Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Julien Danero-Iglesias, [email protected], 020 7983 5802

The Committee is recommended:

(a)  To agree the terms of reference for its investigation, Can Regenerating London’s Town Centres Deliver Good Growth?, as set out in paragraph 4.8 of this report and agrees the scoping paper attached at Appendix 1 to the report;

(b)  To note the report as background to the discussion with invited guests regarding the regeneration of town centres in London, and to note the subsequent discussion;

(c)  To note the summary of the site visit to Wembley and Wealdstone on 15 June 2017, as attached at Appendix 2 to the report; and

(d)  To delegate authority to the Chair, Navin Shah AM, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman, to agree any output from the Committee’s meeting on the regeneration of town centres in London.

9.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as

background to a discussion with the invited guests on the health and regeneration of town centres across London.

9.2  The Chair welcomed the following invited guests to the meeting:

·  Denise Beedell, Development Manager, Greater London, Federation of Small Businesses;

·  Mark Billington, Head of Economic Development and Enterprise, Harrow Council;

·  Jonny Birkett, Chief Executive, Nightworks;

·  Gerard Burgess, Senior Strategic Planner, Greater London Authority; and

·  Erin Byrne, Senior Project Officer, Regeneration, GLA.

9.3  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

9.4  During the course of the discussion the Senior Strategic Planner, GLA, undertook to:

·  Check whether the Health Check of town centres would include data about discount stores; and

·  Consider the potential to undertake supplementary work to monitor the impact of the business rates revaluation on town centres, noting that it would be important to have the most up to date data to underpin the policies of the London Plan.

9.5  At the end of the discussion, the Chair thanked the guests for their attendance and helpful contributions to the meeting.

9.6  Resolved:

(a)  That the terms of reference for the Committee’s investigation, Can Regenerating London’s Town Centres Deliver Good Growth?, as set out in paragraph 4.8 of the report and the scoping paper, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be agreed.

(b)  That the report and discussion with invited guests be noted.

(c)  That the summary of the site visit to Wembley and Wealdstone on 15 June 2017, as attached at Appendix 2 to the report, be noted.

(d)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, Navin Shah AM, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman, to agree any output from the Committee’s meeting on the regeneration of town centres in London.