Social Value Ideas for High Peak Borough Council

Draft pavement licensing policy for consultation

The committee was asked to approve a draft pavement licensing policy for public consultation, reflecting the new permanent national regime under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. The policy …

“So first report tonight is the draft pavement license policy. Reason for the report is that for the committee to consider the contents of the draft pa…”

Licensing policy review consultation

The council is consulting on an updated licensing policy covering licensed premises, alcohol sales and other licensable activities for 2026-2031. Members were told the policy is a required five-year r…

“The last policy was published in 2021 and it is a requirement all authorities review their licensing policy every 5 years. The policy is therefore now…”

Updated Taxi & Private Hire Vehicle Policy Consultation

Committee approved proceeding with consultation on updated taxi and private hire vehicle policy, originally introduced in 2016. Key proposed changes include mandatory plating for all vehicles (elimina…

“recommendation today is that the committee approves the key areas for the policy consultation which are highlighted in yellow on appendix one and also…”

Street Trading Policy Emissions Update - Implementation Extension

The council is updating its Street Trading Policy (2024-2027) to include new emissions standards requiring vehicles to meet or exceed Euro 6 petrol and Euro 4 diesel emission standards. For new applic…

“the consultation included a reduction in the emissions of Street trading vehicles uh which contribute towards the council's obligations with regard uh…”

Gambling Policy - Proceed with 8-Week Consultation

Committee approved proceeding with 8-week statutory consultation on the revised Gambling Statement of Principles commencing November 2024. The consultation will be conducted with partner agencies and …

“the committee agrees to the consultation period of eight weeks commencing in November 2024”

Gambling Policy - 3-Year Review Consultation

The council is commencing a statutory 8-week consultation on a revised Gambling Statement of Principles (required every 3 years under the Gambling Act 2005). The consultation period was confirmed as c…

“a consult sorry a consult consultation exercise is scheduled to start in November 2024 for a period of 8 weeks after the consult consultation is compl…”

Street Trading Policy - Extend Emissions Compliance Deadline

Committee approved a motion to extend the emissions compliance deadline for existing street trading vehicles from 1 January 2025 to 1 January 2026 (12-month extension). This was proposed to avoid plac…

“we don't want to put anybody out of business we want to encourage um trading in the high peak um and we want to give them the benefit of the doubt and…”

Mandatory Vehicle Plating & Executive Hire Regulation

New policy requirement that all vehicles, including executive hires, display licensing plates for safeguarding and safety. Executive hires currently operating under legacy dispensation will receive gr…

“So there are proposals within the new policy that we are requiring all vehicles to now be plated um and to demonstrate that they are licensed with hig…”

Accessibility & Disability Accommodation Improvements

Policy enhancements to improve accessibility for disabled passengers including: zero tolerance policy on drivers refusing disabled passengers at standard fares; requirement that hackneys with addition…

“we will not um put any new hackne carriages on unless they are um wheelchair or or accessible really. So that is definitely something as well. Uh all …”

UK SPF & Rural Prosperity Fund - Three Year Investment

High Peak Council invested £2.5m of government funding from 2022-2025: £2.1m from UK Shared Prosperity Fund and £375k from Rural Prosperity Fund. This was allocated across three priority areas: Commun…

“We've managed to invest two and a half million pounds of government funding directly into the high peak. That's 2.1 million from the UK share prosperi…”

Growth Strategy 2025-2028 Adoption

New three-year Growth Strategy adopted (replacing 2017 strategy) with six core missions: accelerating housing delivery (particularly affordable housing), employment growth through modernized business …

“The current growth strategy in high peak was adopted in 2017...the purpose of this document is not to be a promotional document. It's sustainment of t…”

Final Year SPF Allocation - £1m Available

Council has been allocated approximately £1.05m for final guaranteed SPF funding round (2025-2026), comprising £500k capital and £500k revenue. Funding priorities remain: Communities & Place (improved…

“For the next round of UK SPF we've now been allocated just over 1 million pounds um from a combination of UK SPF funds, REF funds and an additional to…”

UK Shared Prosperity Fund - Total Budget Allocation

Total UKSPF budget for High Peak is £2.3 million, split relatively evenly between capital (£1.0m) and revenue (£1.0m). As of end of October 2024, £2.2 million has been committed (95%), with approximat…

“the total budget um was just over 2.3 million pounds um we've so far that's split down into capital and revenue so pretty relatively even split just o…”

UKSPF Underspend Risk and Spend Deadline

Government confirmed no mechanism to carry forward UKSPF underspend beyond 31 March 2025. All £2.3 million must be spent by end of March 2025 or money returns to government. This creates time pressure…

“confirmation from government that there is no mechanism to carry forward ukpf underspend into future years so the 2.3 million pounds that we've had al…”

Community and Place Budget - £1.1 Million

Community and Place priority has £1.1 million budget with significant capital element of £800k. Includes public realm improvements, community infrastructure grants, cost of living support, and active …

“the overall budget within that 2.3 million for community in place was just just over 1.1 million but a significant element of that is capital just ove…”