UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
INFRASTRUCTURE DUAL ASSURANCE, 22 OCTOBER 2007
Present: David Allen (Management Lead), Peter Lacey (Lay Lead), Gillian Weale
(Co-ordinator)
DISCUSSED:
Relationship with Exeter City Council, following the visit of key Councillors
and officers to the campus the previous week, and the University’s response
to the consultation on affordable housing.
Possibilities for increasing the density of the new student residences planned
for Duryard, although the number of bedspaces had been reduced to 650 by
the ECC planners.
Planning application for the INTO building – disagreement with the planners
over building materials on the elevations.
AGREED:
Stuart Franklin to lead on the PR campaign around Exeter’s response to the
affordable housing consultation.
A PR audit of all planning applications should be undertaken before
submission to ensure appropriate wording and phraseology.
Exeter would be prepared to compromise and allow the back and side
elevations of the INTO building to be built in brick.
Following approval of the investment appraisal for the Business School at
Council on 19 October, a Project Management Group chaired by Jeremy
Lindley (with Neil Armstrong leading on content) to be established.
Gillian Weale
Executive Officer to the Registrar
24 October 2007
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