Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this agenda.

The following declaration of interest was made in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting held on 7 December 2009.

Resolved that the minutes of the meeting held on 7 December 2009 be confirmed as a correct record subject to the following change; Councillor Wildy to be marked as present and Councillor Wheeler to be marked as having provided his apologies.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

To receive any feedback from the Overview and Scrutiny Board on issues which concern this Panel.

The Democratic Support Officer informed the Panel that on 3 February 2010 the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board resolved that the recommendation from 7 December 2010 Growth and Prosperity meeting regarding ‘Worklessness: The Contribution and Role of Plymouth City Council’ be amended slightly as set out in the supplementary agenda (pages 1-2).

The Panel noted the amendment.

The Assistant Director for Planning Services will submit a report on the Local Development Framework – Annual Monitoring Report.

The Assistant Director for Planning Services, a Spatial Planning Coordinator and Spatial Planning Officer together with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Strategic Housing and Economic Development provided the Panel with an update on the Local Development Framework 2009 Annual Monitoring Report.

The Panel was informed that –

In response to questions raised it was reported that –

The Assistant Director for Strategic Housing will submit a report on the role of strategic housing in Plymouth.

The Assistant Director for Strategic Housing and the Cabinet Member for Planning, Strategic Housing and Economic Development provided the Panel with an update on Plymouth City Council’s Housing Service (as set out in the agenda, pages 123-134).

In response to questions raised it was reported that –

Recommended that –

(Councillor Thompson declared a personal interest in this item)

Members will be provided with an update on the Hoe Foreshore site visit that took place on 4 February 2010.

The Chair informed that Panel that a site visit for the Hoe Foreshore Task and Finish Group took place on 4 February 2010; the majority of red risks originally highlighted by the Audit Committee on 18 December 2008 had been rectified however it was expected that all remedial works would be completed by the end of February 2010. The diving board that was originally identified as a red risk had been dismantled.

Members will be provided with an update on the Skateboarding Task and Finish Group.

Councillor Coker provided the Panel with a brief update on the Review of Skateboarding Task and Finish Group and informed Members that four recommendations were made to help alleviate the problem of skateboarding outside the Civic Centre.

Councillor Wildy commended the work of the Task and Finish Group and congratulated Panel Members for the sensitive yet practical way the issue of skateboarding in the city centre was handled.

Resolved that the four recommendations from the Review of Skateboarding By Law Task and Finish Group be submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board for approval.

To monitor progress on previous resolutions.

The Business Manager for Development and Regeneration informed the Panel that Destination South West would not be added to the Panel’s agenda until the tourism strategy had been completed, the agenda item concerning the possibility of co-opting a representative to the Panel would be added to the March agenda and that the resolution concerning Worklessness had been revised by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board (minute 49 refers).

To review the panels work programme 2009/10.

The Business Manager for Development and Regeneration informed the Panel that the Carbon Reduction Commitment item specified on the work programme was no longer part of the Panel’s remit due to a change in corporate structure. The Panel was also informed that the next meeting was to be focused around the Growth agenda and city and sub regional governance.

Resolved that –

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) of Part 3 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Resolved that, under Section 100(A)(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of confidential/exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 Schedule 12A of the (Local Government Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Members of the Panel will receive a verbal update on the Eastern Corridor.

The Major Schemes Project Manager, the Portfolio holder for Transport and the Assistant Director for Transport provided the Panel with an update on the Eastern Corridor.

Resolved that the update be noted.