City Development Committee - 12/03/2007

At a MEETING of the PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 12th March, 2007.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Fiona GRANT, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 12th February, 2007 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I TACTRAN REGIONAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY - DRAFT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Councillors Grant, Keenan and Wallace declared a non-financial interest in this item by virtue of being the City Council's representatives on TACTRAN.

There was submitted Report No 125-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation, outlining the purpose and content of the Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership's (TACTRAN) draft Regional Transport Strategy (RTS).

The Committee agreed to:-

(a)                    strongly support the Preferred Strategy as being the correct strategy for the TACTRAN region;

(b)                    note the purpose and content of the consultation and endorse Dundee City Council's detailed response as contained in Appendix A to the report; and

(c)                    note TACTRAN was preparing a Delivery Plan in parallel with the consultation process and that the Council expected the Delivery Plan contained within the final published RTS to be used as a starting point for consultation with the constituent Local Authorities on funding of interventions and the statutory transport functions required.

II DRAFT LOCHEE PHYSICAL REGENERATION FRAMEWORK

There was submitted Report No 59-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation seeking the Committee's approval of a Draft Physical Regeneration Framework for Lochee for consultation purposes.

The Committee agreed to:-

(a)                    approve the Draft Lochee Physical Regeneration Framework as the basis for consultation with the community, proprietors, tenants, public transport, companies and prospective developers; and

(b)                    remit the Director of Planning and Transportation to report progress on this consultation exercise and bring forward a programme of action for the implementation of the Lochee Physical Regeneration Framework.

III PRINTING WORKS AND FORMER FOUNDRY AT CORNER OF LOONS ROAD AND LAWSIDE ROAD

There was submitted Report No 88-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation seeking approval of a draft site planning brief for the site of the former foundry at Loons Road/Lawside Road as the basis of consultation with the local community and interested parties.

The Committee agreed to:-

(a)                    approve the draft site planning brief for the purposes of consultation;

(b)                    remit the Director of Planning and Transportation to consult with the local community and interested parties on the terms and content of the draft site planning brief;  and

(c)                    remit the Director of Planning and Transportation to report back on the result of the consultation exercise.

IV QUALITY OF LIFE - ADOPTED FOOTPATH REPAIRS

There was submitted Report No 136-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation advising the Committee of the proposed repair programme for Quality of Life adopted footways in 2007/2008 to be funded through the Quality of Life Fund.

The Committee agreed to:-

(a)                    note the contents of the report and agree the prioritisation of footway repairs in accordance with Appendix 1 to the report;

(b)                    authorise the City Engineer to issue orders for carrying out this work based on the approved partnering arrangement with Tayside Contracts for road maintenance and minor works; and

(c)                    authorise the City Engineer to promote schemes based on priority ratings in the event of unforeseen slippage to the programme.

V DUNDEE SPEED LIMITS

There was submitted Report No 98-2007 by the Director of Planning and Transportation regarding the necessity to rationalise the speed limit Traffic Regulation Orders in Dundee.

The Committee approved preparation of Traffic Regulation Orders to replace the existing parts of the Traffic Regulation Orders which regulated speed limits within the city.

VI COAST PROTECTION ACT 1949 - DOUGLAS TERRACE WALKWAY IMPROVEMENT

There was submitted Agenda Note AN85-2007 advising that Dundee City Council was the Coast Protection Authority for the foreshore from Stannergate to the City boundary at Barnhill and that an Order under Section 18 of the Act was in force, prohibiting the removal of material from the seashore.

The Committee agreed as Coast Protection Authority to approve limited excavation from the seashore in connection with Douglas Terrace Walkway Improvement Works.

VII TRAFFIC ORDERS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN86-2007 relative to the undernoted Traffic Orders:-

(a)                    DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL (AFTON PLACE AND HONEYGREEN ROAD, DUNDEE) (STOPPING UP) ORDER 2007

Reference was made to Article XI of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 11th December, 2006 wherein it was agreed to stop up lengths of roads and footways at Afton Place and Honeygreen Road, to facilitate the development of a new supermarket by redesigning the road layout.

It was reported that the Order was duly prepared and advertised and the relevant statutory undertakers consulted.  No objections had been received.

The Committee therefore authorised and confirmed the Stopping Up Order, and authorised formal publication of the confirmation, after which the Order would become operative.

(b)                    DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL (DENS PARK AND TANNADICE PARK AREA, DUNDEE) (MAJOR EVENTS RELATED TRAFFIC CONTROL) ORDER 2007

Reference was made to Article III of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th October, 2006 authorising the preparation of an Order to facilitate crowd control and relieve congestion on occasions of major events at Dens Park and Tannadice Park.

It was reported that the proposed Order was duly drafted and during the statutory consultation period no adverse comments had been received.  The Order was duly advertised and there were no objections.

The Committee therefore agreed to make the Order as advertised.

(c)                    DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL (ARBROATH ROAD, DUNDEE) (VARIATION OF SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 2007

Reference was made to Article VIII of the minute of meeting of this Committee, wherein the Committee authorised the preparation of an Order to improve safety for pedestrians attempting to cross Arbroath Road.

It was reported that the proposed Order was duly drafted and during the statutory consultation period no adverse comments had been received.

The Committee therefore authorised formal publication of the Order as drafted.

VIII NEW ROADS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN87-2007 detailing the undernoted application for Road Construction Consent:-

The Committee approved the application subject to conditions agreed with the applicant and further agreed that on satisfactory completion of these roads and, if so requested by the applicant, they be entered on the List of Public Roads for the purposes of management and maintenance in terms of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

Fiona GRANT, Convener.