ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD High House Production Park, Friday, 14 10:00 Vellacott Close, February 2020 Purfleet, Essex, RM19 1RJ Quorum: 3 (to include 2 voting members) Membership Mr Geoff Miles Chairman Cllr Kevin Bentley Essex County Council Cllr Roger Gough Kent County Council Cllr Rodney Chambers Medway Council Cllr Keith Glazier East Sussex County Council Cllr Rob Gledhill Thurrock Council Cllr Ron Woodley Southend Borough Council Simon Cook Further Education/ Skills representative Lucy Druesne Higher Education representative For information about the meeting please ask for: Lisa Siggins (Secretary to the Board) [email protected] Tel: 03330134594 Page 1 of 222 Meeting Information All meetings are held in public unless the business is exempt in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1972. Most meetings are held at High House Production Park, Purfleet. 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The agenda is also available on the Essex County Council website Page 2 of 222 Part 1 (During consideration of these items the meeting is likely to be open to the press and public) Pages 1 Welcome and apologies for absence 2 Minutes 6 - 14 To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 15th November 2019. 3 Declarations of interest 4 Questions from the public In accordance with the Policy adopted by the SELEP, a period of up to 15 minutes will be allowed at the start of every Ordinary meeting of the Accountability Board to enable members of the public to make representations. No question shall be longer than three minutes, and all speakers must have registered their question by email or by post with the Managing Director of the South East LEP ([email protected]) by no later than 10.30am seven days before the meeting. Please note that only one speaker may speak on behalf of an organisation, no person may ask more than one question and there will be no opportunity to ask a supplementary question. On arrival, and before the start of the meeting, registered speakers must identify themselves to the member of staff collecting names. A copy of the Policy for Public Questions is made available on the SELEP website - http://www.southeastlep.com/images/uploads/resources/Pub licQuestionsPolicy.pdf Email ([email protected]) 5 Local Growth Fund Capital Programme Report 15 - 39 6 Thanet Parkway Funding Decision 40 - 70 7 A13 Widening Update -REPORT TO FOLLOW 8 M2 Junction 5 Report 71 - 80 9 Innovation Park Medway Update Report 81 - 92 Page 3 of 222 10 A289 Four Elms roundabout update 93 - 106 11 University of Essex Parkside LGF Funding Decision 107 - 116 12 Groundworks and Scaffolding Training Centre LGF 117 - 124 funding decision 13 Queensway Gateway Road Project Update 125 - 130 14 Bexhill Enterprise Park North Update 131 - 138 15 Growing Places Fund Update 139 - 164 16 SELEP Operations Update 165 - 206 17 SELEP Finance Update 207 - 211 18 A28 Sturry Link Road Update 212 - 222 Appendix 1 will be considered under Exempt items. 19 Date of next meeting To note that the next meeting of the Board will be held on Friday 15th May 2020 at High House Production House. 20 Urgent Business To consider any matter which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered in public by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency. Exempt Items (During consideration of these items the meeting is not likely to be open to the press and public) The following items of business have not been published on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. Members are asked to consider whether or not the press and public should be excluded during the consideration of these items. If so it will be necessary for the meeting to pass a formal resolution: That the press and public are excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the remaining items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the specific paragraph(s) of Schedule 12A engaged being set out in the report or appendix relating to that item of business. Page 4 of 222 21 A28 Sturry Link Road Confidential Appendix 1 • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information); 22 Hadlow College Update -REPORT TO FOLLOW 23 Urgent Exempt Business To consider in private any other matter which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency. Page 5 of 222 Friday, 15 November 2019 Minute 1 ______________________________________________________________________ Minutes of the meeting of the SELEP Accountability Board, held in High House Production Park Vellacott Close, Purfleet, Essex, RM19 1RJ on Friday, 15 November 2019 Present: Geoff Miles Chair Cllr David Finch Essex County Council Cllr Roger Gough Kent County Council Cllr Rodney Chambers Medway Council Cllr Keith Glazier East Sussex County Council Cllr Ron Woodley Southend Borough Council Cllr Rob Gledhill Thurrock Council Graham Razey Further Education/Skills representative Lucy Druesne Higher Education representative. ALSO PRESENT Having signed the attendance book Suzanne Bennett SELEP Amy Bernardo Essex County Council Steven Bishop Steer Adam Bryan SELEP Lee Burchill Kent County Council Kerry Clarke Kent County Council Ellie Clow SELEP Howard Davies SELEP Richard Dawson East Sussex County Council Helen Dyer SELEP Sunny EE Medway Council Rebecca Ellsmore Thurrock Amy Ferraro SELEP Jessica Jagpal Medway Council Ian Lewis Opportunity South Essex Essex County Council (as delegated Stephanie S151 Officer for the Accountable Mitchener Body) Charlotte Moody Essex County Council (Legal representative for the Accountable Body) Rhiannon Mort SELEP Page 6 of 222 Friday, 15 November 2019 Minute 2 ______________________________________________________________________ Neil Muldoon Thurrock Council Lorna Norris Essex County Council Dawn Redpath Essex County Council Paul Shakespear Essex County Council John Shaw Sea Change Sussex Lisa Siggins Essex County Council David Smith Kent County Council Stephen Taylor Thurrock Council Simon Thomas Canterbury City Council Rob Willis Essex County Council Ceri Williams Canterbury City Council 1 Welcome and apologies for absence No apologies were received The Chair welcomed Cllr Roger Gough to his first Board meeting. 2 Minutes The minutes of the meeting held on Friday 13th September were agreed as an accurate record and signed by the Chair. 3 Declarations of interest As a private businessman, Geoff Miles declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in respect of agenda item 12 (Growing Places Fund Update). He advised of his intention to step out of the room whilst agenda item 12 was discussed and it was confirmed that Lucy Druesne would chair this item. As a representative of the University of Kent, Lucy Druesne declared a potential disclosable pecuniary interest in respect of agenda item 5 (Kent and Medway Medical School Phase 1 LGF Funding Decision). She advised of her intention to step out of the room whilst agenda item 5 was discussed. 4 Questions from the public There were none. 5 Kent and Medway Medical School Phase 1 LGF Funding Decision Lucy Druesne left the room due to her previously made declaration of interest The Accountability Board (the Board) received a report from Howard Davies, SELEP Capital Programme Officer which was presented by Rhiannon Mort SELEP Capital Programme Manager, and a presentation from Steer the Page 7 of 222 Friday, 15 November 2019 Minute 3 ______________________________________________________________________ purpose which was for the Board to consider the award of £4m Local Growth Fund (LGF) to the delivery of the Kent and Medway Medical School (the Project). Councillors Gough and Gledhill spoke in support of the project, stressing its importance to both the local and the surrounding areas. Councillor Finch raised an issue regarding the contract with the University of Kent and stated that he hoped that this was suitably robust. Resolved: 1. To Agree the award of £4m ‘Tranche 1’ LGF to support the delivery of the Project identified in the Business Case and which has been assessed as presenting high value for money with high certainty of achieving this. 2. To Note: A further £4m LGF ‘Tranche 2’ is sought towards the delivery of the Project should additional LGF become available. This second tranche of funding is identified within the LGF3b pipeline should additional LGF underspend become available. 6 Grays South LGF Funding Decision The Board received a report from Howard Davies, SELEP Capital Programme Officer, which was presented by Rhiannon Mort SELEP Capital Programme Manager the purpose which was for the Board to consider the award of £7.1m Local Growth Fund (LGF) to the Grays South project (the Project). Councillor Gledhill explained that the delays encountered are due to difficulties encountered with Network Rail and stressed that it was imperative to finalise the funding for this project. In response to a question regarding the implication of the delays, Rebecca Ellsmore from Thurrock Council provided the Board with a detailed explanation. The Board proceeded to discuss their concerns regarding the delays due to Network Rail.