Agenda and minutes
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Apologies for absence
Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from:
Councillor Emma Baker Councillor Rhys Baker Councillor Pam Bosworth Councillor Paul Fellows Councillor Jane Kingman Councillor Zoe Lane Councillor Nikki Manterfield Councillor Nick Robins Councillor Penny Robins Councillor Lee Steptoe Councillor Ian Stokes Councillor Elvis Stooke Councillor Rosemary Trollope-Bellew Councillor Sarah Trotter Councillor Murray Turner |
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Disclosure of Interests
Members are asked to disclose any interests in matters for consideration at the meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: No interests were disclosed. |
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Public Open Forum
The Council welcomes engagement from members of the public. To speak at this meeting please register at least 3 working days before the date of the meeting via democracy@southkesteven.gov.uk. Additional documents: Minutes: No members of the public had registered to speak. |
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St Martin's Park Redevelopment Project, Stamford
To provide an update regarding the St Martin’s Park, Stamford redevelopment project, and the preferred option recommended by the members of the Finance and Economic Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 15 January 2024 for the next steps with the project. Additional documents:
Minutes: Members received an update regarding the St. Martin’s Park, Stamford redevelopment project, as well as considering the preferred option recommended by the members of the Finance and Economic Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 15 January 2024 for the next steps with the project.
Prior to excluding the public and press, the following points were raised during debate:
· The land was purchased with the best of intentions when Stamford’s last large-scale employer closed its factory onsite. · A way forward for the project had been sought for it to break even whilst retaining employment use on the land. Originally, it was decided to go ahead with a redevelopment of the St. Martin’s Park site to ensure that Stamford wasn’t blighted by a failed industrial site. · The cost of the project to date was £10 million, with a further third of a million pounds being added every year. · The 1904 factory building on site was in a poor state and may collapse before it could be demolished.
The options contained within Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 were exempt from publication, and the public and press were excluded from the meeting, following a vote, under paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 following a vote; if they had remained they would have been party to commercially sensitive information.
When the meeting returned to being public, having been moved, seconded, and voted upon it was AGREED to approve Option 2 within Appendix 1 of the report, with additional points 1-5 from Appendix 2, as amended.
Councillor Phil Dilks, Tim Harrison, Virginia Moran and Vanessa Smith wished their abstention from the vote be recorded.
Councillors Charmaine Morgan and Max Sawyer wished for their vote against the proposals to be recorded.
The meeting closed at 5:25pm. |