The report and its two appendices are at item 5 of the agenda (pages 1 to 15) for the Cabinet’s meeting on Tuesday 5 December 2017.
The Cabinet made the following recommendations 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 in appendix 2.
(2) Approves the appointment of the Leader of the Council, Susan Taylor and Simon Oakley 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.
Minutes:
The Council considered the recommendations made to it by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday 5 December 2017, as set out on the face of the Council agenda, the details in respect of which were contained in the report and its two appendices on pages 1 to 15 of the Cabinet agenda.
In her introduction Mrs Hamilton referred to the mention of ‘aforesaid amendments’ in the first of the Cabinet’s recommendations. As the nature of these were not specified in the Council agenda, she explained they were recorded on page 5 of the minutes of the Cabinet’s meeting, which were circulated with the Cabinet agenda for 9 January 2018 and consisted of two textual changes to the documents in appendices 1 and 2 as follows:
· In appendix A to appendix 1 on page 13 the reference to ‘Adur & Worthing’ in the fourth bullet point in the final (Outcomes) section of the Gigabit table should be replaced with ‘Chichester District’.
· In the terms of reference in appendix 2 on page 14, the first para in clause 1.0, there should be inserted ‘and the Council’ after ‘Cabinet’ in the first line.’
Mr Dignum (Leader of the Cabinet) formally moved the Cabinet’s recommendations and this was seconded by Mrs Lintill (Cabinet Member for Community Services).
Mr Dignum explained that the Growth Deal which had been entered into between West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and CDC would define the two councils’ agreement on the priority projects for growth within Chichester District and the means of funding. Partnership working would focus on four major projects during 2018-2023: Chichester City Vision; Chichester Southern Gateway; Chichester Northern Gateway; and Gigabit West Sussex Fibre Broadband. CDC would lead on the second project and WSCC on the rest. The city-related nature of the projects reflected their scale but all Chichester District’s residents would benefit from economic growth of the city and improved investment returns on the land assets in the city. The Growth Board, with three representatives from both CDC (Mr Dignum, Mr Oakley and Mrs Taylor) and WSCC, would have no executive powers; the role and existing terms of reference of the current Infrastructure Joint Member Liaison Group would be subsumed within it. Any spending bids and priorities for the Community Infrastructure Levy as part of the preparation of the annual Infrastructure Business Plan would be approved by CDC’s Cabinet and WSCC’s Council.
In reply to a question about what account would be taken in the Northgate Gateway project of the Grade II listed North Lodge building, Mr Dignum said that the point was noted but that such details were a matter for WSCC to determine.
Decision
On a show of hands members present voted in favour of the Cabinet’s recommendations, with none against and one abstention (Mr Ransley).
The Cabinet’s recommendations were, therefore, carried.
RESOLVED
(1) That the Growth Deal between West Sussex County Council and Chichester District Council as set out in appendix 1 to the agenda report be approved, subject to the aforesaid amendments in appendix A to appendix 1 and in appendix 2.
(2) That the appointment of the Leader of the Council, Susan Taylor and Simon Oakley recommended by the Cabinet to represent Chichester District Council on the Growth Board be approved.
(3) That the Infrastructure Joint Member Liaison Group be dissolved and its role and terms of reference be subsumed into the Growth Board.
(4) That the terms of reference of the Growth Board (as amended) contained in appendix 2 to the agenda report be approved subject to comments from West Sussex County Council.