Agenda

Members and Officers are invited to make any declaration of pecuniary, personal and/or prejudicial interests that they may have in relation to items on this agenda, and are reminded that they should re-declare their interest before consideration of the items or as soon as the interest becomes apparent.

Members and Officers should make their declaration by stating:

a)             the item they have the interest in

b)             whether it is a pecuniary/personal interest and/or prejudicial interest

c)             the nature of the interest

The Committee will be asked to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Economy Committee held on 2 February 2023.

The Committee are required to agree their meeting start times for the remaining meetings of the municpal year 2023/24.

To receive questions from the public (for a period of up to 15 minutes)

The report follows a meeting of the Economy Committee in November 2022 at which the following was agreed: The Committee:

·       Supports the principle of permanently closing Pier Road to through-traffic.

·       Authorises officers to engage with West Sussex County Council as Highway Authority in order to appraise the feasibility, process, legal requirements, costs (both capital and revenue), timescales, and necessary agreements to deliver the preferred option of a permanent closure.

·       Authorises officers to explore the opportunity of increasing the length of the proposed closure area to include the area of highway as far north as the Gravy Boat restaurant; and

·       Requests that officers provide a report to a future meeting of the Committee setting out officers’ findings and conclusions in respect of recommendation 2.1.2 and 2.1.3.

Officers have now undertaken the required work and this report provides the Committee with details of that work and a recommended way forward.

This report provides an update to the Economy Committee on the completion of public realm works to Littlehampton Town Centre (phases 2&3). 

The purpose of this report is to explain the current condition of the Bognor Regis Arcade upper floors, the barriers that are preventing its reuse, and seek members consent to refurbish the upper floors into private rented apartments using a potential grant from the Brown Field Land Release Fund and a £7,362,747 investment through the capital programme.

The report sets out the performance of the Key Performance indicators at Quarter 4 and end of year for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

The Council Vision 2022-2026 was approved at Full Councill in March 2022.

To support the Vision, we have a comprehensive set of measurable performance indicators which allow us to identify how well we are delivering across a full range of services.   Two kinds of indicators were agreed at the Policy and Finance Committee on 17 March 2022.  The first of these are the subject of this report, the ’Vision Indicators’ and this is the first annual report on them.   These annual indicators primarily update the progress against strategic milestones. 

The report is seeking approval for undertaking business case appraisals to explore the options of developing cafes at Esplanade Theatre and Bognor Regis Promenade ‘Stalls Zone’.

There are no update reports for this meeting. The Outside Bodies list has been attached with those bodies and representatives highlighted which feed into the Economy Committee for members to note.

The work programme for the municipal year 2023/24 is attached for members review and comment.

The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution: -

          That under Section 100a (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and accredited representatives of newspapers be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act by virtue of the paragraph specified against the item.

The report provides a brief to the committee updating on the current position relating to three premises, as well as presenting options for consideration to the future tenure of the site.