Venue: Committee Room 5, Guildhall, Swansea. View directions
Contact: Scrutiny 637732
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: No disclosures of interest were made. |
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Prohibition of Whipped Votes and Declaration of Party Whips Minutes: No declarations were made. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting(s) PDF 320 KB To receive the minutes of the previous meeting(s) and agree as an accurate record. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Panel agreed the minutes of the meetings on 17 July and 31 July 2019 as an accurate record of the meeting. |
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Work Plan 2019/2020 PDF 259 KB Minutes: The Panel considered the work programme. The Digital Village item has been rescheduled to 27 January 2020 meeting. |
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• Phil Holmes – Head of Planning and City Regeneration • Huw Mowbray - Property Development Manager Additional documents: Minutes: Huw Mowbray, Property Development Manager gave a ‘by exception’ update to the Panel on the regeneration projects in Swansea. Phase 2 · Progressing works · Masterplan produced · Looking at delivery report in due course. Kingsway – Strategy and Digital Village · Moved back a cycle as new SUDS causing problems. · Moving forward starting letting discussions. · Need to look at income and getting large anchor tenants. There is positive interest. ·
Should be finished first quarter 2020. Marketing Strategic Sites · Looking for major development partner · Investment in arena project will act as catalyst for future projects. Other · Castle Square – Should have information on designs in first quarter of next year · Palace Theatre – Secured £4.9m WEFO grant. Will hopefully open 2022/23 · Skyline - To be formally decided if it would go over the Tawe. · Landore Park and Ride relocation – looking at various options. |
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Pre-Decision Scrutiny: Swansea Central Phase 1 - Final Delivery Report PDF 204 KB a)
Consideration of Cabinet
Report and Questions b)
Panel’s view for
Cabinet. Link to Cabinet Papers: https://democracy.swansea.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=124&MId=8585&Ver=4&LLL=0 Attend for discussion: ·
Cllr Rob Stewart –
Cabinet Member for Economy and Strategy (Leader) ·
Phil Holmes – Head of
Planning and City Regeneration ·
Huw Mowbray – Property
Development Manager Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Economy and Strategy (Leader), the Cabinet Member for Investment, Regeneration and Tourism and key officers attended the meeting to present and discuss Swansea Central Phase 1 Final Delivery Report. Based on its discussions the Panel agreed views and recommendations to make to Cabinet. Panel highlighted the following issues: 1.
The Panel acknowledge the detailed reports and the
extensive information contained within them. Unfortunately, the Panel had
very little time to examine in great detail. The
Panel also expresses its gratitude for the attendance and input of the Leader,
Cabinet Members and key officers involved in the preparation of the reports and
delivery of the project. 2.
The Panel note the scope of the proposed development
and acknowledge the need for the regeneration of the city centre and this as
part of the plan for the surrounding area. The proposals for the greening
of the city centre and the focus on the importance of
promoting biodiversity as part of the development is welcomed by the Panel. 3.
The scale of the capital investment proposed by the
Council is significant. It is a very large amount of finance to be borrowed with very limited methods of repayment. The
Panel is grateful for the clarification given by officers in relation to the
affordability of the project. However Panel note that the expenditure of public
monies inevitability means that the tax payers of the city have a significant
interest in the success of this project, as the effect on the council’s revenue
account could mean resources being used for the borrowing and not for its core
services. Therefore, the Panel welcome the detail provided on the
generation of various income streams which will
hopefully have a positive effect in mitigating impact of the financial burden
in future years. Over the next 6 years the effects on
the revenue will be met by the capital expenditure fund which has been built up
over the last few years. Following on from this meeting: · The Convener of the Panel will attend Cabinet on the 21 November 2019 to outline the Panel’s views and a letter will be sent to the Cabinet Member. |
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Exclusion of the Public PDF 235 KB Minutes: Panel voted and agreed on exclusion of public from the meeting during consideration of item 9, as it involves likely disclosure of exempt information. Relevant paragraph of Public Interest Test is 14. |
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Pre-Decision Scrutiny: Swansea Central Phase 1 - Final Delivery Report a)
Consideration of Cabinet
Report and Questions b)
Panel’s view for
Cabinet. Attend for discussion: ·
Cllr Rob Stewart –
Cabinet Member for Economy and Strategy (Leader) ·
Phil Holmes – Head of
Planning and City Regeneration ·
Huw Mowbray – Property Development
Manager Minutes: The Panel continued discussion of the report in closed session. The Panel’s views and recommendations will be discussed at Cabinet on 21 November 2019 and a letter sent to the Cabinet Member. |
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