CABINET – 21 March 2011
Decision List
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ACTION BY
ITEM 6: MEMBERS TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT GROUP
DECISION
No action necessary.
That the minutes of the meeting of the Members’ Training, Development and Support Group held
on 18 January 2011 be received.
ITEM 7: BUDGET MONITORING 2010/11 – PERIOD 6
DECISION
1) Cabinet note the contents of the report and the revenue account forecast for the current
financial year;
2) That Cabinet note the current position on the 2010/11 capital programme;
3) Delegated authority is given to the Deputy Chief Executive and Strategic Director Community
in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Portfolio members for setting the land charges fees for
2011/12.
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Karen Sly, Financial Services Manager
Tel: 01263 516243
Email: Karen.sly@north-norfolk.gov.uk
ITEM 8: RENAMING OF DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE AND REVISED ROLE, TITLE AND
TERMS OF REFERENCE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK WORKING PARTY
DECISION
RECOMMENDATION FOR FULL COUNCIL
That Cabinet recommends to full Council that with effect from May 2011 the Development Control
Committee be renamed the Development Committee and that the former Local Development
Framework Working Party be renamed the Planning Policy and Built Heritage Working Party, that
it should be politically balanced but should include the Chair of the Development Committee and
the appropriate Planning and/or Planning Policy Portfolio Holder(s), with terms of reference as set
out in the report.
Steve Oxenham, Head of Planning and
Building Control
Tel: 01263 516135
Email: steve.oxenham@northnorfolk.gov.uk
RECOMMENDATION
TO FULL COUNCIL
(April)
ITEM 9: WELLS MALTINGS AND SACKHOUSE - NEW LEASE TO THE WELLS MALTINGS TRUST OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL LAND
DECISION
Jill Fisher, Corporate Asset Manager
Tel: 01263 516037
Email: jill.fisher@north-norfolk.gov.uk
To approve the proposal to grant the Maltings Trust an “Option” over the additional land (shown
as the red/smaller outlined edged area on the “Option Plan” at Appendix D to the report) to allow
them to provide a wider range of facilities at the re-developed Maltings Complex, which will
benefit Wells and the wider community.
ITEM 10: THE NORTH NORFOLK COASTAL PATHFINDER REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND SMALL
BUSINESS GRANT FUND
DECISION
RECOMMENDATION FOR FULL COUNCIL
1. To support the principle of the Revolving Loan Fund subject to further legal and financial
advice and to recommend that a supplementary report embracing that advice be submitted
to Full Council on 6 April 2011.
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Jose Socao, Economic and Tourism
Development Officer
Tel: 01263 516303
Email: jose.socao@north-norfolk.gov.uk
RECOMMENDATION
TO FULL COUNCIL
(April)
2. That the supplementary report referred to in (1) above include a recommendation to create
the Pathfinder Business Grant Fund which will be co-ordinated by the North Norfolk
Business Forum.
ITEM 11: NORTH NORFOLK COASTAL CHANGE PATHFINDER; REPLACEMENT CAR PARK,
HAPPISBURGH
DECISION
1. That Cabinet supports the principle of transferring the ownership and management
responsibility of the planned Happisburgh car park, public conveniences and public open
space to Happisburgh Parish Council.
Rob Young, Coastal Planner
Tel: 01263 516162
Email: Robert.young@northnorfolk.gov.uk
2. That authority to agree the terms of the transfer of the planned facilities be delegated to
the Deputy Chief Executive.
3. That a contingency be established from the Pathfinder budget for the possible financial
support to cover cleaning, maintenance and other ancillary costs in the first two years of
the facilities’ operation.
ITEM 12: NORTH NORFOLK COASTAL CHANGE PATHFINDER; REPLACEMENT HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT
DECISION
1. That Cabinet supports the principle of proceeding with a development to replace the
Happisburgh cliff top properties that NNDC is acquiring under the Coastal Change
Pathfinder programme, in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 3.1 of this
report.
2. That delegated authority be given to the Deputy Chief Executive, in conjunction with the
Cabinet Member with the Coastal Strategy portfolio and the Cabinet Member with the
Corporate Assets portfolio, acting on the advice of an independent valuer, to agree the
terms of any agreement to acquire an appropriate interest in a suitable site necessary for
the implementation of the project outlined in this report.
3. That authority be given for the Coastal Management Team to proceed with a preapplication consultation with relevant interested parties on an appropriate site in
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Rob Young, Coastal Planner
Tel: 01263 516162
Email: Robert.young@northnorfolk.gov.uk
Happisburgh for the development of replacement dwellings.
ITEM 13: FORMER AMUSEMENT ARCADE ON THE QUAY WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
DECISION
Jill Fisher, Corporate Asset Manager
Tel: 01263 516037
Email: jill.fisher@north-norfolk.gov.uk
That the decision to make a compulsory purchase order (CPO) be deferred to allow for the
ongoing negotiations regarding the disposal of the site to be finalised and for the submission of a
planning application on the adjacent site; that the situation be reviewed again at the end of June
2011 if no sale has been completed by that time and; that a notice be put up on the front of the
building to show that progress is being made.
Please contact Alison Argent on 01263 516058 or e-mail: alison.argent@north-norfolk.gov.uk if you have any questions
about this decision list. For more information on any particular item please contact the relevant officer shown on the action column.
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