Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Jodie Harris 

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1.

Membership of the Panel

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Yusra Hussain

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 203 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held 22nd September 2022.

Minutes:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 22nd September 2022 be approved as a correct record.

 

3.

Interests pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Councillors will be asked to advise if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion or vote on an item, or any other interests.

Minutes:

4.

Admission of the Public

Most debates take place in public. This only changes when there is a need to consider certain issues, for instance, commercially sensitive information or details concerning an individual. You will be told at this point whether there are any items on the Agenda which are to be discussed in private.

Minutes:

5.

Deputations/Petitions

The Panel will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public.

 

A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on a particular issue of concern, relevant to that body’s terms of reference. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2) members of the public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.

A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting subject to the petition relating to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

 

Minutes:

6.

Public Question Time

To receive any public questions;

 

In accordance with;

-       Council Procedure Rule 11(3), questions regarding the merits of applications (or other matters) currently before the Council for determination of which the Council is under a duty to act quasi judicially shall not be answered.

-       Council Procedure Rule 11(5), the period for the asking and answering of public questions shall not exceed 15 minutes.

 

Minutes:

No questions were received from members of the public.

 

7.

Local Centres Update pdf icon PDF 740 KB

The Panel will consider an update on the Local Centres Programme, including an additional focus on Cleckheaton.

 

Contact:

Simon Taylor, Head of Town Centre Programmes

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Panel received an update on the Local Centres Programme, with an additional focus on Cleckheaton. Simon Taylor, Head of Town Centre Programmes - Development highlighted that:

 

 

 

·         In March 2021, the Cabinet considered a report which proposed investing in town and village centres outside of Huddersfield and Dewsbury. The report was based upon an initial investment of £10m across the district.

·         The Initial Cabinet report (considered 16th March 2021) proposed that 4 key centres – Batley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Holmfirth be the focus for the initial round of investment of £1.5m each.

·         As part of the process of developing projects and delivering the local centres programme, Cabinet required master plans to be developed for each of the four identified local centres.

·         Active engagement with citizens, businesses and local groups was vital to the development process, encouraging conversations about the place to help build up a picture across a number of themes.

·         The aim was to develop a series of projects that are deliverable, whilst completing background work to ensure their success.

·         A downturn in the UK’s economy had affected the amount the Council could deliver due to rising costs.

·         Consultation on the masterplan for Batley was underway and was due to be completed on 21st November 2022.

·         The aim was to complete the masterplan work in early 2023.

·         In parallel to the masterplan, the Council were developing a larger Levelling Up Fund (LUF) bid to central Government, whilst working on the key projects emerging in the process.

·         Consultation in Batley covered a mixture of online, face to face and physical handouts, including staffed engagement exercises and events with local businesses.

·         The amount of money required was in the region of £14-15m, therefore the focus was on Commercial Street only until subsequent funds were acquired.

·         Heckmondwike was slightly behind due to technical reasons. Whilst initial master planning had been undertaken, this had been stalled slightly as some of the identified schemes required more detailed examination of the highway impacts.

·         Officers had commissioned a model to collect the data enabling them to set a base line for deliverability. The output would feed into the next phase of the plan with a target date of spring 2023.

·         In terms of the model, officers are looking at how to better utilise a large public space surrounded by busy roads. The aim was to improve the connection to the town which could involve removing part of the highway.

·         The consultation work in Holmfirth started on 17th November 2022, with a similar practice to the work in Batley.

·         Pre-stakeholder engagement with selected groups were taking place in the Holme Valley and were due to complete on 17th December 2022, with the aim for the master plan to be ready for Spring 2023.

·         Of all 4 centres, Cleckheaton had progressed the most including having undergone public consultation on the planned masterplan.

·         Final approval was planned for December 2022 and work to develop and deliver the priority projects would begin thereafter.

·         Officers were awaiting a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.