Issue - meetings

Report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on setting up a Member Board to oversee the regeneration of the town centre.

The Cabinet agreed to the appointment and terms of reference of a cross party Welwyn Garden City Town Centre Regeneration Board comprising seven Members in the ratio:3:2:2.

Report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) proposing the setting up of a Member Board to oversee the Welwyn Garden City town centre regeneration including procurement related activities.

The Council would like to build upon the success of the Hatfield regeneration process as recommended in the Peer Review and use this as a model for Welwyn Garden City. Commitment to this was further given in the Leader’s response to a question by a Member at the Council meeting on 22 July 2019 (Minute 18.2 refers).

A significant amount of work had already been performed by the Estates and Development team in conjunction with the Planning department as part of the Welwyn Garden City Town Centre North project, but it had to be recognised that the retail environment had become significantly more challenging over time.

RESOLVED:

That the Cabinet agrees to a cross party Welwyn Garden City Town Centre Regeneration Board being set up comprising seven Members in the ratio:3:2:2 with the terms of reference as shown in Appendix A to the report.