Greater Norwich Growth Board Meeting Minutes
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Greater Norwich Growth Board Date: Thursday, 17 June 2021 Time: 10:00 Venue: Virtual - Microsoft Teams Board Members: Officers: Norwich City Council: Councillor Alan Waters (chair elect) Stephen Evans Graham Nelson South Norfolk Council: Councillor John Fuller (vice chair elect) Trevor Holden Phil Courtier Norfolk County Council: Councillor Andrew Proctor (chair) Tom McCabe Vince Muspratt Broadland District Council: Councillor Shaun Vincent Trevor Holden Phil Courtier New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership: C J Green Chris Starkie Page 1 of 124 Agenda Page nos 1 Handover Handover of chair from Councillor Proctor, Norfolk County Council, to Councillor Waters, Norwich City Council. Confirmation of Councillor Fuller, South Norfolk Council as vice chair. 2 Apologies To receive apologies for absence 3 Declarations of interest (Please note that it is the responsibility of individual members to declare an interest prior to the item if they arrive late for the meeting) 4 Minutes 5 - 8 To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 18 March 2021 (The exempt minute for this meeting is agenda item 10) 5 Greater Norwich Infrastructure Plan 2021 9 - 106 Phil Courtier, Director of Place, Broadland and South Norfolk District Councils 6 Greater Norwich Sports and Physical Activity Strategy 107 - 114 Graham Nelson, Executive Director of Development and City Services, Norwich City Council 7 Greater Norwich City Deal Borrowing 115 - 122 Page 2 of 124 Harvey Bullen, Director of Financial Management, Norfolk County Council 8 Date of next meeting 30 September at 14:00 Venue will be either at City Hall, St Peters Street or virtual (to be confirmed) 9 Exclusion of the public Consideration of exclusion of the public. EXEMPT ITEMS: (During consideration of these items the meeting is not likely to be open to the press and the public.) To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of an agenda item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 12 A of the Local Government Act 1972 or it being confidential for the purposes of Section 100A(2) of that Act. In each case, members are asked to decide whether, in all circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption (and discussing the matter in private) outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Page nos *10 Exempt minutes 18 March 2021 123 - 124 • This report is not for publication because it would disclose information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as in para 3 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Date of publication: Wednesday, 09 June 2021 Page 3 of 124 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Greater Norwich Project Team Leader: Grace Burke t: 01603 222727 e: [email protected] Greater Norwich Projects Team, Norfolk County Council, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH If you would like this agenda in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language, please call Grace Burke, Greater Norwich Project Team Leader on 01603 222727 or email [email protected] Please call Grace Burke, Greater Norwich Project Team Leader on 01603 222727 or email Access [email protected] in advance of the meeting if you have any queries regarding access requirements. Page 4 of 124 ITEM 4 Greater Norwich Growth Board Meeting Minutes Date: Thursday 18 March 2021 Time: 2.00pm Venue: Online; virtual Teams Live meeting Present: Board Members: Officers: Broadland District Council: Cllr Shaun Vincent Trevor Holden Phil Courtier Norwich City Council: Cllr Alan Waters Graham Nelson Stephen Evans South Norfolk Council: Cllr John Fuller Trevor Holden Phil Courtier Norfolk County Council: Cllr Andrew Proctor (Chair) Vince Muspratt New Anglia LEP CJ Green Chris Starkie In attendance: Hollie Adams Committee Officer, Norfolk County Council (clerking) Harvey Bullen Director of Financial Management, Norfolk County Council Grace Burke Greater Norwich Project Team Leader, Norfolk County Council Ruth Oyeniyi Greater Norwich Senior Project Officer, Norfolk County Council Matt Tracey Growth and Infrastructure Group Manager, Norfolk County Council Page 5 of 124 1. APOLOGIES 1.1 Apologies were received from Judith Davison. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 2.1 No interests were declared. 3. MINUTES 3.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 1 December 2020 were agreed as an accurate record. 4. GREATER NORWICH ANNUAL GROWTH PROGRAMME 4.1 The Greater Norwich Growth Board received the report confirming the Greater Norwich Annual Growth Programme outlining the new projects prioritised for delivery in 2021-22 and to be funded, either wholly or in part, by the Infrastructure Investment Fund. 4.2 The Greater Norwich Growth Board AGREED the Greater Norwich Annual Growth Programme 2021/22. 5. LONG STRATTON BYPASS CITY DEAL LOAN DRAW DOWN 5.1 The Greater Norwich Growth Board received the report outlining the details of the borrowing facility, a summary of the Long Stratton Bypass budget, forecasting the loan repayments that would be required to be paid from the Infrastructure Investment Fund and setting out the future decision-making process. 5.2 Norfolk County Council had submitted its outline business case for the scheme on 15 January 2021 and were awaiting the outcome from the Department for Transport (DfT). The report sought approval from the Board to draw down the City Deal loan subject to all partners entering into a loan agreement. 5.3 The following points were discussed and noted: • Cllr Alan Waters stressed the importance for Norwich of the Transport for Norwich Strategy being in place in the same timeframe as this scheme to ensure coherence with the Western Link and the Long Stratton Bypass. Graham Nelson confirmed a timetable was in place between District Councils and Norfolk County Council to progress the Transport for Norwich Strategy. • The Transport for Norwich Strategy was related to the Transforming Cities Funding (TCF) work but the TCF would be delivered over the next 2 years while the road schemes would be delivered over a longer period, meaning a strategy would need to be drawn up looking ahead and defining aims, modal shift and ambitions related to climate change and government initiatives. • Officers confirmed that the developer contribution outlined in sections 3.3 and 3.5 of the report was an additional contribution, separate to the CIL supported borrowing • Officers had met to discuss supporting requirements around governance and reported there was a clear shared ambition around the timeframe for the Page 6 of 124 delivery of the Transport for Norwich Strategy. • South Norfolk Council was underwriting developer contributions. In the event of any shortfall in this contribution, CIL or other developer arrangements may be required to recover these costs in due course. • £10m had been allocated for the project but £6.7 was projected at this time. Board Members felt that if the full £10m was required they would like to know the factors which influenced this. 5.4 The Greater Norwich Growth Board: (i) RECOMMENDED that the City Deal loan is drawn down to support delivery of Long Stratton Bypass, subject to all partners signing a supporting legal agreement and agreement by all partner authorities’ Full Councils. (ii) INSTRUCTED the Infrastructure Delivery Board to progress the legal agreement which will commit the Greater Norwich partners to underwrite future loan repayments. 6. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC 6.1 The Greater Norwich Growth Board AGREED to exclude the public from the meeting under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 for consideration of items 7, “City Deal Borrowing”, and 8, “Exempt Minutes of meeting held on 1 December 2020”, on the grounds that they would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. 6.2 The public session concluded 14:18 7. CITY DEAL BORROWING 7.1 The Greater Norwich Growth Board received and discussed the exempt report “City Deal Borrowing”. 7/2 The Greater Norwich Growth Board AGREED the recommendations as set out in the exempt report. 8. EXEMPT MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 01 DECEMBER 2020 8.1 The Greater Norwich Growth Board agreed the exempt minutes of the meeting held on 1 December 2020 as an accurate record. The meeting concluded at 15:06 Page 7 of 124 Page 8 of 124 Greater Norwich Growth Board 17 June 2021 Item No 5 Greater Norwich Infrastructure Plan 2021 Phil Courtier, Director of Place, Broadland and South Norfolk District Councils Summary This report introduces the Draft Greater Norwich Infrastructure Plan (GNIP) 2021. Recommendations (i) The board is recommended to accept the Draft GNIP 2021 (appended to the report). (ii) The board is asked to note that by accepting the GNIP this will initiate the opening of the ‘call for projects’ for the Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF-strategic pooled CIL). 1. Introduction 1.1 The Greater Norwich Infrastructure Plan (GNIP), provides a high level summary of all infrastructure that is required to support growth within Greater Norwich, as planned within the adopted Joint Core Strategy. 1.2 The GNIP, helps co-ordinate and manage the delivery of strategic infrastructure to support growth, a high quality of life and an enhanced natural environment. It informs prioritisation of investment and delivery. It is not an exhaustive list. It is a living document, updated annually to reflect the latest information. 1.3 The GNIP outlines funding arrangements including the City Deal, New Anglia LEP Growth Deal, Community Infrastructure Levy, Transforming Cities plus other thematic funding streams. 1.4 Whilst there is a range of thematic based mechanisms supporting the delivery of infrastructure within Greater Norwich, the GNIP’s main focus is with green infrastructure, transport, schools and community facilities (which includes libraries, sports, recreation and neighbourhood plans) 2.