initial Town Deal submission because the council did not yet have an acceptable site and revenue funding had not been secured. The discussio…
“the youth zone was specifically discussed um and as adrian said as was presented at the time there were issues in regard of both the site and revenue …”
General fund outturn and support
The year-end finance report showed a gross general fund overspend driven by reduced income from car parking, sport and leisure, and commercial properties, offset by government support and year-end adj…
“so there was an overspend on the general fund of 7.972 million uh predominantly this was due to less income than assumed when we set the budget in are…”
COVID budget overspend and reserves
The financial monitoring report showed a forecast general fund overspend of about £9.283 million before support, driven mainly by COVID-related income losses. The council expected to cover most of thi…
“the general fund is showing an adverse position of just under 4 million pounds 3.9 million against the profile service budgets income is below targets…”
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