Issue - meetings

To consider and endorse, or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services on the decision to publish fees and charges for PRoW and Access activity and to delegate authority to the Public Rights of Way and Access Service Manager to review and publish revised fees and charges subject to the application of a number of key principles.

Graham Rusling (Public Rights of Way and Access Service Manager) was in attendance for this item. 

(1)   Mr Hill (Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services) introduced the report which asked the Cabinet Committee to consider and endorse or make recommendations on the decision to publish fees and charges for the PRoW and Access activity and to delegate authority to the Public Rights of Way and Access Service Manager to review and publish revised fees and charges subject to the application of a number of key principles.

(2)   Mr Rusling said that the primary purpose of the report was to highlight the fees and charges for rechargeable Public Rights of Way (PRoW) and Access Service activity as well as the key principles on which these charges are established.

(3)   In response to questions Mr Rusling provided further information.

(4)   Mr Rusling said that whilst paperless transmission of documentation had been sought current national regulations required that PRoW documents or files for information be in paper form.

(5)   In relation to maintenance of existing furniture, Mr Rusling said that within Section 146 of the Highways Act, KCC was legally obliged to contribute 25%.

(6)   He also said that filming on the highway was governed by an amendment to the Road Traffic Regulation Act. The fees shown on Appendix B of the report related to the administrative burden of the orders and there was no further charge for the inconvenience caused to residents.

(7)   Resolved that the Cabinet Committee endorsed the proposed decision of the Cabinet Member for Regulatory and Community Services to:

(i)            publish the fees and charges for PRoW and Access Service activity, and

(ii)          delegate authority to the Public Rights of Way and Access Service Manager to annually review and publish revised fees and charges subject to the application of a number of key principles.