Councillor Imran Safdar

Proposed Amendments to the Council's Corporate Code of Governance (Reference from Corporate Governance and Audit Committee)

From: Annual Council - Wednesday 21st May 2025 12.30 pm - May 21, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Highways 2 Year Detailed Capital Plan allocation 2025/26 and 2026/27

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 6th May 2025 1.30 pm - May 06, 2025

Report to advise of the intended delivery programme for the previously Cabinet approved Highways Capital Plan allocation for the years 2025/26 and 2026/27.   This report contains a breakdown showing the allocated budget and detailed programmes of planned works for all highway assets groups, including measures to improve road safety and/or create better places through improvement works.  

Recommendations Approved

Healthy Child Programme

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 6th May 2025 1.30 pm - May 06, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Combined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 6th May 2025 1.30 pm - May 06, 2025

The purpose of the report is for Cabinet to consider the Combined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) Amendment Order 2025 which has been published in draft form by the Department for Education.   The order proposes the transfer of funding powers from Government to Combined Authorities and Combined County Authorities to enable them to utilise their Adult Skills Fund budgets to fund new technical qualifications developed in 2024 by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.   The consent of each of the constituent local authorities forming the West Yorkshire Combined Authority is required and this report requests Cabinet’s consent to the making of the order.

Recommendations Approved

Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure fund (LEVI) Charging Points in Kirklees Residential Areas

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 6th May 2025 1.30 pm - May 06, 2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) are providing local authorities funding to deliver publicly accessible charge point infrastructure through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund. As a result, West Yorkshire Combined Authority has been awarded grants of £15.83 million from the LEVI fund.   Kirklees has been awarded a total of £2,494,389 to deliver EV charging infrastructure in areas which are predominately without off-street parking. These areas currently deemed to be non-commercially viable to the private sector, therefore the fund is designed to support commercial partnerships in the EV space.   Phase 1 of the project is expected to provide up to 150 charging points to be distributed in key areas of Kirklees, both off-street and on-street, to support current and future uptake of Electric Vehicles. Phase 2 of the project has yet to be designed.   This report places the funds into the Council’s Capital Plan, acknowledges the procurement undertaken by the Combined Authority and delegates authority to officers to delivery the programme of charge point installations.   Consultation The West Yorkshire Combined Authority, in partnership with the 5 districts of West Yorkshire, carried out a public consultation on the LEVI fund proposals. The consultation opened on 25th July 2024 and ended on 11th September 2024.   This consultation/engagement included a drop in events at Kirklees locations and an online questionnaire. The highlight report for the consultation can be found here.  

Recommendations Approved