This page gives an overview of planned spending for the next financial year (2012/13) for Neighbourhoods and City Development and highlights major budget proposals from this department.
What Neighbourhoods & City Development do
Overall and planned expenditure by division
Neighbourhoods and City Development’s overall planned spend (net budget) for 2012/13 is £117.7 million – down 5% from last year.
| Name of division | Planned net spend in 2012/13 (£million) |
|---|---|
| Environment and Leisure | 43.43 |
| Transport | 23.55 |
| Neighbourhoods and Communities | 12.48 |
| Safer Bristol | 11.25 |
| Strategic Housing | 16.52 |
| Museums | 3.77 |
| Planning and Sustainable Development | 3.52 |
| Major projects | 1.13 |
| Arts grants | 2.03 |
| Total | 117.7 |
Highlights of proposals to save money in 2012/13
| Saving proposal | How much we can save (£million) |
|---|---|
| New Waste Contract procurement, delivering savings | 1.9 |
| Re-commissioning a range of housing support services |
1.2 |
| On street parking – additional income from pay & display spaces in new schemes and conversion of limited waiting bays to pay & display and further enforcement of bus lanes | 0.5 |
| Rationalise non-statutory public transport contracts & negotiate improved deals |
0.4 |
| Review of parking strategy, introduction of new charges using new technology |
0.3 |
| Street lighting energy savings through improvements and investment | 0.29 |
| Parking charges: introduce £1 charge per visit at Ashton Court | 0.21 |
| Pest service – reduce/outsource/introduce cost recovery for some non-statutory services | 0.16 |
View the complete set of budget proposals for 2012/13
The equalities impact assessments are accessible from the complete set of budget proposals



