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Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Planning and Parking Panel on 14 December 2017 on agreement to update the Strategy and approval to include the Aldykes area in the work programme

Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Planning and Parking Panel on 14 December 2017 on agreement to update the Strategy and approval to include the Aldykes area in the work programme.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the inclusion of the Aldykes and surrounding roads within the scope of the project, as recommended by the Cabinet Planning and Parking Panel, be approved.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The Council had added a project to the capital work programme to seek planning approval for the construction of a multi-storey car park (MSCP) in the Common, Hatfield. This would release other sites within the town centre which had been highlighted as development opportunities by the multi-agency Visioning Group as part of the Hatfield 2030+ project.

The sites which had been highlighted were mainly surface car parks and the creation of the MSCP would enable these to be developed. To minimise displacement during construction a temporary upper deck would be installed in Lemsford Road car park which would provide up to 100 of the 148 parking spaces that would be temporarily lost from The Common car park.

(Note:  There were no declarations of interest by a Member(s) in respect of the matter decided).