Issue - meetings
Coastwise - Happisburgh Community Car Park - delegation of appointment of construction contractor and lease arrangements
Meeting: 03/03/2025 - Cabinet (Item 30)
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Executive Summary |
Erosion is impacting on the exisitng Happisburgh car park and it is critical that the progression of construction is taken forward as soon as possible. The car park is operated under a lease arrangement with Happisburgh Parish Council, and authority is sought to undertake appointment of a contractor and to finalise a lease arrangement. |
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Options considered
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Construction Contract: A1: Cabinet delegate authority to appoint the construction contractor. Recommended. B1: Awaiting evaluation of tenders and present to Cabinet to approve contractor. Would delay progress of the scheme with local and programme impacts. C1: Not progress with appointment and construction. Would impact on the local community, long term local revenue generation and investment, reputational impacts locally and nationally, limit delivery of Coastwise, not work to deliver Corporate Priorities regarding preparing for climate/coastal change.
Lease arrangements: A2: Cabinet delegate authority to finalise amended lease arrangements with Happisburgh Parish Council. Recommended. B2: Awaiting final lease arrangements to be completed for Cabinet approval. C2: Not to progress with amending existing successful lease arrangement. |
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Consultation(s) |
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Recommendations
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Reasons for recommendations
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Background papers
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Planning Application ref: PF/22/2510
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Wards affected |
Happisburgh |
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Cabinet member(s) |
Cllr. Harry Blathwayt, Portfolio Holder for Coast |
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Contact Officer |
Rob Goodliffe, Coastal Transiton Manager, Rob.Goodliffe@north-norfolk.gov.uk 01263 516321 Alastair Zangs, Coastal Transition Place Maker, Alastair.Zangs@north-norfolk.gov.uk 01263 516277 |
Decision:
Decision
RESOLVED
- That Cabinet authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with Coastal Portfolio Holder and Head of Finance, to undertake the appointment the of Happisburgh Car park construction contractor, following tender appraisal.
- That Cabinet authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with Coastal Portfolio Holder, Estates Manager and Head of Finance, to agree to the surrender of Happisburgh Parish Councils current lease for the Beach Road car park and enter into a new lease for the relocated car park off Lighthouse Lane.
Reasons for the Decision:
- To enable transition of current car park away from erosion risk.
- To build community resilience to coastal erosion.
- To support the viability of the community through the continued revenue generated by the car park.
- To provide examples of coastal transition and generate learning to support national coastal adaptation.
- To contribute to the delivery of the Coastwise programme
Minutes:
The Chairman said that there was an exempt appendix for this item and if any member wished to discuss anything within that document, the meeting would have to go into closed session.
Cllr H Blathwayt, Portfolio Holder for Coast, was invited to introduce the report. He said that the project had been in the planning phase for some time now and whilst the weather was clement, it was hoped to progress it as soon as possible. The Chairman said that it was an important scheme for Happisburgh and he welcomed the commencement of the work.
The Coastal Transition Manager said that it was a good opportunity to continue working with the parish of Happisburgh and the support of the local community was greatly appreciated.
Cllr L Shires said that this project had started when she was local member for Happisburgh and she welcomed it reaching this stage. She thanked the Coastal Transition Manager for his hard work in progressing this, sometimes in the face of considerable challenge, and said that his continued engagement and focus had resulted in a strong relationship with the parish.
Cllr A Varley referred member to section 9 of the report which set out the Net Zero aspects of the project and he was very pleased to see the amount of work that had gone into mitigating the carbon impact of the scheme.
It was proposed by Cllr H Blathwayt, seconded by Cllr A Varley and
RESOLVED
- That Cabinet authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with Coastal Portfolio Holder and Head of Finance, to undertake the appointment the of Happisburgh Car park construction contractor, following tender appraisal.
- That Cabinet authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with Coastal Portfolio Holder, Estates Manager and Head of Finance, to agree to the surrender of Happisburgh Parish Councils current lease for the Beach Road car park and enter into a new lease for the relocated car park off Lighthouse Lane.
Reasons for the Decision:
- To enable transition of current car park away from erosion risk.
- To build community resilience to coastal erosion.
- To support the viability of the community through the continued revenue generated by the car park.
- To provide examples of coastal transition and generate learning to support national coastal adaptation.
- To contribute to the delivery of the Coastwise programme