Issue - meetings
Strategic Development and Regeneration in South Somerset District Council
Meeting: 17/05/2018 - South Somerset District Council (Item 9)
9 Strategic Development and Regeneration in South Somerset District Council 
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Decision:
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RESOLVED: |
That Full Council agreed to:- |
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discontinue the following Programme and Project Boards:
a. Strategic Regeneration Board b. Local Development Scheme Board c. The Four Area Regeneration Boards (West, North, East and South) d. The Chard Regeneration Project Board
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establish a Strategic Development Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.1 to 6.5;
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establish a Chard Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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establish a Yeovil Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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establish a Wincanton Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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the principle of delegating a Gross Spend and Net Cost budget to the Regeneration Programme Boards as outlined in section 7 of this report, and delegated authority to S151 Officer to approve funding arrangements for Gross and Net arrangements;
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the principle of prioritising Business Rates Pooling gains for Regeneration Programmes;
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the constitution and financial procedure rules to be amended to reflect the proposed delegations.
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Reason: |
To focus the Council’s strategic development of the District including regeneration, economic development, infrastructure and housing. |
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(Voting: 32 in favour, 14 against, 5 abstentions)
Minutes:
The Leader of Council, as Portfolio Holder for Strategy and Policy advised that as the Council Plan had been agreed, it must be implemented and the Council’s structures must also be aligned to do this and deliver the priority projects. He noted the dis-establishment of the Regeneration Boards and their replacement with Programme Boards and said that although they were only resourced for certain projects, smaller schemes could be supported by the Area Committees
The Chief Executive advised that there were elements of some of the proposed schemes where an income could be generated and therefore they could be forward funded by SSDC and the income generated would repay the investment to achieve the net spend.
In response to questions from Members, the Leader of Council and Chief Executive advised that:-
· Paragraph 6.13 relating to the Regeneration Programme Boards, should include in consultation with the relevant Area Chairman when any differences were referred to the CEO and Leader for a decision.
· The Council had appointed a Regeneration Manager for Chard and the Chief Executive and Director for Commercial Services and Income Generation both had a commercial background.
Councillor Michael Lewis, as Leader of the Conservative Group said that whilst they could agree the majority of recommendations, they were concerned at 3.1.6 until finer detail on the delegation was given. The Leader of Council and Portfolio Holder for Property and Climate Change sought to give assurance by drawing attention to paragraph 7.10 which required Council to approve the gross and net budgets of each programme.
At the conclusion of the discussion, the majority of Members were content to confirm the recommendations of the report (voting: 31 in favour, 14 against, 5 abstentions).
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RESOLVED: |
That Full Council agreed to:- |
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discontinue the following Programme and Project Boards:
a. Strategic Regeneration Board b. Local Development Scheme Board c. The Four Area Regeneration Boards (West, North, East and South) d. The Chard Regeneration Project Board
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establish a Strategic Development Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.1 to 6.5;
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establish a Chard Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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establish a Yeovil Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership as set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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establish a Wincanton Regeneration Programme Board with the remit and membership set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.16;
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the principle of delegating a Gross Spend and Net Cost budget to the Regeneration Programme Boards as outlined in section 7 of this report, and delegated authority to S151 Officer to approve funding arrangements for Gross and Net arrangements;
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the principle of prioritising Business Rates Pooling gains for Regeneration Programmes;
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the constitution and financial procedure rules to be amended to reflect the proposed delegations.
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Reason: |
To focus the Council’s strategic development of the District including regeneration, economic development, infrastructure and housing. |
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(Voting: 31 in favour, 14 against, 5 abstentions)
