City Development Committee - 15/12/2003

At a MEETING of the PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 15th December, 2003.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

 

 

 

BAILIES

 

C D P FARQUHAR

John CORRIGAN

Ian BORTHWICK

 

Neil I C POWRIE

 

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Jill SHIMI

Fraser MACPHERSON

Joe FITZPATRICK

Kevin KEENAN

Helen DICK

Christina ROBERTS

George REGAN

Nigel DON

Jim BARRIE

Julia M STURROCK

Bob DUNCAN

Elizabeth F FORDYCE

Fiona M GRANT

Richard BEATTIE

Roderick A J WALLACE

Christopher HIND

Willie W SAWERS

Charles A WEBSTER

Joe MORROW

 

Derek J SCOTT

 

Councillor GRANT, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 1st December 2003 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I TENDERS RECEIVED

 

There was submitted Report No 823-2003 by the City Architectural Services Officer detailing offers received in respect of the construction of bus stances for Ninewells Hospital Interchange.

 

The Committee agreed to accept the lowest offer from Muirfield (Contracts) Limited, Dundee in the sum of 137,374.19, to which required to be added allowances amounting to 17,570, making a total of 154,944.19.

 

The Committee noted that Muirfield (Contracts) Limited had listed the undernoted sub-contractors:-

 

Lareine Engineering Limited, West Lothian

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Curtain Walling

Angus McMurtie Limited, Wellbank

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Blacksmith

Angus Decorating Company Limited, Arbroath

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Painter

Adamson Fabrications (Dundee) Limited

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Stainless Steel Work.

 

The Convener agreed that the undernoted items be considered as a matter of urgency in terms of Standing Order 17(b) in view of the timescales involved.

 

II DUNDEE TECHNOLOGY PARK - REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 50 (NOW SECTION 75)AGREEMENT

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN547-2003 advising the Committee that on 1st December, 2003, under delegated powers, planning permission was granted for the erection of a two-storey 1,100m2 Class 4 office development with car park on Explorer Road/Luna Place, Technology Park.

The Technology Park was subject to Section 50 (now Section 75) Agreements between the former Dundee District and Tayside Regional Councils and the former Scottish Development Agency prohibiting certain office uses. To allow the development to proceed without being in breach of these existing planning controls the Council, as statutory successor of Dundee District Council and Tayside Regional Council, would require to grant a formal Waiver of the existing Section 50 Agreements.

 

The Committee formally agreed to waive the existing Section 50 Agreements to the extent noted above.

 

III PROPOSALS FOR A NEW APPROACH TO TRANSPORT IN SCOTLAND

 

There was submitted Report No 827-2003 by the Director of Planning and Transportation regarding proposals put forward in the Scottish Executive's publication "Consultation on Scotland's Transport - Proposals for a new approach to transport in Scotland".

 

The Committee agreed to:-

 

(i) note the observations made in the report; and

 

(ii) approve the replies to the specific questions asked in the document as displayed in Appendix A to the report.

 

 

 

 

FIONA GRANT, Convener.