Decision details

The Service Director, Frontline Services provided an overview of his report which proposed a pilot programme of works to private streets which the Council considers are not, to the Council’s satisfaction, sewered, levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, made good and lighted. Members were advised that there are approximately 190km of identified private streets across RCT along with an unknown quantity of unidentified private streets commenting that more than 90% of private streets had been identified.

Members were advised that Welsh Government had allocated funding to a pilot project to assist councils to carry out works to bring private streets up to a suitable standard and to adopt them as highways maintainable at public expense.  It was advised that the Council successfully bid for £157,000 of funding to carry out private streetworks at Belle Vue, and the Director sought the Council’s approval to progress private streetworks at Belle Vue, Trecynon utilising Welsh Government grant funding.

The Leader referenced his involvement in a welsh government working group looking at such issues as this was a problem experienced across Wales.  The Leader referenced the funding received from Welsh Government and the suggested area for this investment in Belle Vue and also referenced the other 6 pilot areas identified by the Council.  The Leader commented on the positive engagement with residents taken forward.

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Leisure and Heritage Services welcomed the pilot programme and the funding received from Welsh Government.

At this juncture in the meeting, County Borough Councillor P Jarman addressed the Committee.

Following discussions, it was RESOLVED:

1.    To note and approve the streets listed in Appendix A of the report which are proposed to make up the pilot project.

2.    To Determine that the streets listed in Appendix A are not, to the authority’s satisfaction, sewered, levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, made good and lighted.

3.    To instruct the Service Director Frontline Services to prepare schemes, estimates and provisional apportionments and to present these for approval in a future report to the Group Director Prosperity, Development and Frontline Services for consideration and approval in liaison with the portfolio holder.

4.    To note and approve the proposed works and estimate for Belle Vue, Trecynon as shown in appendix B of the report. 

5.    That no costs will be apportioned to the property frontagers