The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) (Amendment) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 585

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

26th February 2007

Laid before Parliament

7th March 2007

Coming into force

1st April 2007

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1) and (2) and 28(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1999(1).

In accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, she has consulted persons appearing to her to represent the best value authorities concerned and such other persons as she thought fit.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

Amendment of the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) Order 2005

2.  The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (England) Order 2005(2) is amended as follows.

Performance standards for waste authorities and specific waste authorities

3.—(1) In articles 11 and 12, for “1st April 2005” substitute “1st April 2007”.

(2) For Schedules 9 and 10 substitute the provisions in the Schedule to this Order.

Performance standards for major planning applications

4.  For article 16(4) substitute—

“(4) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Basildon District Council

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council

Blackpool Borough Council

Braintree District Council

Brentwood Borough Council

Bromsgrove District Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Caradon District Council

Castle Point District Council

Cherwell District Council

Copeland District Council

Craven District Council

Daventry District Council

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Easington District Council

Forest of Dean District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Guildford Borough Council

Harlow District Council

Harrow London Borough Council

Hertsmere Borough Council

Huntingdonshire District Council

Lancaster City Council

Lewisham London Borough Council

Mid-Bedfordshire District Council

Mid-Suffolk District Council

Milton Keynes District Council

Norwich City Council

Peak District National Park Authority

Plymouth City Council

Rochford District Council

Rutland District Council

South Gloucestershire District Council

South Lakeland District Council

South Somerset District Council

South Staffordshire District Council

Stafford Borough Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Tamworth Borough Council

Thanet District Council

Torridge District Council

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Tynedale District Council

Wellingborough Borough Council

West Somerset District Council

West Wiltshire District Council

Winchester City Council”

Performance standards for minor planning applications

5.  For article 17(3), substitute—

“(3) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

Bath and North East Somerset District Council

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council

Blyth Valley Borough Council

Brentwood Borough Council

The Broads Authority

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Caradon District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council

Mid-Suffolk District Council

New Forest District Council

Northumberland National Park Authority

Penwith District Council

South Somerset District Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Waveney District Council”

Performance standards for other planning applications

6.  For article 18(3) substitute—

“(3) The best value authorities specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

Bath and North East Somerset District Council

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council

Blyth Valley Borough Council

Caradon District Council

Easington District Council

Fylde Borough Council

Islington London Borough Council

Mid-Suffolk District Council

Northumberland National Park Authority

Penwith District Council

South Somerset District Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Torridge District Council”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Kay Andrews

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Communities and Local Government

26th February 2007

Article 3

SCHEDULE Replacement Schedules

Article 11

“SCHEDULE 9 Performance Standards for Waste Authorities

(1)	(2)
Authority’s 1998–9 recycling and composting rate	Minimum amount of waste which must be sent for recycling or composting in 2007/2008
6% or less	Percentage of household waste sent for recycling and composting is at least 20% of all household waste collected.
More than 6% but less than 13%	Percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting is at least treble that achieved for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1998, or at least 30%, whichever is the smaller.
13% or more	Percentage of household waste sent of recycling and composting is at least 30% of all household waste collected.

Article 12

SCHEDULE 10 Performance Standards for Specific Waste Authorities

(1)	(2)
Name of authority	Minimum percentage of waste which must be sent for recycling or composting in 2007/8
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	23%
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	23%
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	23%
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority	26%
Halton Borough Council	25%
Shropshire County Council	43%
North Shropshire District Council	45%
Oswestry District Council	45%
South Shropshire District Council	46%
Bridgnorth District Council	38%
Somerset County Council	31%”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Standards (England) Order 2005 (the 2005 Order) sets performance indicators and standards for best value authorities in England excluding police authorities.

This Order amends articles 11 and 12, 16(4), 17(3) and 18(3) of the 2005 Order and replaces Schedules 9 and 10 to that Order.

Article 3 amends article 11 of the 2005 Order and inserts a replacement Schedule 9. The effect of the amendments is to specify performance standards for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2007 for best value waste authorities (apart from those specified in Schedule 10) in relation to their waste functions. Article 3 also amends article 12 of the 2005 Order and inserts a replacement Schedule 10.The effect of the amendments is to specify performance standards for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2007 for the named waste authorities in relation to their waste functions.

Article 4 amends the list of authorities subject to performance standards for major planning applications set out in article 16(4) of the 2005 Order.

Article 5 amends the list of authorities subject to performance standards for minor planning applications set out in article 17(3) of the 2005 Order.

Article 6 amends the list of authorities subject to performance standards for other planning applications set out in article 18(3) of the 2005 Order.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument with respect to provisions in this Order concerned with performance standards for planning applications as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

A full regulatory impact assessment has been prepared with respect to the provisions in this Order concerned with recycling and composting performance standards. This can be found on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ website at www.defra.gov.uk.

(1)

1999 c.27.

(2)

S.I.2005/598 as amended by S.I.2006/553.