RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1.1  Approve the appropriation for planning purposes of the Council’s land at:

(a) Farm Road Church, Farm Road, Morden, SM4 6RA

(b) Elm Nursery Car Park, Mitcham CR4 3TA

(c) Raleigh Gardens Car Park, Mitcham, CR4 2JB

(shown edged red on the plans at Appendix A) pursuant to Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and the subsequent use of the powers under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

1.2 Note the requirement to appropriate for planning purposes the Council’s land at Canons Place, Madeira Road, Mitcham, CR4 4HD (shown edged red on the plans at Appendix A) pursuant to Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and the subsequent use of the powers under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, and to delegate authority to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development in consultation with the Leader of the Council to take the decision following consideration of all representations made in response to publication of the notices.

1.3 Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development:

a. To deal with any necessary arrangements to record the appropriation of the sites for planning purposes.

b. To subsequently exercise the Council’s powers under Section 203 Housing and Planning Act 2016.

c. To take all reasonable steps to negotiate and settle compensation claims under Section 204 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and approve and authorise all legal documentation that may be required to compromise and release third party rights where this can be achieved on reasonable terms within a reasonable timescale.

1.4 Note that if the recommendations in this Report are approved, the four sites (by virtue of Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 - appropriation for planning purposes) will be held in the general fund.

RESOLVED:

1.1 That Cabinet approve the direct award for the provision of the Agency Worker Contract using the ESPO MSTAR4 framework for a period of 12 months to provide sufficient time for a comprehensive options appraisal of the service to be undertaken and once the new model has been agreed, the time for a procurement exercise and implementation of the new contract.

1.2 That Cabinet approve the direct award for the provision of temporary agency worker recruitment services to the current contractor Comensura Limited using the ESPO MSTAR4 framework for a 12 month period from 13th December 2025 until December 2026 at a cost of £20m so we can continue with Comensura whilst future alternative options are evaluated and progressed.

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet considers the draft savings proposals for 2025/26 to 2028/29 (Appendix 2) and agrees to refer them to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2025 for consideration and comment.

B. That Cabinet considers the emerging draft Equalities Impact Assessments for each saving (Appendix 3), where applicable, and refers them to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2025 for consideration and comment.

C. That Cabinet considers the draft additional budget proposals to mitigate some emerging service pressures and refers them to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2025 for consideration and comment.(Appendix 4)

D. That Cabinet considers the draft Capital Programme 2025-2029 (Appendix 5) and agrees to refer it to the Overview and Scrutiny panels and Commission in January 2025 for consideration and comment.

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet note the financial reporting data for period 8 (November) relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast net adverse variance of £11.458m when corporate and funding items are included.

B. That Cabinet note the contents of Section 7 of the report and appendices 5a to 5d and approve the proposed adjustments to the programme in Appendix 5b That Cabinet note the contents of Section 7 of the report and appendices 5a to 5d and approve the proposed adjustments in the Table below:

To RESOLVE that the public are excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following report(s) on the grounds that it is (they are) exempt from disclosure for the reasons stated in the report(s).