Social Value Ideas for South Ribble Borough Council

Consult on taxi tariff rise

The committee agreed to consult on proposed increases to South Ribble's hackney carriage tariffs. The proposal includes higher start fares, an increased soiling charge, a revised waiting-time rate and…

“okay so agenda item 4 is a request for a taxi tariff increase the next report is to inform members of the licensing and public safety committee about …”

Late hours and non-standard times

The application sought late music, alcohol sales and opening hours, including non-standard hours for Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and bank holidays. This is a policy-sensitive decision because the pa…

“So the applicant has applied for a license with the following licenseable activities. So we've got live music Sunday to Thursday um 11:00 a.m. till 23…”

Hackney rank relocation

Members considered and approved the proposal to relocate the Hough Lane hackney carriage rank because of wider Hough Lane changes linked to the Leyland Town Deal and town centre renovations. Officers …

“This additional meeting today the licensing public safety committee has been convened following a proposal received to move the hackne carriage rank o…”

Draft budget and council tax rise

The cabinet member set out the draft 2022-23 budget, including a 1.99% council tax increase, no service cuts, and use of reserves to balance the budget. The discussion highlighted funding uncertainty,…

“this is um the draft of the report um it'll be going to cabinet tomorrow and then uh on to full council for uh debate um i'm really pleased that the r…”

£360k NI cost pressure

The council expects a £360,000 annual cost impact from increased employer National Insurance contributions. Officers suggested central government mitigation may offset this, but it is still a material…

“there are some assurances going around that councils will get um assistance to mitigate that the whole reason that the government um introduced these …”

Budget freeze and investments

Cabinet approved the draft 2023-24 budget, including a freeze in South Ribble's council tax, no service cuts and a forecast balanced budget. The budget retains investment in playground refurbishments,…

“it gives me a great pleasure to be able to bring the proposal before committee which is a draft budget currently out to consultation presuming cabinet…”

Waste service insourcing

Council approved bringing waste collection services in-house from 11 June 2022, transferring relevant FCC staff under TUPE and sourcing specialist mobilisation support and IT/software contracts to com…

“may recommendation the first one is to either a extend the existing outsourced waste collection contract with fcc environments uk limited prefer the t…”

Food waste collections model

Cabinet approved an in-house operating model for weekly food waste collections, creating five new collection rounds and 16 posts. The service is required from April 2026 and is expected to cost £1.058…

“This report seeks approval for the operating model for food waste collections to ensure the service which has been planned to align with existing wast…”