Decision details

The committee considered the minutes of the last meeting held on 12 September 2017, making the following comments:

Minute 177 Southern Gateway, Chichester – Implementation:

·             Page 6, second bullet from the bottom – Queried the statement that a bridge would be considered as part of consultation on the Masterplan. Members were informed that the bridge had not been found to be financially viable. Cabinet and the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel had looked at alternatives, along with consultants, and the final draft Southern Gateway proposals would be reported to Council at its meeting the following week where members had the option to debate the masterplan.

·             Page 7, fifth bullet from the top, first sentence ‘The masterplan would be a live flexible document’ - The use of the words ‘live’ and ‘flexible’ were contested. Members were informed that the masterplan was not prescriptive; it was flexible in that it allowed for a range of uses to be considered for a particular site. Once adopted by Council however the masterplan would become a supplementary planning document, which would be operational for some years. Members were concerned that it would not be possible to revisit the masterplan as there was no procedure in place for amendment and requested the removal of the word ‘live’.

Members requested that any updates which officers or those presenting to the committee agreed to provide following the meeting be circulated with the minutes.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting of 12 September 2017 be agreed as a correct record subject to the above amendment.