Issue - meetings

Minute 21 refers

The Executive Member for Economic Development advised Members that a steering group, Shaping Stortford, had now been set up to facilitate projects consistent with the framework.  Its membership included business representatives, residents and the three tiers of local government.

RESOLVED – that the Bishop’s Stortford Town Centre Framework (March 2017) be approved for Development Management decisions.

(see also Minute 111)

The Executive Member for Economic Development submitted a report seeking support for the finalised Bishop’s Stortford Town Centre Planning Framework.

The Executive recalled that the Council had engaged consultants, Allies and Morrison, to formulate a Planning Framework for the town centre in the early part of 2016.  In their work, the consultants had analysed the historic development of the town, its current economic and commercial position and the strengths of its geographical position.  Following an initial round of consultation, they had identified a number of themes around which future decisions for the town should be based.  These themes, along with a more detailed approach to potential opportunities provided by three key development locations were then subject to a further round of consultation toward the end of 2016.

The Executive Member sought endorsement of the Framework and to establish that weight could now be assigned to the document in the various decisions that the Council (and others) make, including planning decisions, in relation to the town centre.

The Executive supported the recommendation now detailed.

RECOMMENDED­ – that the Bishop’s Stortford Town Centre Framework (March 2017) be approved for Development Management decisions.