81 TIVERTON TOWN MASTERPLAN FOLLOWING PUBLIC CONSULTATION (01.21.03) PDF 201 KB
To receive a report from the Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration on the Tiverton Town Master Plan following public consultation.
Minutes:
The Committee received and NOTED a *report from the Area Planning Officer on the Tiverton Town Masterplan following public consultation.
She outlined the contents of the report and stated that the report set out a summary of the response received from the recent public consultation. She stated that the Council had visited the Town Council twice, held two public consultations including one at Electric Nights, ran a video on Devon Live and extensively used social media to advertise and encourage participation in the consultation.
Although Members were disappointed that only 55 responses had been received the Area Planning Officer explained that the responses received had been very detailed and did contain a lot of useful information.
In response to a question on how long the Masterplan would take to implement the Area Planning Officer explained that the Tiverton Town Centre Working Group which consisted of Members and Officers would now be looking at next stages for the production of a draft Masterplan and also at implementation of the Masterplan.
The Chief Executive stated that the next stage would be to prepare and consult on a draft Masterplan and work up detailed propositions in parallel with the Masterplan.
Note: *Report previously circulated and attached to the minutes.