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Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Plans for Port Royal: anticipating a Regeneration Board >> budgeting for a 'renewal and resilience strategy'

Publication of the Port Royal Scoping Study report has been delayed:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: anticipating a Regeneration Board >> Town Council not to consider report as yet...
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: anticipating a Regeneration Board >> Scoping Study consultants' final report presented to Reference Group > more in the press

The consultants will be reporting back to the District Council's Cabinet on 7th February with their latest version:
List of meetings 2017/2018 
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: a set of information sheets available > 'to help more people know the facts and understand aspects of the potential redevelopment of Port Royal and Eastern Town'

The council will have had to pay them a little more for their services, having forgotten things like covenants and flooding issues:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: 'further investigations in respect of flooding and covenants' needed

The budgeted amount agreed to in January 2016 was £8k from the District Council and £2k from the Town Council:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: anticipating a Regeneration Board >>> ‘Scoping Report for the eastern end of Sidmouth’ to be presented to Cabinet >>> Wednesday 6th January

Five years ago, though, £30k had been committed to a 'renewal and resilience strategy' for Port Royal:

Special Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2012/13 
Budget and Service Plans 
Wednesday 18 January 2012 
SPECIAL ITEM BIDS 2012/13
RC
New Regeneration Town centre renewal and resilience strategies
£30k for each of 3 years Axminster town centre, Honiton – Visioning, high street and public realm, Sidmouth Port Royal.
30,000

held in the Council Chamber, Knowle, Sidmouth 
on Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Revenue and Capital Estimates 2012/13 – Key Decision
In response to a specific question about committing funds to the renewal of Axminster, Honiton and Sidmouth town centres, Richard Cohen, Deputy Chief Executive advised that he was aware of resource implications but there was a need to consider the on-going health of towns in addition to the regeneration of Seaton and Exmouth.


There was some debate in the Scrutiny Committee at the time:
£90k strategy could boost Port Royal - Latest Sidmouth and Ottery News - Sidmouth Herald

Meanwhile, back in August 2009:

Following the departure of its Urban Designer and the post being frozen, East Devon District Council has no internal resources to progress a development brief for the Port Royal site, says corporate director Karime Hassan, in a report before the council's executive board next Wednesday (September 2), and private consultants would have to be engaged, at an estimated cost of £60,000, to produce the brief.

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