Agenda item

King Egbert Upper School - Draft Planning Brief

Minutes:

8.1

Steve Smith, Property and Facilities Management, with the permission of the Chair, gave information orally to the meeting on the process to be undertaken on developing a planning and design brief for the former King Ecgbert Upper School site.  He stated that a draft Planning and Design brief would go out for public consultation from Monday, 22 October, 2012, with information available at Totley Library, on the City Council web site and that posters would be provided in the area and leaflets circulated to residents.  He also advised that there would be drop-in sessions and workshops held for residents and local community groups.  It was explained that the Planning and Design brief was intended to be finalised by mid to late December, to allow the City Council to submit a planning application for the site by March/April 2013.

 

 

8.2

The meeting was informed that the need for car parking on the lower level of the site for the open space provision, would be considered by the Council, as landowner, separately to the Planning Brief consultation process being undertaken.  There would also be further consultation opportunities during the pre-application and the planning application stages of the process, on any proposed development of the site.

 

 

8.3

The Chair thanked Steve Smith for bringing the information item to the Assembly meeting.