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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Cabinet/Committee Room, 52 Derby Street, Ormskirk L39 2DF

Contact: Jill Ryan 

Items
No. Item

31.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor I Davis.

32.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

To be apprised of any changes to the membership of the Committee in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.

Minutes:

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4, the Committee noted the termination of Councillor N Pryce Roberts and the appointment of Councillor R Molloy for this meeting only, thereby giving effect to the wishes of the Political Groups.

 

 

33.

URGENT BUSINESS

Note, no other business is permitted unless, by reason of special circumstances, which shall be specified at the meeting, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items of business received.

34.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 299 KB

If a Member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Legal and Democratic Services Manager in advance of the meeting.   (For the assistance of members a checklist for use in considering their position on any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet).

Minutes:

Councillor D Westley declared a non-pecuniary interest in respect of agenda item 8, Presentation of TVDL Pipeline Development Opportunities and agenda item 9, Schemes for consideration of Future Viability, Fleetwood Farm and Mary Vale as Lancashire County Council were part land owners and Councillor Westley was a Member of Lancashire County Council. 

 

35.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 275 KB

To receive as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on the 27 October 2022.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:        That the minutes of the meeting held on the 27 October 2022 be received as a correct record.

36.

WORK PROGRAMME / DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS pdf icon PDF 87 KB

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the Committee's Work Programme as set out on page  377 of the Book of Reports.

 

 

RESOLVED:    That a meeting of the Tawd Valley Shareholders Committee be held on Wednesday 15 February 2023 at 7.00 p.m.

37.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

It is recommended that members of the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and as, in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption under Schedule 12A outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:    That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s)  3  of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of that Act and as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption under Schedule 12A outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

 

38.

PRESENTATION OF TVDL PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

To receive a presentation from Mark Kitts – Managing Director Tawd Valley Developments.

Minutes:

The Committee received a presentation from Mark Kitts, Chief Executive of Tawd Valley Developments Limited. 

 

The purpose of the presentation was to demonstrate to the Committee a viable pipeline of future development opportunities and seek early feedback in respect of the proposed schemes to assist the Council and the TVDL Board in assessing which schemes to explore further.

 

The Committee was advised the governance arrangements between the Council & TVDL already allow TVDL Board to approve expenditure up to a specific limit which allows further exploration of pipeline schemes to be undertaken. 

 

The Committee was also advised that further reports will be presented to the Committee on an individual scheme basis for comment following which approval will be sought at full Council where appropriate.

 

 

The presentation was contained on pages 379 to 402 of the Book of Reports.

 

 

Comments and questions were raised in respect of the eight proposed sites and consideration was given to the following:

 

·         The proposed development timetables and possibility to proceed via phased development where appropriate; 

·         The number, type and size of proposed commercial units referenced on slides 6 & 7;

·         Financial appraisals for each scheme;

·         Potential for contamination issues on the sites;

·         The site referenced in slide 14 &15 - the Committee wished leisure issues to be investigated as part of the options appraisal process as the site may provide opportunities for a mix of leisure & housing.

 

RESOLVED:  (A)  That the Managing Director, Mark Kitts from Tawd Valley Developments Limited be thanked for his  informative presentation.

 

                       (B)  That subject to the issues raised in the meeting, the Committee had no in principle objection to the identified sites being developed subject to further detailed reports being brought back to the Committee following which agreed comments would be referred to Council for consideration as to whether approval be given to proceed with each development.

 

 

39.

SCHEMES FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE VIABIILITY; FLEETWOOD FARM/ MARY VALE

To consider an item submitted by the Corporate Director of Transformation, Housing and Resources.

Minutes:

The Committee decided that this item would not be discussed and was deferred to the next meeting of the TVDL Committee.

 

RESOLVED:        That agenda item 9, relating to Schemes for Consideration of future viability; Fleetwood Farm and Mary Vale be deferred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40.

DRAFT COUNCIL REPORT - TAWD VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS - DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN

To consider the report of the Corporate Director of Transformation, Housing and Resources.

Minutes:

 

The Committee decided that this item would not be discussed and was deferred to the next meeting of the TVDL Committee.

 

RESOLVED:        That agenda item 10, the draft Council Report – Tawd Valley Developments Business Plan  be deferred.

 

 

 

41.

UPDATE OF PROGRESS ON LOCAL PARTNERSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS pdf icon PDF 129 KB

To consider an update from the Corporate Director of Transformation, Housing and Resources.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Note: The Legal & Democratic Services Manager (Monitoring Officer) confirmed that Item 11 had been put in Part 2 in error and could now be considered in Part 1 as unlike previous reports on this topic there was no commercially sensitive information contained within the report or appendix and as such it was no longer in the public interest that it be considered in private.   Clarification was provided that although the report and appendix in the Agenda could now be considered in the public forum the Report from Local Partnerships that accompanied previous reports was still considered to be private and confidential and the contents of which should not be disclosed publicly).

 

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director of Transformation, Housing and Resources as contained on pages 413 to 421 of the Book of Reports.

 

The purpose of the report was to provide an update on the  progress that had been made on implementing the recommendations from the Local Partnership review of TVDL.

 

RESOLVED:             That the update on progress be noted.