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If you require further information about this agenda please contact: Anthony Lumley on 020 8583 2248 or [email protected] LOCAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP A meeting of the Local Strategic Partnership will be held at the Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow on Thursday, 14 September 2006 at 6:00 pm MEMBERSHIP Councillor Mark Bowen – London Borough of Hounslow Satvinder Buttar – Hounslow Racial Equality Council CS Ali Dizaei– Metropolitan Police John Foster – Hounslow Primary Care Trust Gerard Hollingworth – London Fire Brigade Mark Gilks – London Borough of Hounslow Rory Gillert – Hounslow Voluntary Sector Forum Russell Harris – West London Business Christine Hay – Hounslow Primary Care Trust Robert Innes – London West Learning & Skills Council Councillor Peter Thompson – London Borough of Hounslow AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Minutes (Pages 1 - 5) To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2006 3. Local Area Agreement Performance Report for Quarter 1 (Pages 6 - 12) Report by Councillor Peter Thompson 4. Community Plan (Pages 13 - 83) (a) Performance Update March 2006 (b) Consultation Plan (c) Framework and Content – Discussion Paper (d) Consultation Questionnaire 5. LSP Awayday Update (Pages 84 - 90) 6. LSP Stakeholder Conference Feedback (Pages 91 - 94) 7. Brentford Plan (Pages 95 - 197) 8. Any Urgent Business 9. Date of Next Meeting Meetings of the LSP are currently scheduled to be held at the Civic Centre at 6.00pm on the following dates: • Wednesday 14 December 2006 • Thursday 15 March 2007 • Thursday 14 June 2007 but please bring your diary to the meeting as it may be necessary to arrange some additional dates. 10. Invest to Save (as a potential option for delivery of LAA employment (Pages 198 - objectives and related issues) 202) Report by the Head of Economic Development and Business Support DECLARING INTERESTS Committee members are reminded that if they have a personal interest in any matter being discussed at the meeting they must declare the interest and if the interest is also a prejudicial interest then they may not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter. T.WELSH, Director of Legal Services London Borough of Hounslow, Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow TW3 4DN 12 September 2006 Agenda Item 2 At a meeting of the Local Strategic Partnership held at 6pm on Wednesday 8 March 2006 at the Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow Present: Councillor Colin Ellar London Borough of Hounslow Councillor Jagdish Sharma London Borough of Hounslow John Foster Hounslow Primary Care Trust Satvinder Buttar Hounslow Racial Equality Council Russell Harris West London Business Robert Innes Learning and Skills Council Mark Gilks London Borough of Hounslow Also in Attendance: Sharon Daye Hounslow Primary Care Trust Simon Phipps Metropolitan Police Russell Evans Metropolitan Police Howard Simmons London Borough of Hounslow Mike Jordan London Borough of Hounslow Mark Stevenson London Borough of Hounslow Celia Golden London Borough of Hounslow Lesley Underwood London Borough of Hounslow Savi Bhamra London Borough of Hounslow Nasreen Bhatti London Borough of Hounslow Patricia John Observer Helen Wilson London Borough of Hounslow Valerie Whitaker London Borough of Hounslow 1. Apologies for Absence CS Ali Dizaei Metropolitan Police (Hounslow) Mick Newton London Fire Brigade (Hounslow) Christine Hay Hounslow Primary Care Trust Rory Gillert Hounslow Voluntary Sector Forum The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, particularly Patricia John who was attending as an observer under the LSC’s BME Women on Board programme 2. Minutes The minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2006 were agreed and signed by the Chair. 3. CPA and JAR Update Howard Simmons reported that feedback to date on both the CPA and JaR had been fairly encouraging but there was also a number of issues that remained to be clarified before the process entered its more formal stage and the final report 1 was issued. Mark Gilks observed that it was a long drawn out process that had entailed considerable work on the part of the Council and its key partners and the final outcome should be known by the end of April. Councillor Ellar said that the outcomes of the CPA and JAR were of great importance to the Borough and had led to significant improvements in the past. 4. Local Area Agreement (LAA) Update Following negotiations with the Government Office for London and ODPM some changes had been required to the draft LAA discussed at the previous meeting. Howard Simmons referred to the difficulties encountered during the negotiations in championing local themes as opposed to central Government priorities. It was noted that performance would be carefully managed and monitored against the set targets. Howard Simmons commended the block leaders and Helen Wilson for all their hard work. The final version of the LAA will be circulated to key partners and signed off by the Leader and Chief Executive later in the month. 5. Stakeholder Conference Planning and 6. Community Plan 2007-2010 Preparation Helen Wilson explained that it was intended to hold the Stakeholder conference at the end of June/beginning of July ie after the elections but before the summer holidays. It was hoped to be possible to hold the conference at GSK as in previous years. The conference would focus on progress made but also launch the next stage of the Community Plan. Howard Simmons stressed the importance of ensuring that the Community Plan tied in with the Local Area Agreement and was seen to move it forward. Mark Gilks spoke of the need to look to the 2020 vision, focusing on the likely business set up in the area and the skills levels required. The LSP welcomed Robert Innes’s offer to reconvene the economic development block working group to consider issues relating to the Community Plan and LAA. It was also noted that the structure of the Learning and Skills Council was changing and would be borough based in future. The LSP recognised the positive contribution that the West London regional office had made to its work. Howard Simmons undertook to ensure that all key partners were engaged in work carried out during the course of preparations for the Community Plan and all feedback sessions. 7. The Brentford Plan – Preferred Options for Consultation Lesley Underwood updated the LSP on progress on the consultation process on plans for the future development of the Brentford area. The LSP noted that there had been a good response from the local community during the early stages of the consultation process, with a well-attended stakeholder day and a two-day exhibition to which members of the public had come along to talk to officers and councillors. The main themes of the feedback received thus far had been that local residents wanted continued regeneration, more housing and mixed development and were concerned that attention should be paid to looking closely 2 at how the local community and social infrastructure would cope with the changes. Local people were also concerned that sustainable living should be prioritised and local heritage protected. The report set out the timetable for progressing the Brentford Area Action Plan and presented objectives, policies and proposals to be considered at this stage of the consultation – ‘The Preferred Options’. Key to the consideration of this report was the Brentford Area Action Plan Preferred Options and Questionnaire accompanying the report. All preferred options had been subject to a sustainability appraisal which assessed their environmental, social and economic impact. The LSP were asked to give their own comments on the Plan, particularly with regard to the effects of the new development on key areas such as health. Whilst welcoming the Plan, Satvinder Buttar wondered about the effect on the existing community and whether the proposals would reflect the diverse nature of the local population. Lesley Underwood explained that it was intended to develop better facilities for current residents, enhancing rather than eliminating the local environment and identity, and providing a range of good housing, business and job opportunities. Satvinder Buttar asked whether it was possible to persuade developers to employ local people and Mark Gilks indicated that this had been a feature of the ongoing discussions with developers. Lesley Underwood added that there was also an emphasis on developing training opportunities for local residents. Mark Gilks said it was important to have clear priorities in order to make the most of opportunities as they became available and spoke of the need to build up the local skills base. John Foster endorsed this comment and added that the timing of the recent Health Impact Assessment had been particular significant and that dialogue on the use of S106 money had also been very useful. Russell Harris asked whether there was a strategy for alerting potential investors to the opportunities available in the area. Lesley Underwood confirmed that part of the test of soundness of the proposals would be whether the plans wee deliverable so it was vital to have the developers on board. Bearing in mind the fact that not all of the redevelopment land belongs to the Council Councillor Ellar indicated that the Council was brokering discussions with relevant parties wherever possible. It was noted that the Government Office for London would appoint an inspector to consider public examination of the Brentford Plan in early 2007 and that his/her ruling would be binding on the Council. 8. Consultation on Employment Development Plan Document – Preferred Options Mark Stevenson explained that the Employment Development Plan Document (DPD) and Brentford Area Action Plan were identified as priorities in preparation of the Council’s Local Development Framework, which would eventually replace the Unitary Development Plan (December 2003). The current report, 3 Employment Preferred Options Paper and questionnaire presented the Council’s preferred options as part of formal consultation in preparation of the Employment DPD.