Decision details

1.  The specification, plan, sections, estimate and provisional apportionment now submitted by the Executive Director of Environmental and Community Services, in respect of the scheme approved by the Environment Portfolio Holder on 3rd August 2015, be approved without modification; and

2.  The Council bears the whole of the cost of the works, which will be met from funding provided by Transport for London under the provisions of s.236(1) of the Highways Act 1980.

To enable Plawsfield Road as unadopted highway to become highway maintainable at public expense, it is necessary for the road to be adopted by the Council. The Council will only do this following improvement to the appropriate standards. The improvement works may be carried out under the provisions of the Private Street Works Code, but for this to occur the Council has to make two distinct resolutions: a First Resolution giving details of those aspects of the street with which it is dissatisfied; and a further resolution, a Resolution of Approval. This resolution approves details of the works required to bring the street up to a suitable standard, an estimate of the cost of such works and a provisional apportionment of these costs amongst the owners of the premises fronting the street, which includes adjoining and abutting premises.

A First Resolution under S.205(1) of the Highways Act 1980 was made  following the Environment PDS Committee on 7th July 2015 and the appropriate documents have now been prepared to enable the Resolution of Approval to be made. This enables the Provisional Apportionment, which contains details of property ownerships, to be as up to date as possible.

The estimated cost of £424k for implementation of the works would be funded from the 2016/17 TfL Local Implementation Plan (LIP) budget for Public Transport Interchange and Access, Making Up and Adoption Plawsfield Road (£369,501) and from funding carried forward from 2015/16 for Plawsfield Road (£80k). Once adopted, the footways and carriageway should not require any planned or reactive maintenance during the twenty year design life. The cost of street cleaning and cyclical maintenance of drainage assets will need to be met from existing revenue budgets.