Meetings
Inquiry into the regeneration of town centres
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Meeting: 03/06/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Regeneration of town centres
Additional
information from the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty following
the meeting on 29 April (Regeneration of town centres)
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
4.2.1
The paper was noted by the Committee.
Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 ATCM Report on Town Centre Parking
Report
provided by ATCM on town centre parking
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
5.1.1
The paper was noted by the Committee.
Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Regeneration of town centres
Russell
Greenslade, Chief Executive, Swansea Business Improvement District
Antonia
Pompa, Co-ordinator, Merthyr Tydfil Business Improvement District
Ojay
McDonald, Policy Manager, Association of Town and City Management
Rhiannon
Kingsley, Town Centre Manager, Bridgend County Borough Council
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.5) Merthyr Tydfil Business Improvement District, item 4 PDF 174 KB
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.6) Swansea Business Improvement District
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.8) Association of Town and City Management, item 4 PDF 82 KB
Minutes:
4.1
Russell Greenslade, Antonia Pompa, Ojay McDonald and Rhiannon Kingsley answered
questions from Members of the Committee.
4.2
Ojay McDonald agreed to provide a copy of the ATCM’s report on their consultation
on business rates when the consultation has ended.
4.3
Russell Greenslade agreed to provide further information on the advantages of Business
Improvement Districts and the activities of the Swansea Business Improvement
District.
Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Regeneration of town centres
Andy
Godfrey, Chair of the Local Government Policy Advisory Group, British Retail
Consortium and Public Policy Manager for Boots
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.3) Welsh Retail Consortium Paper
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.4) Report prepared by the British Retail Consortium titled '21st Century High Streets: What next for Britain’s town centres?', item 3 PDF 11 KB View as HTML (3/2) 3 KB
Minutes:
3.1
Andy Godfrey answered questions from Members of the Committee.
Meeting: 29/04/2015 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Regeneration of town centres - follow-up scrutiny
Lesley
Griffiths, The Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty
Kath
Palmer, Deputy Director, Homes and Places
Steffan
Roberts, Regeneration Manager, Homes and Places
Neil
Hemington, Head of Planning, Planning Directorate
Supporting documents:
- Research Brief
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.1) Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, item 2 PDF 83 KB View as HTML (2/2) 45 KB
- EBC(4)-11-15 (p.2) Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty - Update on Committee recommendations, item 2 PDF 120 KB View as HTML (2/3) 86 KB
Minutes:
2.1
Lesley Griffiths, The Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, Kath
Palmer, Steffan Roberts and Neil Hemington answered questions from Members of
the Committee.
2.2
The Minister agreed to provide further information on the following:
·
A
note on the footfall statistics for Bargoed, following the location of
Morrisons in the town centre.
·
Information
on the criteria used to allocate funding from the Tackling Poverty Fund,
Vibrant and Viable Places and clarification on how it coincides with the Town
Centre First policy with specific reference to the example of the funding
provided for Barry Island.
·
A
note on why it appears the Welsh Government’s ‘town centre first’ policy is
only being applied in practice to retail and not to the location of office developments
or the location of local authority services and staff.
Meeting: 28/03/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 4.)
Debate on the Enterprise and Business Committee's report on the Regeneration of Town Centres
NDM4952 Nick Ramsay
(Monmouth)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the Report of the Enterprise and Business Committee:
The Regeneration of Town Centres which was laid in the Table Office on 25
January 2012.
Note: The response of the Minister for Housing, Regeneration
and Heritage to the report was laid in the Table Office on 21 March 2012.
Supporting documents:
Report of the Enterprise and Business Committee
Response of the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage
Decision:
The item started at 15.00.
NDM4952 Nick Ramsay
(Monmouth)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the Report of the Enterprise and Business Committee: The Regeneration of Town Centres which was laid in the Table Office on 25 January 2012.
Note: The response of the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage to the report was laid in the Table Office on 21 March 2012.
The Motion was
agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 11/01/2012 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Discussion of Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 30 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1 The Committee discussed and agreed the report, subject to the proposed amendments being made.
Meeting: 08/12/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Discussion of Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 34 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
Minutes:
3.1 The Committee discussed the report into Town Centre Regeneration.
Meeting: 24/11/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres: Ministerial Scrutiny Session
Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing,
Regeneration and Heritage
Steffan Roberts – Head of Aberystwyth Regeneration
Area
Rosemary Thomas – Head of Planning Division
Chris Warner – Head of Policy – Regeneration
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-10-11 Paper 1 -Evidence from Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage (e) - 2011-11-24, item 2 PDF 158 KB View as HTML (2/1) 112 KB
- EBC(4)-10-11 Paper 2 - Evidence from Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage (e), item 2 PDF 1 MB
- EBC(4)-10-11 Paper 3 - Evidence paper from Huw Lewis letter to Chair - 2011-11-24, item 2 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister and his officials to the meeting.
2.2 The Minister agreed to provide the Committee with the following additional information on:
· Planning policies which cover the criteria for need with regards retail.
· A list of the proposals referred to the Design Commission for Wales review service.
· A comparison of the current provision of grants with the amounts allocated historically by the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) prior to their merger into the Welsh Government.
· A breakdown of the £8 million allocated to Cardiff Bay from the Minister’s budget.
Meeting: 02/11/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Carole-Anne Davies, Chief Executive - Design Commission Wales
Alan Francis, Chair - Design Commission Wales
Jennifer Stewart, Heritage Lottery Fund Wales
Ian Morrison, Heritage Lottery Fund Wales
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-08-11 Paper 3 - Evidence from Design Commission Wales, item 3 PDF 564 KB
- EBC(4)-08-11 Paper 4 - Evidence from Heritage Lottery Fund, item 3 PDF 3 MB View as HTML (3/2) 9 MB
Minutes:
3.1 The Chair welcomed Carole-Anne Davies, Alan Francis, Jennifer Stewart and Ian Morrison to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
3.2 Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to provide:
· Summary of the Heritage Lottery Fund survey of Townscape Heritage initiatives regarding Town Centre Regeneration.
· A copy of the evaluation report of the townscape initiative scheme.
Meeting: 02/11/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Lee Waters,
Director – Sustrans Cymru
Liz Thorne, Policy
Advisor – Sustrans Cymru
Clive Campbell, Chair of South East Wales Transport Alliance (SEWTA) Policy Group
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-08-11 Paper 1 - Evidence from Sustrans, item 2 PDF 1 MB View as HTML (2/1) 1 MB
- EBC(4)-08-11 Paper 2 - Evidence from SEWTA, item 2 PDF 93 KB View as HTML (2/2) 23 KB
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed Lee Waters, Liz Thorne, and Clive Campbell to meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
2.2 Sustrans agreed to provide further information on:
· Evidence about the impact of developing cycle routes, and pedestrian routes, on town centres.
· Evidence about numbers travelling to town either by car or by more sustainable means
Meeting: 06/10/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres: Evidence Session
Tom Ironside; British Retail Consortium
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-05-11 Paper 2 - Evidence from British Retail Consortium, item 3 PDF 150 KB View as HTML (3/1) 83 KB
- EBC(4)-05-11 Paper 2 Annex - Evidence from British Retail Consortium, item 3 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
3.1 The Chair welcomed Tom Ironside to the meeting. Members questioned the witness.
3.2 Tom Ironside agreed to provide further information on retail employees in Wales.
Meeting: 06/10/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres: Evidence Session
Iestyn Davies; Federation of Small Business
Julie Williamson; Town Centre Market Trader – Swansea
Sue Morris; Town Centre Market Trader - Llandudno
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed Iestyn Davies, Sue Morris and Julie Williamson to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
Meeting: 06/10/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Sian Wilton, Boots Wales
Andrew Godfrey, Boots
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
4.1 The Chair welcomed Siân Wilton and Andrew Godfrey to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
4.2 Andrew Godfrey
agreed to share a copy of the report on BIDS by the University of Ulster.
Meeting: 06/10/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Russell Greenslade, Chief Executive - Swansea Business Improvement District
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed Russell Greenslade and Juliet Luporini to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
2.2 Russell Greenslade agreed to share a paper with the Committee on the scheme in Rotherham to encourage business in the town centre.
Meeting: 06/10/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Martin Blackwell, Chief Executive - Association of Town Centre Management
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed Martin Blackwell to the meeting. Members questioned the witness.
2.2Martin Blackwell agreed to provide further information on:
- Statistics on vacant units in Wales
Meeting: 28/09/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Dr Tim Peppin; Director of Regeneration and Sustainable
Development, Welsh Local Government Association
Roger Tanner; Caerphilly County Borough Council
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-03-11 Paper 2 - Evidence from Welsh Local Government Association, item 3 PDF 204 KB View as HTML (3/1) 148 KB
Minutes:
3.1 The Chair welcomed Dr Tim Peppin from the Welsh Local Government Association and Roger Tanner from Caerphilly County Borough Council. Members questioned the witnesses.
Meeting: 28/09/2011 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into Regeneration of Town Centres : Evidence Session
Dave Adamson;
Chief Executive, Centre for Regeneration Excellence in Wales
Andrew Dakin;
Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Regeneration Excellence in Wales
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair welcomed Dave Adamson and Andrew Dakin to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses