Decisions

Apologies were received from Cllr Taylor substituted by Cllr Tierney; and from Cllr Anna Smith substituted by Cllr Simon Smith.

The Committee reviewed the O&S Housing Working Group report.

The Committee discussed and noted the report.

The Committee did not make any recommendations for the CA Board. 

The Committee received updates from the rapporteurs for the Thematic Committees.

The Committee received the draft annual report and approved it to be taken to the CA Board AGM.

The Committee reviewed the the terms of reference for the Bus Procurement & Communications Strategy and agreed the membership for the group.

Apologies from Cllr Bradnam substituted by Cllr Atkins, Cllr Inskip substituted by temporary sub Cllr Whelan.

New member Cllr Nic Wells who replaces Cllr Hunt from Huntingdonshire DC.

The Committee received the report which provided the Committee with the Q3 2024/25 Performance Update.

There were no declaration of interests made.

The minutes of the meeting on 16^th and 27^th January 2025 were approved as an accurate record.

The Action Log was noted by the Committee.

No public questions were received.

The Committee noted the Forward Plan.

The Committee approved the Work Programme.

O&S Induction: 10^th June

Informal O&S Committee: 12^th June

O&S Committee meeting: 24^th June

Meeting Venue: Pathfinder House, Huntingdonshire District Council

Mayor Nik Johnson was in attendance to answer questions from the committee.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the Work Programme.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the performance report on the Most Complex Projects and Programmes.

RESOLVED: (Unanimous)

A.    To approve the Full Business Case and £1.6m for the Active Travel Fund 5 Programme.

B.    To approve the Full Business Case and £1.1m for the Climate Change Opportunity Fund Programme.

C.   To approve the Outline Business Case and £893,000 to develop the Active Travel Capital programme into a Full Business Case.

D.   To approve the Outline Business Case and £79,800 to develop the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer programme into a Full Business Case.

E.    To make recommendations to the CPCA Board for the approval of the Outline Business Case and to develop the Connect to Work programme into Full Business Case.

F.    To make recommendations to the CPCA Board for the approval of To approve the Full Business Case and £4,393,356 for the UKSPF Programme.

*Text in bold denotes a change to the published recommendation.

The minutes from the meeting held on 13 January 2025 were approved as an accurate record.

The Action Log was noted.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note and comment upon the concept paper for Cambridge Civic Quarter Project prior to its presentation to the CPCA Board at its meeting on 19 March 2025.

RESOLVED:

To note the Chief Executive business case decisions for projects less than £1m under the Single Assurance Framework.

RESOLVED:

To note the Combined Authority Forward Plan

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the Director’s Highlight Report.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the progress on the LNRS.

The minutes of the meeting on 29 January 2025 were approved as an accurate record.

The action log was noted by the Committee.

RESOLVED:

A      To note the Committee’s Work Programme.

The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 18 June 2025.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the presentation from Action on Energy Cambridgeshire.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the presentation from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Waste Partnership (RECAP)

To review the environmental budget performance monitoring to Q3; to recommend any adjustments to expenditure profiles to optimise spend in 24/25; to consider outcome of Opportunity Fund bidding round.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the financial position of the Environment and Sustainable Communities Division for the financial year 24/25 to the end of the third quarter, December 2024.

B.    To recommend to the Investment Committee that up to £100k additional capital funding be allocated from the Climate Capital fund to the Opportunity Fund to ensure the original £1m is fully allocated as set out in section 5.

C.   To note the financial forecast to year end in 31 March 2025.

Full Business Case for £927,538 coming through the SAF for approval.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) approval of Business Case under £1m through the Single Assurance Framework.

The Business Case was reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval, subject to completion of actions agreed.

All actions raised at the Investment Panel on 12^th February have been addressed.

To receive an update regarding further study work on the Wisbech to March corridor
(Discussed as part of the Director’s Highlight report at agenda item 14 at the meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on 5 March 2025.)

To note the key themes and feedback from the A141 public consultation
(Discussed as part of the Director’s Highlight report at agenda item 14 at the meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on 5 March 2025.)

Report on progress and next steps for the mobility hub programme.

(Discussed as part of the Director’s Highlight report at agenda item 14 at the meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on 5 March 2025.)

Report on progress and next steps for the mobility hub programme.
(Discussed as part of the Director’s Highlight report at agenda item 14 at the meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on 5 March 2025.)

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the progress on the Ely to Cambridge Corridor Study.

RESOLVED:

A     To note the Local Transport and Connectivity Plan’s sub strategy work

B     To note and comment on the Peterborough Transport Strategy update

C     To note and comment on the update to the Local Transport and Connectivity Plan’s monitoring and evaluation.

D     To approve the commencement of an interim LTCP Monitoring and Evaluation Key Performance Indicators (KPI) report (as documented in Appendix A)

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the progress on the Vision Zero (VZ) programme and raise any feedback or queries to the transport team.

B.    To note the proposal and business case for funding a programme of road safety projects which has been submitted to the Combined Authority’s Single Assurance Framework (SAF) process on 5th February 2025. The total cost of the programme that will be delivered over a 3-year period is estimated to be £490,000. The proposal is described below, and the SAF business case document is attached in Appendix 1.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the mapping work undertaken on the existing Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Bus Network and next steps

B.    To note the work commissioned to undertake more detailed surveys of existing bus passengers to inform passenger satisfaction metrics

C.   To note the initial findings from Tiger on Demand services

D.   To note the updates on the Tiger pass and Tiger bus route services

E.    To note the update on Bus Service Improvement Plan delivery

F.    To note the planned work on further metrics and key performance indicators for the bus network, during the implementation phase of bus franchising

To update the Committee on the franchising decision and detail any associated work packages

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the progress on the bus franchising scheme implementation following the mayoral decision on 7 February 2025.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the approach to delivering a research report and recommendations on Community Transport and its role in the region and note a final report will be brought to Committee in Autumn 2025.

B.    To note the recommended approach to a review of the Taxicard scheme during 2025 and provide any advice on the scope of this work.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the Work Programme.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the Combined Authority Forward Plan.

The minutes of the meeting of 24 January 2025 were approved as an accurate record.

The Action Log was noted by the Committee.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the update the Committee on the Active Travel Community Grant

B.    To recommend to the Combined Authority Board to delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Transport in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer to;

1. Commence a procurement exercise to appoint a consultant to manage the Active Travel Community Grant and to enter into contract upon successful appointment.
2. Following an appraisal process of the applications and review by the Investment Committee to enter into grant funding agreements with successful grant applicants.

This is subject to approval of the business case for the £200k p.a. capital which is currently being progressed through the Single Assurance Framework.

C.   To note the Active Travel Capital reports presented to Investment Panel in February 2025.

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the financial position of the Transport Division for the Financial Year 24/25 to December 2024.

B.    To note the financial forecast to year-end, 31 March 2025 Strategic Objective(s): The proposals within this report fit under the following strategic objective(s)

RESOLVED:

A.    To note the contents of the report.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) approval of Change Requests under £1m related to timing changes and reallocation of funding through the Single Assurance Framework.

The Change Requests were reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval, subject to completion of actions agreed.

All actions raised at the Investment Panel on 12^th February have been addressed.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) approval of Business Case under £1m through the Single Assurance Framework.

The Business Case was reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval, subject to completion of actions agreed.

All actions raised at the Investment Panel on 12^th February have been addressed.

Chief Executive Officer approval of Business Case under £1m through the Single Assurance Framework.? 

The Business Case was reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval. All actions raised at the Investment Panel (regarding the Business Case) were addressed in the Business Case before sent to the CEO. The final version of the Business Case was reviewed by the CEO on 26^th February who provided approval.

Chief Executive Officer approval of Business Case under £1m through the Single Assurance Framework.? 

The Business Case was reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval. All actions raised at the Investment Panel (regarding the Business Case) were addressed in the Business Case before sent to the CEO. The final version of the Business Case was reviewed by the CEO on 26^th February who provided approval.

Chief Executive Decision to approve the Full Business Case for Active Travel Capital funding contribution for Peterborough’s Cuckoos Hollow Active Travel Bridge delivery

Chief Executive Officer approval of Business Case under £1m through the Single Assurance Framework.? 

The Business Case was reviewed by the Investment Panel on 12^th February and recommended to be sent to the CEO for approval. All actions raised at the Investment Panel (regarding the Business Case) were addressed in the Business Case before sent to the CEO. The final version of the Business Case was reviewed by the CEO on 26^th February who provided approval.