Decision details

Questions submitted by email by Peter Brown, Vice Convener, Helensburgh Community Council:

I submitted the following as a written question to the Area Committee on 20th December 2018:

“I would be grateful if the committee could clarify the content of Phase 2.

The Position Statement says that Phase 2 “includes the retail development, skate park, play park and landscaping”.  It would be perfectly understandable if the "blank area" in the development plan was Phase 2, but the landscaping for which the committee are being asked to increase the budget is not in the "blank area".  The West Clyde Street landscaping is clearly detailed in the plans which are to be considered at the PPSL committee on 19th December.  This means that either:

·         The plans that are in front of the PPSL committee include items from both Phase 1 and Phase 2, and so the budget that the Area Committee have previously agreed does not cover all of the plans. In that case, I would ask for clarification of what the budget previously agreed covers? Or;

·         The plans that are in front of the PPSL committee cover just Phase 1, in which case the Area Committee should not be asked to increase the budget that was previously agreed.”

The minutes on 20th December recorded the answer from John Gordon as follows:

"As it clearly states at section 5.6.1 of the Report to be considered at Item 13 of today’s Agenda, it was originally envisaged that the landscaping of the area to the North of the site, along the West Clyde Street frontage, would be part of Phase 2, and therefore no budget allowance for it had been made."

The Report attached to the Agenda for the Area Committee on 20th December was indeed clear, but what I wanted to understand is whether the Area Committee had been informed prior to the December 2018 meeting agenda about this gap in the project budget?

Specifically, can the Area Committee provide the document that pre-dates December 2018 in which they were informed as to which components would be delivered in Phase 1 and which components in Phase 2?

Response from the Chair of the Area Committee:

The Area Committee Manager will seek a response from the CHORD Programme Manager and reply directly to Mr Brown with copy sent to Members of the Helensburgh and Lomond Area Committee.