427 CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1998/99 - TECHNICAL PROGRESS: 427

TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS

SUBMITTED: Report dated 30 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on the technical progress of the Capital Programme 1998/99.

NOTED

428 CAPITAL PROGRAMME 1998/99 - FINANCIAL POSITION 428

SUBMITTED: Report dated 1 April 1999 by the Executive Director Resource Services on the current position of the Capital Programme 1998/99.

NOTED

429 REFURBISHMENT OF ENTERPRISE WORKSHOPS 429

SUBMITTED: Report dated 15 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on the proposed refurbishment of the Inverclyde Enterprise Workshops, in respect of which the Committee at the meeting held of 4 June 1998 had approved a contribution of £100,000 (para 628), advising that confirmation of funding contributions from Renfrewshire Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund had now been received and seeking authority to invite competitive tenders for the works.

DECIDED:

(a) That the confirmation of co-finance from Renfrewshire Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund in the sums of £100,000 and £90,000 respectively be noted and that the Policy and Strategy Committee be requested to approve the Council’s contribution of £100,000; and

(b) That it be remitted to the Director of Central Services in consultation with the appropriate Officers to arrange for the invitation of competitive tenders for the works, subject to confirmation of the Council’s contribution by the Policy and Strategy Committee.

430 PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: THE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE 430

PLAN 1999 AND INVERCLYDE LOCAL PLAN: FIRST REVIEW

SUBMITTED: Report dated 31 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive advising of the current position in respect of the preparation of the new Glasgow and Clyde Valley Replacement Structure Plan, detailing the anticipated Structure Plan timetable and commenting on the implications for the Inverclyde Local Plan: First Review, together with proposed timetable for preparation of the Inverclyde Local Plan: First Review - Final Draft.

The report indicated that in terms of the Structure Plan timetable the Council would require to have reached agreement on key strategic issues such as the issues of population decline and the need for high quality housing raised by the Committee at the meeting held on 28 January 1999 (para 118(b)) by late summer/early autumn in order to be in a position to respond to the Replacement Structure Plan. In addition, the proposed new Housing Market Area framework might have a significant impact upon the way Inverclyde deals with any required housing land release.

DECIDED:

(a) (i) That the evolving relationship between the work required for the next stage of the Inverclyde Local Plan: First Review and the anticipated timetable for consultation on the Replacement Structure Plan as detailed in Annex 1 to the report be noted;

(ii) That the timetable for preparation of the Inverclyde Local Plan: First Review - Final Draft as set out in Annex 4 to the report be approved and that it be remitted to the Chief Planning Officer to progress the issues raised in the report, according to a timetable consistent with the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee Replacement Structure Plan timetable; and

(iii) That the proposed new Housing Market Area framework detailed in Annex 3 to the report as it affects Inverclyde be welcomed in principle as a basis for the assessment of housing demand and supply in the Development Plan; and

(b) That the Chief Planning Officer be instructed to (i) pursue amendments to the Structure Plan to facilitate the Authorities in the Structure Plan area to pursue strategies at least to arrest population decline and (ii) incorporate within the Local Plan provisions which would permit Inverclyde Council to pursue policies at least to arrest population decline.

431 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY GUIDELINE 15: RURAL DEVELOPMENT 431

SUBMITTED: Report dated 10 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on National Planning Policy Guideline 15 relating to rural development and outlining the implications for the Inverclyde Local Plan: First Review.

DECIDED:

(a) That the contents of National Planning Policy Guideline 15 on rural development be noted; and

(b) That the Chief Planning Officer be authorised to lobby the Scottish Office, through the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan Joint Committee, to prioritise the preparation of a National Planning Policy Guideline on Greenbelts.

432 PROPOSED STOPPING UP OF FOOTPATHS: IRWIN/SMILLIE STREETS, IRWIN/ 432

LANSBURY STREETS, BELL/POPLAR STREETS AND COBHAM/POPLAR

STREETS, GREENOCK

SUBMITTED: Report dated 18 March 1999 by the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services advising that, following the decision of the Planning and Traffic Management Sub-Committee at the meeting held on 3 February 1999 (para 162) to instigate the stopping up procedure for Irwin/Smillie Streets, Irwin/Lansbury Streets, Bell/Poplar Streets and Cobham/Poplar Streets, Greenock in terms of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, no objections had been received following advertisement of the proposal.

DECIDED: That the stopping up of footpaths, Inverclyde (Irwin Street/Smillie Street, Irwin Street/Lansbury Street, Bell Street/Poplar Street and Cobham Street/Poplar Street, Greenock) Order 1999 be confirmed and that the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services be authorised to take all necessary action in connection with the Order.

433 PROPOSED STOPPING UP OF ROADS AND FOOTPATHS: GLENBRAE LANE/ 433

GLENBRAE CRESCENT/FLINTMILL LANE/CLYDEVIEW ROAD (EAST END

CUL-DE-SAC), GREENOCK

SUBMITTED: Report dated 18 March 1999 by the Executive Director Legal, Information and Support Services advising that, following the decision of the Planning and Traffic Management Sub-Committee at the meeting held on 3 February 1999 (para 163) to instigate the stopping up procedure for Glenbrae Lane/Glenbrae Crescent/Flintmill Lane/Clydeview Road (East End Cul-de-Sac), Greenock in terms of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, no objections had been received following advertisement of the proposal.

DECIDED: That the stopping up of roads and footpaths, Inverclyde (Glenbrae Lane/Glenbrae Crescent/Flintmill Lane/Clydeview Road (East End Cul-De-Sac), Greenock) Order 1999 be confirmed and that the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services be authorised to take all necessary action in connection with the Order.

434 REVENUE RESURFACING PROGRAMME 1999/2000 434

SUBMITTED: Report dated 30 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on proposals for the resurfacing of carriageways and footways at various locations in Inverclyde during 1999/2000.

DECIDED: That approval be given to the resurfacing of carriageways and footways at the locations detailed in the report, the costs to be contained within the Revenue Budget 1999/2000.

435 BUS SHELTER PROVISION WITHIN INVERCLYDE - 1998/99 AND FUTURE 435

PROGRAMMES

SUBMITTED: Report dated 26 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on the provision of new and replacement bus shelters in Inverclyde by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority during 1998/99 and advising of new and replacement bus shelter sites for 1999/2000. The report indicated that the total cost of the works for 1999/2000 was estimated at £27,000 but it was noted that no transfer of funding could be considered until capital funding for 1999/2000 had been allocated by the Council.

NOTED

436 MINUTE OF MEETING OF STRATHCLYDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY 436

SUBMITTED: Minute of meeting of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority of 5 February 1999.

NOTED

437 RESOLUTION: EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS 437

On the motion of the Convener it was agreed unanimously that, in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted items of business on the grounds that consideration of the items involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the respective paragraphs of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act as are set opposite each item:-

Item Paragraph(s)

Central Gourock Development Strategy: Response to

Marketing and Shortlisting 6

Bus Shelter Advertising Contract 6 & 10

Revenue Budget 1998/99 - Roads DLO and Cleaning DSO 8

Compulsory Purchase - Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow 6 & 9

Damaged Sea Wall at Ashton Promenade 6 & 9

Ashton Esplanade, Gourock - Repairs to Sea Wall:

Appointment of Contractor 6

438 CENTRAL GOUROCK DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: RESPONSE TO MARKETING 438

AND SHORTLISTING

There was submitted a report by the Depute Chief Executive on the response to the marketing of the revised Central Gourock Development Strategy, which had been reviewed by the Members’ Working Group, providing a full summary and assessment of further discussions held with nine of the fifteen organisations which had submitted expressions of interest and recommending the approval of a shortlist of four developers. The Committee agreed to the action recommended, all as detailed in the Appendix.

439 BUS SHELTER ADVERTISING CONTRACT 439

SUBMITTED: Report dated 26 March 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive on the bus shelter advertising contract and seeking approval to an extension of the present contract by a period of up to 1 year, if required.

DECIDED:

(a) That approval be given to Glasgow City Council progressing the new contract on behalf of Inverclyde Council as one of the Councils within the Strathclyde Passenger Transport area; and

(b) That authority be delegated to the Director of Transportation and Roads to agree in consultation with the Executive Director Resource Services and the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services to the duration of any further extension to the present bus shelter advertising contract up to a period of 1 year, if required.

440 REVENUE BUDGET 1998/99 - ROADS DLO AND CLEANING DSO 440

SUBMITTED: Report dated 9 April 1999 by the Executive Director Resource Services on the position of the Roads DLO and Cleaning DSO Revenue Budget 1998/99 as at 3 March 1999.

NOTED

441 COMPULSORY PURCHASE - PARKHILL AVENUE, PORT GLASGOW 441

SUBMITTED: Report dated 30 March 1999 by the Executive Director Legal Information & Support Services recommending the promotion of a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the site of the former Parkhill Labour Club, Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow which had been demolished by the Council in December 1996 in view of its dangerous condition. The report advised that there was no prospect of recovery of the demolition costs.

DECIDED: That it be recommended to The Inverclyde Council that a Compulsory Purchase Order be promoted under the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 to secure the acquisition of the site of the former Parkhill Labour Club, Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow.

442 DAMAGED SEA WALL AT ASHTON PROMENADE 442

SUBMITTED: Report dated 15 April 1999 by the Executive Director Legal, Information & Support Services on the current position regarding the damaged sea wall at Ashton Promenade. The report advised of the use of the emergency powers procedure as set out in Standing Order 66(a) to authorise acquisition of an area of foreshore at a price to be determined by the District Valuer, to allow the necessary remedial works to be carried out, and also to approve an increased allocation from the non-HRA Capital Programme 1999/2000 for the cost of acquisition.

DECIDED:

(a) That the action taken under Standing Order 66(a) and the Council’s Financial Regulations relative to the acquisition of the necessary area of foreshore at Ashton Promenade be noted; and

(b) That the action taken under Standing Order 66(a) and the Council’s Financial Regulations to provide funding for the cost of acquisition of the area of foreshore be noted, the action to be the subject of a report to the full Council.

443 ASHTON ESPLANADE, GOUROCK - REPAIRS TO SEA WALL: 443

APPOINTMENT OF CONTRACTOR

SUBMITTED: Report dated 20 April 1999 by the Depute Chief Executive seeking authority for the appointment of a contractor to carry out repairs to the damaged sea wall at Ashton Promenade.

DECIDED:

(a) That it be remitted to the Director of Transportation and Roads in consultation with the Chief Executive and other appropriate Officers to negotiate a price and thereafter appoint the contractor detailed in the report to undertake the works for the repair of the sea wall; and

(b) That the Policy and Strategy Committee be requested to approve an additional capital allocation of £100,000 from the Capital Programme 1999/2000 for the works required.