Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from:

Andy Walker – Lancashire County Council

Paul Foster – Federation of Small Businesses

Margaret Kalaugher – Nichols Group

Christina Shepherd – BEIS

Bernie Keenan – Progress Housing

Tim Cahill – Runshaw College (arranged substitute)

Neil Anderson – SRBC

Michelle Lawty Jones – Lancashire Enterprise Partnership

Claire Lowe – UCLAN

Rosie Jenkins - BEIS

Draft minutes of the meeting on 15 October 2020 enclosed.

Decision - The minutes of the Board Meeting held on 25 September 2020 were agreed.

Letter received from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Jonathan Noad referred to a letter received from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The letter stated that a Town Deal Board Assessment had been carried out by the Towns Hub and that Leyland Town Board had been given a pass. It further stated that Leyland Town Board complied with all of the recommendations in both the Towns Fund prospectus and the Further Guidance and that they look forward to receiving the Town Investment Plan.

Jonathan further informed the Board of a plan to ‘buddy up’ with other Town Boards for a mutually beneficial exchange and that indications were a decision from the government on the TIP should hopefully be in the new year.

Decision – That the letter be noted and welcomed.

Document to follow.

Andrew Clarke presented the revised TIP which had now been circulated to the Town Board. He highlighted the extended cycle lane for extra linkage, which he explained did not adversely affect the public realm aspect of the Plan and that no other projects needed to be reduced as the calculated overall value of the TIP would still be within the £50m. Jonathan Noad indicated that additional funding for the cycle lanes would also be attracted at the planning permission stage.

The Town Board welcomed the document and thanked everyone involved in producing the TIP.

The Board were informed that the deadline for submitting the TIP was midnight on 30 October, so it was still possible for any final comments to be incorporated into the final document.

Decision –

1.     That the revised TIP be approved in principle, subject to any final amendments arising from the comments received, to be agreed by the Chair in consultation with Jonathan Noad

2.     That any final comments on the revised TIP be submitted by 10.00am on 30 October 2020; and

3.     That an email be circulated to all members of the Town Board advising them of the above deadline.

Jonathan Noad advised that the Board would be kept updated via email on all developments and the outcome of the Bid.

Andrew Clarke referred to work on the Planning Application which it  was hoped would be submitted in June 2021.

Jennifer Gadsdon also indicated that the forward plan for engagement referred to in paragraph 3.16 of the TIP would continue.

To be confirmed

To be confirmed.