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Membership Minutes: The Committee noted that Councillor Rosemary Healy has replaced Councillor Adele Williams as a member of the Committee.
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Appointment of Vice-Chair Minutes: Resolved to appoint Councillor John Ogle as Vice-Chair of this Committee for this municipal year (May 2021 to April 2022)
The Chair thanked the previous Vice-Chair, Councillor Gordon Wheeler. |
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Apologies for absence Minutes: Councillor Sally Longford – on leave |
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Declarations of interest Minutes: None. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2021, for confirmation Minutes: The Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2021 as a correct record and they were signed by the Chair. |
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East Midlands Railways Presentation by Andrew Commons, Head of External Relations, EMR Minutes: Andy Commons, Head of External Relations, East Midlands Railways (EMR), gave a presentation and highlighted the following points:
(a)
EMR was formed in August 2019, with franchise awarded to
Abellio for 8 years. It runs three
service groups of trains in the East Midlands and beyond: EMR
Intercity, EMR Regional and EMR Connect. Last month saw a large
timetable change to these services; (b)
in March 2020 the franchise agreement
with Abellio was suspended due to the
Covid-19 pandemic and it was placed on an Emergency Measures
Agreement for 6 months, followed by an Emergency Recovery Measures
Agreement for 18 months which is still in place. All costs of
running the services are now borne by the treasury; (c)
service use has increased recently from
the height of the pandemic, but us still at a maximum of 40-50%.
Usage is increasingly driven by leisure usage rather than
commuting, with weekend travel more popular; (d)
passenger priorities have changed during
the pandemic, with cleanliness now being the number one priority
and overcrowding less of a concern. EMR passengers are 90%
satisfied with cleanliness; (e)
Great British Railways’ (GBR’s) establishment was
announced following the Williams Review. From 2023 GBR will
integrate all railways, own the infrastructure, run and plan the
network, and set fares and timetables; (f)
the recent timetable change has resulted
in peak time journey improvements to London St Pancras of 10
minutes, along with earlier and later trains at the start and end
of the day. It has also introduced a new direct train between Crewe
and Stoke on Trent, a direct train to Grimsby, and additional
trains to Sheffield, Derby and Skegness; (g) EMR’s future plans include the split of the Liverpool to Norwich service at Nottingham, and the continuing replacement of the regional fleet. In 2023, new Aurora trains will come into service on the intercity route, which are a bespoke design bi-mode train by Hitachi.
The following points were raised during the discussion which followed:
(h)
there used to be a group looking into
the feasibility for more commuter stations in Nottingham, such as
at Faraday Road near Jubilee Campus and it would be beneficial to
start these discussions again. The development of the railway
network falls with the Department for Transport and GBR, but the
local authorities could collaborate with EMR on developing a
case; (i)
the Aurora trains will be catered and
will be fully disability compliant. They will also have comfortable
seats following research and testing with the public; (j)
flexible season tickets will soon be introduced nationally,
allowing 8 days of travel within a 28 day period; (k) EMR staff are not able to enforce the wearing of face coverings and social distancing but can contact a member of the British Transport Police. |
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Greater Nottingham Joint Planning Advisory Board Update PDF 390 KB Report of the Joint Officer Steering Group Minutes: Matt Gregory, Head of Planning Strategy and Building Control, presented the report, which includes the minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2020.
The Draft Greater Nottingham 2028 Vision Statement which was discussed at the March meeting was also attached. Following a question from a Councillor it was confirmed that the Strategic Plan must have an accompanying infrastructure delivery plan that will set out the requirements for additional infrastructure around any new housing developments.
Councillors also noted the rapid growth of housing in the city centre and commented that must be kept under observation.
Resolved to note the contents of this report |
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Nottinghamshire Minerals and Nottinghamshire & Nottingham Joint Waste Local Plans updates PDF 127 KB Report of Joint Officer Steering Group Minutes: Stephen Pointer, Team Manager Planning Policy, introduced the report informing the Committee of progress with preparing the Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan and the Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Local Plan.
The Minerals Local Plan has now been adopted following receipt of the Inspector’s Report and is published on the County Council’s website.
Work is now progressing on a Draft Waste Plan to be reported to the two Councils in October 2021. As part of the Plan, a Waste Needs Assessment is being prepared by AECOM. Mike Bains from AECOM gave a presentation to the Committee and highlighted the following:
(a)
the Waste Needs Assessment identifies the capacity that will ne
required to manage the region’s waste. This is based on
current waste arisings, expected future changes, and recycling and
recovery; (b)
industrial waste, construction and demolition waste, and hazardous
waste are all factored into the Assessment. This waste may increase
as more house are built in the region; (c)
it is expected that recycling and recovery will increase, with a
government target of 65% by 2035. Higher levels of construction
waste are already recycled that household waste; (d) Nottinghamshire has a slight surplus capacity for recycled waste but will face a shortfall for landfill by 2038 of around 3.5 million tonnes.
The following points were raised during the discussion which followed:
(e)
more opportunities could be taken to use technology for further
recycling, such as extract minerals from waste or using glass for
road surfacing; (f) Councillors often hear reports of small businesses struggling to recycle their waste as it is too expensive, or facilities won’t take it. Facilities are available and could be better advertised.
Resolved to
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note the contents of the report; (2) ask an appropriate person to give a presentation at a future meeting on waste recovery technology. |
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Minutes: James Ashton, Transport Strategy Manager, introduced the report providing an update on the transport related issues across the Greater Nottingham conurbation and highlighted the following:
(a)
introduction of a 20mph zone in the city
centre is currently under consultation. The scheme has been
redesigned following objections from the police and bus
operators; (b)
the City Council has been monitoring the
transport network to understand the effects of the restrictions on
travel brought in to control the Covid-19 outbreak. Car traffic
levels are now at 90% of normal levels but bus and tram travel is
still at only 25%. Cycling has increased significantly; (c)
the Active Travel Fund continues to support making cycling and
walking realistic alternatives to car travel, through support for
businesses, support for communities and support for
schools; (d)
the Bus Partnership Advanced Quality Partnership Scheme is now in
place which requires all bus operators to use Euro VI or higher
quality vehicles at all city centre bus stops, in order to reduce
harmful emissions; (e) both the City and Council councils are actively investigating bidding opportunities through the governments levelling up fund.
The following points were raised during the discussion which followed:
(f)
high design standards required for dedicated cycle routes have made
some of them unfeasible without additional funding; (g) e-scooters have been extremely popular in the city since their introduction, and the number of complaints has begun to reduce as users are becoming more familiar with the rules.
Resolved to note the contents of the report. |
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Joint Committee Work Programme PDF 124 KB Report of the Joint Officer Steering Group Minutes: Matt Gregory, Head of Planning Strategy and Building Control, introduced the report outlining the Committee’s work programme from June 2021 to September 2021.
An update on progress with HS2 is planned for discussion at the next meeting, but this may be postponed if the Integrated Rail Plan has not been published.
Resolved to note the Joint Committee’s work programme and give consideration to any future items. |
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Future dates To meet at 10.30pm on the following Fridays during 2021/22 municipal year:
2021 2022 10 September 11 March 10 December Minutes: The Committee agreed to meet on the following Fridays during the 2021/22 municipal year:
10 September 2021 10 December 2021 11 March 2022 |