Report of the
TO THE MEETING OF FULL COUNCIL
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Pre-tender discussions have been held
with three leading international firms over the professional representation of
the Isle of Wight Council and Partners in the disposal and regeneration of
assets in public ownership. An essential
feature of the proposed tender will be the supply of additional operational
resources on a project by project basis.
Tender documents are in preparation, incorporating input derived from
the pre-tender meeting and visits to sample sites for regeneration. It is expected that the selected firm will be
appointed by the end of March.
Disposal and regeneration of Council-owned
land may, in some cases, need to be considered against existing, saved, Unitary
Development Plan policies pending completion of the new Island Plan and Area
Action Plans. Any time slippage in
receiving approval from the Government Office South East to the saved policy,
or in complying with the Government Office of the South East’s interpretation
of UK habitat regulations (originating from EU directive and adopted by
Government) would react adversely on the Council’s capital reinvestment
programme (see Policy Formulation, below).
Sustainability specifications for the
Pan urban development project, which are in draft for discussion, will be
applied more generally to the regeneration of Council sites where practicable. I have asked officers to consider whether
grey water system installation could be a condition of the approval of new
build planning applications.
The Government Office for the South
East has objected to the Core Strategy, which was submitted by the IW Council
for Government approval in accordance with the approved timetable, due to emerging
interpretation of
It has been agreed by the Cabinet that
Ward Councillors and Planning Officers shall be engaged invariably in
pre-application discussion with landowners and developers. A formal protocol is in preparation. The Head of Planning is coping with a heavy
backlog of difficulties arising from the planning process before he took office
and this protocol may not be finalised for some weeks.
Draft strategy has been shared with a
number of stakeholders, prior to the document being submitted to
Pan Urban Development is on
target. Release of Council and other
Public Authority land for regeneration has been referred to in the first
paragraph of this report.
Cllr George Brown