Decision details

1.    That the preparation and publication of a Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) for Lincolnshire be approved.

2.    That the themes and schemes proposed in the Report as the basis for the preparation of the Bus Service Improvement Plan for Lincolnshire be approved.

3.    That authority to determine the final form and approve the submission of the BSIP for Lincolnshire be delegated to the Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT.

4.    That the indicative timetable for the making of an Enhanced Partnership Plan and Scheme as set out at Appendix A to the report, be noted.

5.    In respect of the statutory process under the Transport Act (2000) ("the Act") for making an Enhanced Partnership and Scheme, authority be delegated to the Executive Director – Place, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Highways, Transport and IT, to:

·         Determine the final form of the draft proposed statutory Plan and Scheme;

·         Approve the giving of notice of the proposed statutory Plan and Scheme to operators of qualifying local services in accordance with section 138F(1)(c) of the Act;

·         Determine whether a sufficient number of operators of qualifying local services have objected to the Plan or Scheme for the purposes of section 138F(5) of the Act and the Enhanced Partnership Plans and Schemes (Objections) Regulations 2018; and

·         Approve the giving of notice under section 138F(1)(d) and the content and process for the carrying out of statutory consultation under section 138F(6) of the Act.