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1. Future Development of Air Transport in UK - A National Consultation

Discussed at meeting held on 4 December 2002

2. South Downs National Park. SDNP is now proceeding to the next, important stage. Many new

aspects need to be considered.

Cabinet decision: 24 February 2003 confirming the basis of the PRC's representations to be as per Cabinet decision in July 2002.

3. Minerals and Waste Local Plan Review

5 March 2003 meeting

4. Discuss how footways in villages can be kept/brought up to par.

5 March 2003 meeting (Parish Lengthsmen report)

5. Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future (statement by Deputy Prime Minister to the

House of Commons delivered on 5 February 2003)

Referred by Cabinet on 24 February 2003 to Environment PRC meeting on 5 March 2003. Will also be considered by Policy & Resources PRC.

6. Provision of cycle entrances to every school as well as proposed cycle routes. Probably need to

liaise with Education.

Programme to upgrade footways in estates built 30/40 years ago. Their roads are also

beginning to deteriorate.

Safety measures in our streets and adjoining buildings used by the public of all ages.

Falls into the area of the Transportation Strategy Panels and Highway Management Advisory Panels - spring cycle of meetings will be held during February/March 2003

7. New Highway Agency Agreements: what will the new arrangements look like? Will they be

much the same but under a new name? Where will the loyalty of the officers lie? Would like to

see a monitoring process put in place, from patching up holes and replacing bus shelters (who

takes responsibility for the contractors and do they know whom they are working for?) to

overall expenditure. Suggest a short annual report from each of the new 11 Highway

Management Advisory Panels

9 July 2003 meeting (Blueprint Issues report)

8. Rural transport/accessibility: could more be done cooperatively between districts, Voluntary

Sector, Social Services, Youth Service, Education and maybe even Health? Perhaps the

CANGO scheme will help but would the LSPs be a good forum for discussion of the subject of

shared funding, shared use and needs for school buses/mini buses/post buses/taxi vouchers?

Public transport - future changes needed.

HCC provision of transport (direct or subsidised)

Debate how the public can be encouraged to switch to public transport before there are

adequate public transport alternatives available to them.

9 July 2003 meeting (Bus Service Strategy)

9. The recent policy statement by the DoT on "Delivering Better Transport - Progress Report".

(published December 2002)

3 September 2003 meeting (Annual Progress Report for the Local Transport Plan)

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10. Strategic Rail Authority Strategic Plan 2003 and Route Descriptions - couple this with the

recent announcements on extending the capital programme and cuts in services.

Suggest that a short digest be produced for all Members of the Committee with the supporting documents made available in the Members' Rooms

11. Is it reasonable or appropriate to under-provide car parking facilities prior to adequate public

transport alternatives being available, pushing cars onto adjacent roads causing traffic

problems that otherwise would not exist? Example 1 - Queen Alexandra Hospital,

Portsmouth: deliberating under-providing 400 staff car parking spaces. Example 2 - Havant

College.

Hampshire Parking Standards apply - report considered by the PRC on 17 September 2001. Early days - review the effects in 2004.

12. Looking at the use of Parish Partnership money, Environmental Improvement Grants, liaison

with the other bodies over Village Appraisals, Market Towns Healthcheck Toolkits. Which

districts have their own `Environmental Grants' budget and how much do they pay? Does it

have to have matching funding? Do we even wish to try to standardise this across the County

or is it better to allow for individual enthusiasms? What comes under Recreation & Heritage

Executive decisions and what comes under Environment Executive decisions and why?

Is this a PRC issue or, if a Member has a particular issue, could it best be dealt with by discussion with the relevant officer(s)?

Topics that came out of consideration of the Revenue Budget report for 2003/04 at 22 January 2003 meeting:

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13. Waste management:

· disposal of fridges

· disposal of abandoned vehicles

· capacity of household waste recycling centres

7 May 2003 (Project Integra Business Plan)

14. Highway maintenance - performance of the highways maintenance term contractor

9 July 2003 meeting (Highway Maintenance report)

15. Bus services

9 July 2003 (Bus Service Strategy)

16. Cost of restructuring of the Environment Department

3 September 2003 (Budget Monitoring report)

17. Staff vacancies/service levels

18. Flooding

Members to advise - focus on the recent flooding in Hampshire or extend further to encompass the wider environmental issues and risks for Hampshire caused by climate change.

Topics to be covered by a Seminar

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19. The roll forward of the current structure plan.

Strategic spatial planning issues in Hampshire.

Current progress on the South Hampshire Study.

Progress on the Blackwater Valley Study.

The practicality of a Local Development Framework (LDF) for Hampshire.

The relationship of the County Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) with future County planning

policies.

Debate the Government's aim to increase housing density in urban areas and whether the

infrastructure of the areas will be taken into account.

Whole aspect of spatial policy - looking at the next 15-20 years, both on a county and regional

basis, leading to the regional agenda which will include social exclusion as well as social

gradient issues.

Relationship between transport, land use and the integration coupled with social mobility.

Effect of development on healthcare and public health and supplementary planning guidance

needed.

Rural renaissance and what needs to be done to both stabilise and develop the rural economy.

Urban synergy, both in planning and its wide holistic relationship terms and remembering the

Audit Commission report and comments on the County Council strategy on economic

prosperity looking at how we reduce the barriers to employment and the whole field of

training, transport as well as man use issues.

The delivery side which covers resources and where those resources come from and

community involvement.

Timing dependent upon outcome from current progress of Planning Bill and discussions with SEERA and districts/unitaries.

20. Transport modal shift and tolls/road charges.

Late 2003/early 2004