Item 6.6

North Somerset Council

REPORT TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND SCRUTINY PANEL

Date of Meeting: 11 December 2006

Subject of Report: Monthly Report of the Executive Member for Economic Development

Town or parish: All

Member presenting: Councillor Alan Hockridge

Key Decision: No

Covering the Period: 19 October to 27 November 2006

Key Decisions

None

Non Key Decisions

DE 306 Renewal of Pantomime Contract Decision: Award contract to Paul Holman Associates for 2007/08 and 2008/09

DE 318 Knightstone Island Public Realm works (on behalf of EM-SP) Decision: Approve Tender list and assessment model

Issues under current consideration

1. Tropicana
2. Leisure facilities in the Backwell/Nailsea Area
3. West of England working group for 2012 Olympic Games
4. Sea defences
5. Economic Development and Regeneration Strategy
6. RICS Award to Campus
7. Parish Wharf Leisure Centre – Indoor Bowls Hall
8. Applications for the installation of home renewable energy plant
9. The Lyons Review – relocation of government offices
10. Former RAF Locking Enquiry by Design
11. Budgetary Issues
12. West of England waste minimisation programme
13. Silica
14. Weston-super-Mare Carnival
15. Bristol International Airport Master Plan
16. Black Rock Quarry Household Waste recycling centre – reopening
17. Yatton Library
    
    

External Meetings and Conferences Attended

1. South West Regional Assembly

2. Five villages meeting at Winscombe

3. Castle Batch Meeting

4. Town centre Partnership

5. Tourism Business Summit and Awards Ceremony at Winter Gardens

6. Anti Bullying Conference

7. Meeting at Royal Portbury Dock with Bristol Port Company

8. Persimmon Presentation on Weston Airfield

9. Meeting with John Cottrell English Partnerships

Alan Hockridge

Executive Member Economic Development