Agenda and minutes

Members are requested to declare any Personal or Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

If it is a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, you should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer that you are withdrawing as you have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests, the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days

There were no declarations of personal or disclosable pecuniary interests in relation to items on the agenda.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 January 2013.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 January 2013 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act, the Chairman decides are urgent.

There were no urgent items of business.

To consider the following motion:

That pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 6 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

(NB:     No representations have been received in relation to the notice published pursuant to Regulation 5 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2012.)

RESOLVED that pursuant to Regulation 21 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) Regulations 2000, members of the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 6 which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information under the following category of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972:

(3)        Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

The Committee considered a report containing exempt information on the following item.  The decision taken is detailed in the attached decision sheet and summarised below:

To consider the latest progress report on proposals for the regeneration of Bracknell town centre.

RESOLVED that:

1          The land deal for the  replacement building outlined in paragraph 5.1.1 (Appendix A of the Assistant Chief Executive’s report) be approved so that it can be included in the Development Agreement, subject to resolution of the issue outlined in paragraph 5.1.2;

2          Authority to resolve the issue outlined in paragraph 5.1.2 be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Executive Members for Economic Development & Regeneration and Transformation & Finance;

3          The Public Spaces Strategy (Appendix B) be approved;

4          The approach to public realm management for the new public square outside Waitrose be approved;

5          The schedule of delegations outlined in Appendix C be approved

6          The principle of the Council negotiating an exchange deal with the Bracknell Regeneration Limited Partnership relating to the Charles Square escalators be approved.