DRAFT COUNCIL REPORT - TAWD VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS - DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
To consider the draft Council report of the Chief Operating Officer.
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Comments and questions were raised in respect of the following:-
· The unknown financial issues in regard to the Junction 4 Project which was included in the Business Plan.
· Junction 4 was felt to be a commercial development which involved long term financial borrowing and would need approval by Council.
·
The timescales of the Business Plan and the individual
schemes within it.
· Possibility of Junction 4 remaining in the plan would allow the Council to scrutinise the Scheme.
· Whether the 13 action points in the LP independent review report of TVDL had been actioned in the Business Plan.
· That the business plan was felt to be a dynamic business plan by some members of the Committee which would change and evolve over time.
· A need for a comparison between the building of smaller and larger units on the Junction 4 project.
· Eco friendly schemes.
· Site condition survey and the energy performance standards in respect of Junction 4.
· The Green Shoots Project.
· The potential impact of the Liverpool freeport area on the Junction 4 project.
· In connection with freeports, it was felt important to lobby Government to get parts of West Lancashire included in the freeport area.
· It was felt that the draft Business Plan had plenty of time to grow and adjust moving forward.
· The risks involved with schemes and the information that should be provided to support them.
·
That
schemes should only be included
in the Business Plan if there was
certainty of the costs
involved.
· Schemes that were for developing on Council owned land were considered to be a definite and should be being considered by Council in December, but the Junction 4 Scheme needed to be taken out of the Business Plan.
· Profit forecasts were discussed.
· Business rates and empty units.
· It was pointed out that the business plan report was seeking permission for TVDL to carry on with the plan as included in the report but that separate Council approval would be required for individual ... view the full minutes text for item 29
DRAFT COUNCIL REPORT - TAWD VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS - DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
To consider the draft Council report of the Chief Operating Officer.
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