Hampshire County Council Amended decision

Cabinet (Item 6)

9 July 2007

Rowner Renewal Partnership (RRP)

(Summary of an Exempt report)

Report of the Chief Executive & the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

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Summary

1.1

The following decisions were made:

a) the revised Rowner Renewal Partnership proposals as set out in the exempt report.

b) The County Council's appointees to the Rowner Renewal Partnership at commencement of the project be as set out in the exempt report.

c) That the County Council's appointees to the Rower Renewal Partnership submit regular progress reports.

d) That Gosport Borough Council be requested to provide further details of their proposals for land south west of Howe Road.

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Reason

2.1

This proposal supports all three of the County Council's corporate priorities and all four themes in the Hampshire Community Strategy (i.e. Strong and Safe Communities; Health and Wellbeing; Economic Prosperity and Lifelong Learning; Environment, Infrastructure and Transport) and thus falls within the provision of Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (i.e. the general power of wellbeing).

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Safer and more secure for all/strong and safe communities: through engaging the community and by improving the security aspect of the urban design in the project.

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Maximising Wellbeing/Health and Wellbeing/Economic Prosperity and Lifelong Learning: through creating accessible opportunities for people to engage with the community, education, skills and employment routes.

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Enhancing our Quality of Place/Environment, Infrastructure and Transport: by regenerating an area of renowned blight and building a new environment that enhances the quality of life of the people who will live there, creating a self-sustaining and improving community realising its potential for the first time in decades.

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Other options considered and rejected

3.1

None

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Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker or other Executive Member consulted - None

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Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - None

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Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent - None