Issue - meetings

To summarise the background behind the development of the updated Town Centre Strategy and to present the refreshed Town Centre Strategy and outline Action Plan for approval and further development.

The Executive resolved as follows:

1.      To approve the revised Town Centre Strategy and outlineAction Plan at Appendix 3a, to the Executive report, and note the role of this document in guiding the future direction of strategic development in the town centre, coordinating action and in supporting the development of future funding bids and business cases relating to activity within the town centre boundary.

2.      To refer the Town Centre Strategy and outlineAction Plan (TCSAP) to the Tourism, Economy and Communities Scrutiny Committee for further consideration.

3.      To confirm that the Town Centre Strategy and outlineAction Plan (TCSAP)  will be used as the basis of having further engagement with key partners to finalise the Action Plan including the identification of owners and timelines and to agree appropriate governance arrangements for overseeing its effective implementation

4.      To agree that the Action Plan be updated annually in a process lead by the  Executive members and reported to the Executive and that the Tourism, Economy and Communities Scrutiny Committee be consulted each year in advance of the Executive meeting and this to start with the 2022 action plan.

5.      For an associated communications plan to be prepared to make it clear that the Town Centre Strategy and outlineAction Plan has been prepared to build on the successes of the Growth and Prosperity Programme currently delivering major change in the Town Centre.