Agenda item - One Public Estate

Report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board

1)           That the Board notes the report.

2)           That the Board nominates a business representative to join the Greater Brighton Strategic Property Board.

8.1         The Board considered a report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board that provided an update on progress in relation to the City Region’s One Public Estate programme.

8.2         The Assistant Director, Property & Design noted that the recommendations requested the nomination of a business representative to join the Greater Brighton Strategic Property Board. With the Board’s consent, that could be discussed with the business sector and brought back to the Board for approval.

8.3         Andrew Swayne noted that the One Public Estate programme was a key deliverable in the City Deal as part of public sector transformation. Andrew Swayne requested that more data be provided for future reports covering sites and details of housing projection on a site by site basis with delivery timescale. Andrew added that West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service was missing from the appendices and should be added in for future reports and the terminology for Greater Brighton Metropolitan College needed to be updated.

8.4         Dean Orgill stated that the potential ratification of Crawley Borough Council to join the Board would see an increase in potential project scale and asked how the current programme would dovetail.

8.5         Angela Dymott stated that the issue has not yet been discussed in a high level of detail but certainly would be in due course.

8.6         Prof Humphris stated that the University of Brighton (UoB) were delighted to be connected to many of the developments particularly the potential Healthcare Hub at Preston Barracks that would bring in the UoB’s medical health science and social work school, linking academic activity with health and wellbeing services for local people.

8.7         RESOLVED-

1)        That the Board notes the report.

2)        That the Board nominates a business representative to join the Greater Brighton Strategic Property Board.