Agenda item - Conway Street Industrial Area Masterplan

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Agenda item

Conway Street Industrial Area Masterplan

Report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture

Decision:

1)           That the Committee authorises the commencement of consultation with local stakeholders in respect of potential Issues and Options, to guide work on the production of a Supplementary Planning Document in the form of a masterplan focussed on the Conway Street Industrial Area. 

Minutes:

43.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture that requested approval for work to commence of the preparation of a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in the form of a masterplan focussed on the Conway Industrial Area.

 

43.2      Councillor Nemeth asked if work would be completed in time for the planning application for the Old Coal site.

 

43.3      The City Regeneration Programme Manager confirmed that the masterplan would have regard to the upcoming proposal however; it was located outside the current development area.

 

43.4      Councillor Cattell noted that there was an outstanding planning appeal for Hove Gardens and asked what impact that might have.

 

43.5      The Head of Planning clarified that the Planning Inspectorate Hearing had been deferred and would now be held on 18th December 2018 and it would be a further two to three months before a determination was known. The City Regeneration Programme Manager supplemented that if the permission was given to the proposed Hove Gardens development, there would be impact but assumptions on that outcome couldn’t be made at this stage.

 

43.6      Councillor Mears noted that the report stated that only the tenant representative at Clarendon had been included in discussions so far and expressed her view that should be extended to all residents. Councillor Mears observed that a revenue grant of £70,000 had been allocated for preparation of the masterplan and asked if that would be sufficient. Furthermore, Councillor Mears asked for clarification on the multi-discipline steering group as referenced at paragraph 5.1.

 

43.7      The City Regeneration Programme Manager clarified that a multi-discipline steering group was a term for a group where several service areas were covered. In relation to the question raised on a sufficient budget, the City Regeneration Programme Manager stated that would be the amount tendered for the contract and no commitments would be made above that budget. In addition, the City Regeneration Programme Manager explained that paragraph 5.1 detailed discussions that had taken place so far and all tenants would be consulted when the application had been determined and the scope of the masterplan was known.

 

43.8      RESOLVED- That the Committee authorises the commencement of consultation with local stakeholders in respect of potential Issues and Options, to guide work on the production of a Supplementary Planning Document in the form of a masterplan focussed on the Conway Street Industrial Area. 

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