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Wivenhoe Town Council's Cook's Shipyard Section 106 Working Party The Working Party was established by the Town Council in March 2002 specifically to consider aspects of the development of Cook’s Shipyard by Lexden Restorations that would most likely fall under a Section 106 agreement. These included many highway improvements as well as public access and facilities within the development. The Working Party has comprised Town Councillors and representatives of the following organisations: Wivenhoe Society, Anglesea Road Residents Association, East Street & Brook Street Residents Association, Wivenhoe Fishermen’s Association, and the Shipyard Project.Apart from meetings locally involving the core group of 13 people, meetings have also taken place at Lexden Grange with CBC officers, the developer, legal people and LR’s site architect. Cllr Peter Hill and Cllr Richard Davies have represented the WP at these meetings. In addition to meetings, there has been substantial e-mail contact amongst WP members and other Cllrs (including Wivenhoe Ward Cllrs) involving the review of all documents and letters.Report At the 16th September meeting of the Wivenhoe Town Council, the Working Party presented a comprehensive report of progress to date and making many recommendations in it. The Town Council considered these recommendations and gave them their full support. It also considered a 999 year lease from the developer under which the Town Council would manage the wet dock, fishermen's store, the public toilet, slipway, dinghy park and visitors car park. It made a decision 'in principle' to enter into the lease for the facilities as had been negotiated by the Working Party. For a full copy of the report click here. The following Press Release was issued after the meeting: PRESS
RELEASE
Re
Cook’s Shipyard The
Town Council at its meeting on Monday night, 16th September,
received a 4 page report from Cllr Peter Hill, Secretary of the Town
Council’s Cook’s Section 106 Working Party detailing progress in
dealing with many aspects of the development of Cook’s Shipyard by
Lexden Restorations. The
Report has been produced after many meetings with planners, the developer,
legal people, the scheme architect, consultation with local residents and
participation by several local organisations. Last
night, the Town Council agreed to enter into a 999 year lease which had
been negotiated with the developer to secure the Wet Dock for Wivenhoe
fishermen and also a storage yard which will be created. The lease also
secures for the general public, a new public toilet suitable for disabled
people, a slipway, a visitors car park and a dinghy park which will all be
managed by the Town Council. The
Town Council also heard about efforts to get improvements to access roads.
The Working Party, comprising Town Councillors and representatives of
several other organisations, have reviewed the Borough Council’s
original proposals and run a major public consultation exercise. This
has resulted in many modifications to the original proposals being sought
that were all agreed by the Town Council. In particular, the Borough
Council’s original proposals to make Valley Road a primary access road,
with signs directing traffic this way, is rejected as is the idea of
making Queens Road a cul-de-sac. The
Working Party want traffic shared between Valley Road and Queens Road
without any preference. However
they do want two speed tables installed in Queens Road, as offered by
Lexden Restorations, to constrain the speed of traffic down this narrow
road. Councillors
also heard that the developer is not required to undertake any highway
improvements until occupation of the first property. The developer has
agreed with the Working Party’s proposals that there should be a
preferred access route to Cook’s for people working on the site and to
install traffic calming measures. The Town Council agreed this route
should be Queens Road, and therefore the two speed tables should be
installed before constriction commences. The developer had also offered to
maintain the gravel surface of Anglesea Road during the construction
period. Having
got the Town Council’s full support to the recommendations of the
Report, the Working
Party’s next move was to meet with CBC Highways to seek their agreement
to these proposals and get the Section 106 Agreement amended accordingly. The
Town Council agreed that it would make the report available on its
Wivenhoe Encyclopedia web site (www.wivenhoe.gov.uk) For
more information contact: Cllr
Peter Hill, Secretary, WTC Cook’s Shipyard Section 106 Working Party.
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