Pathfinder Actions and Decisions from the Project Board
Meeting of 14 February 2011 – Business Package
Key actions, decisions, issues and risk discussed at Project Board concerning
the Pathfinder Programme.
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Action
Circulate Housing Market Appraisal to Overstrand and
Happisburgh Parish Councils.
Develop educational workshop/presentation/information
sheet for local estate agents for information around coastal
change and property.
Amend grants SLA to exclude community grants.
Amend Tourism SLA to include a community/collaborative
role for developing and implementing a brown signs and
interpretation scheme for the east Norfolk coast.
Loans report to be presented to Cabinet in March with minor
amendment section 3 ‘at or below market rate’.
Arrange sign off for grants and tourism SLA’s.
Continue discussions with legal to solve the issues
regarding implementation of the loans scheme.
Once other business support is at a stage where it is being
implemented, consider the options for supporting/extending
the ‘Coast hopper’ bus.
Any further amendments/comments on the Marketing
toolkits to be forwarded to Jose to enable finalisation.
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Develop business circles and skills initiatives
Board to consider the outline of the suggested NWES toolkit
and members to forward comments to Jose Socao asap.
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Instruct BK to negotiate with the landowners of the two
preferred sites as to values and how a property transaction
could be implemented.
Develop scheme brief for Beach Road property relocation
and a methodology to invite bidders.
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Liaise with the monitoring officer as to a view as to if we can
have discussions with potential buy to lease residents
without any obligation on the Council.
If point 14 above is positive, begin discussions with owners
with the assistance of Bruton Knowles.
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Liaise with the Section 151 officer regarding a financial
position with regard to buy to lease.
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Investigate whether the EN12 of buy to lease purchases
can be utilised now, if the property is then used for
‘affordable housing’ and fulfil the policy’s ‘beneficial to wellbeing of the local community’ clause.
Organise official opening of Marram’s footpath.
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Transfer budgets as per decisions below.
Decisions
Responsibility
Rob Goodliffe
Coastal
Management
Team
Jose Socao
Jose Socao
Jose Socao
Jose Socao
Jose Socao
/Robin Smith
Jose Socao /
Robin Smith /Rob
Goodliffe
Coastal
Management
Board/ Jose
Socao
Jose Socao
Coastal
Management
Board
Peter Frew/ Rob
Young
Coastal
Management
Team
Peter Frew
Peter Frew/
Coastal
Management
Team
Peter Frew /
Coastal
Management
Team
Rob Young
Brian Farrow/Rob
Goodliffe
Rob Goodliffe
/Lorraine Henry
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Remove community grants from Grants SLA and incorporate a targeted coordination role in the Tourism SLA for the delivery of brown signs and
interpretation. NNDC will hold a budget of £10,000 for the capital costs of these
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Business grant budget is £90,000
Community fund for brown signs and interpretation is £10,000.
Board considered that the business grants did not require cabinet approval.
Agreed Business Loans Cabinet Report.
The provision of Coast Hopper should be considered following the initiation of
the other business support initiatives.
Agreement of marketing toolkits.
Relocation of Beach Road properties – In considering the options we should
focus on the two sites which have been identified as most likely to be
deliverable (North Walsham Road & Whimpwell Street).
Relocation of Beach Road properties – To ensure the process is open, NNDC
will develop a scheme brief of what it would wish to see from a development
using the EN12 policy and open this up for bidders who will include RSL’s, the
landowners and other developers.
Explore with the two owners at most risk in the buy to lease area, with no
obligation on the Council, as to their reactions should we make offers as
proposed in the buy to lease report.
Accounts agreed.
Accounts - £180,000 to be moved from Buy to Lease to the buy to demolish
budget, with the remaining balance to be made up by the capital contingency.
Minor financial anomalies can be amended by the use of the contingency.
Issues
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Progress has been made with regard to the activities encroaching on the NNDC
car park at Happisburgh, however since improvements it was reported that
further encroachments had occurred.
Risks
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Query raised by a previous resident of Beach Road who dismantled a property
due to its proximity to the cliff edge. The resident challenges whether a
payment should be made or if the EN12 opportunity is still valid. The property
was demolished as it was at risk. This was completed prior to the adoption of
the EN12 policy in Sept. 2008. A query regarding EN12 is currently being
considered by Counsel, this will clarify the position, however it is anticipated that
the property would need to still be standing for the EN12 to be used. As
previously stated should the land be required for the cliff top enhancement
scheme, an offer would be presented.
Date of next meeting: 16 March 2.30pm Committee Room