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Chichester Growth Deal 2017 - 2022

Meeting: 05/12/2017 - Cabinet (Item 444)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its two appendices and to make the proposed recommendation to the Council and also the proposed resolution by the Cabinet set out below:

 

PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION BY THE CABINET TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the Cabinet recommends to the Council:

(1)  To approve the Growth Deal between West Sussex County Council and Chichester District Council as set out in appendix 1 to the agenda report.

 

(2)  To approve the appointment of the Leader of the Council and one additional member to be recommended by the Cabinet to represent Chichester District Council on the Growth Board.

 

(3)  To dissolve the Infrastructure Joint Member Liaison Group and subsume its role into the Growth Board.

 

(4)  To approve the terms of reference of the Growth Board contained in appendix 2 to the agenda report subject to comments from West Sussex County Council

 

PROPOSED RESOLUTION BY THE CABINET

 

That the Cabinet grants delegated authority to the Head of Commercial Services to agree minor amendments to the final Growth Deal document, following consultation with the Leader of the Council. 

 

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Decision:

RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL

 

That the Council:

(1)  Approves the Growth Deal between West Sussex County Council and Chichester District Council as set out in appendix 1 to the agenda report, subject to the aforesaid amendments in appendix A to appendix 1 and appendix 2. 

 

(2)  Approves the appointment of the Leader of the Council, Susan Taylor and Simon Oakley to be recommended by the Cabinet to represent Chichester District Council on the Growth Board.

 

(3)  Dissolves the Infrastructure Joint Member Liaison Group and subsumes its role and terms of reference into the Growth Board.

 

(4)  Approves the terms of reference of the Growth Board (as amended) contained in appendix 2 to the agenda report subject to comments from West Sussex County Council

 

RESOLVED

 

That authority be delegated to the Head of Commercial Services to agree minor amendments to the final Growth Deal document, following consultation with the Leader of the Council. 

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its two appendices.

 

The report was presented by Mr Dignum.

 

Mrs Hotchkiss was in attendance for this item.

 

In commending the Growth Deal (GD) to the Cabinet, Mr Dignum said that the GD was between West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and CDC and had its origin in the Chichester Place Plan agreed in 2016 between those two local authorities. The purpose of the GD was to define the agreement between WSCC and CDC on the priority projects for growth within Chichester District. WSCC and CDC officers were recommending that partnership working should be focused on four major projects:

 

·      ChichesterCity Vision: tocomplete a transport feasibility study for the city thatsupported thedelivery ofthe Visionand the Chichester Local Plan.

 

·      ChichesterSouthern Gateway: to enhancethis keygateway tothe cityand delivera mixed-usedevelopment covering 30 acres whichincluded office, retail,residential andleisure uses. The Southern Gateway Masterplan had received Council approval on 21 November 2017.

 

·      ChichesterNorthern Gateway: toenhance this keygateway tothe cityand delivera mixed-usedevelopment whichincludedoffice, retail,residential andleisure uses.

 

·      Gigabit   West SussexFibre Broadband project:  toimprove digitalconnectivity inChichester. This project would be financed by a government grant specifically restricted to linking central and local government offices.

 

WSCC and CDC would agreeopportunities for aligningand prioritisingfunding fromall availablefunding streams,eg Business RatesRetention Scheme,Local GrowthFund, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), section 106 etc, tosupport thedelivery of the four priorities identifiedwithin theGD.  It should be understood, however, that the Growth Board possessed no executive decision powers, as was made clear in section 7.2 of the report and section 3 of the terms of reference in appendix 1, which stated that any recommendation of funding allocations would require to be taken through the appropriate CDC and WSCC decision process respectively for approval.

 

Therefore it was proposed that the role and existing terms of reference of the current Infrastructure Joint Member Liaison Group (IJMLG) would be subsumed into the Growth Board. This would ensure that the existing arrangements for considering spending bids and priorities for CIL as part of the preparation of the annual Infrastructure Business Plan were retained. Decisions about CIL spend would, however, remain with CDC’s Cabinet and Council.

 

The GD prioritieswould bedelivered througha seriesof associatedprojects broughttogether andmanaged withinan overallGrowth Programmeto beprogressed overthe nextfive years ie 2018to 2023.

The delivery of the GD would be overseen by a Growth Board of WSCC and CDC members and officers. 

 

He proposed that there should be an amendment to the terms of reference to allow three rather than two representatives from each of the authorities, the three CDC members being Mrs  ...  view the full minutes text for item 444


 

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