Decision details
Enhanced Partnership (National Bus Strategy)
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Cabinet agrees to commit to an Enhanced
Partnership with all bus operators in Warwickshire commencing from
1 April 2022.
Decision:
That Cabinet
1. Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities to make the Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme by the end of April 2022.
2. Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities to carry out the appropriate procedures to make the minor modifications to the Scheme mentioned in paragraph 4.2 of the report.
3. Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, to make the further modifications to the Plan and Scheme mentioned in paragraph 4.5 of the report having consulted with the Department for Transport (DfT) and undertaken the necessary statutory consultations.
4. Authorises the Strategic Director for Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, to submit the drafts of an Enhanced Partnership Scheme 2 and an Enhanced Partnership Scheme 3 to the DfT later in 2022-23 if he considers it appropriate in light of decisions on the award of external funding and negotiations with operators.
Report author: Nigel Whyte
Publication date: 14/03/2022
Date of decision: 10/03/2022
Decided at meeting: 10/03/2022 - Cabinet
Accompanying Documents:
- Enhanced Partnership National Bus Strategy(V6 Corrected) PDF 414 KB
- Background Paper 1 - Draft Warwickshire EP Plan PDF 1 MB
- Background Paper 2 - Draft first Warwickshire EP Scheme PDF 718 KB
- Background Paper 3 - Clarification Document PDF 8 KB
- Background Paper 4 - Warwickshire Enhanced Partnership Consultation Response Report, February 2022 PDF 761 KB