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The Chair referred to the circulated response to from the Board arising from its meeting on 14 November 2006 in relation to the resolutions of the Advisory Committee of 31 October 2006.

The Committee then deliberated on the each of the responses contained and the following is a summary of those deliberations:

Resolution (i) That in respect of the decision of the Board from its meeting of 12 September 2006 to not take any action in respect of the Advisory Committee’s recommendation of 29 August 2006 requesting that a traffic assessment is undertakenfor the entire Alexandra Palace and Park site as part of the Firoka Group’s developments, the Alexandra Palace and Park Board be requested to ensure that as part of the planning application process an overall traffic assessment of the scheme as a whole was made but not in a piecemeal fashion.; which the response from the Board was:

that, as previously stated to the Advisory Committee, in respect of their previous request to the Board that a traffic assessment is undertakenfor the entire Alexandra Palace and Park site as part of the Firoka Group’s proposals, and that the Alexandra Palace and Park Board be requested to ensure that as part of the planning application process an overall rather than piecemeal traffic assessment of the scheme as a whole be made then  the Advisory Committee be advised that this request is not within the remit of the Board to request .  It is an issue to be addressed by Firoka to the Planning authority when it makes an application for planning permission.

The comments of the Advisory Committee were:

·        That the response clearly showed that the Board had not taken account of the request by the Advisory Committee in terms of the need to ensure the traffic management assessment is of vital importance

·        That any application for planning permission would require consideration of the Advisory Committee as it would be referred to the Committee for its views prior to the Board’s consideration;

·        That there were concerns that planning applications may be ‘bounced’ on the Advisory Committee with little time for consideration though it was also viewed that applications of such magnitude were unlikely to be pushed through in such a manner, though such concerns should be conveyed to the Planning Authority at this juncture

(Councillor Hare arrived at 19:52hrs)

·        Whether the Advisory Committee may have sight of (a) the 1993 Alexandra Palace and Park : Public Transport Access Study – Teen Econ Economic & Transport Consultants, and (b) the April 1996 – Alexandra Palace and Park : Traffic Assessment – Oscar Faber  

(ii) Resolution 2A - (A) that in terms of the draft Order the Board should provide and disclose to the SAC the proper procedures it intends to devise to monitor and review the performance by (Firoka)  of the covenants contained in the lease, and how these procedures will restrict the use of the leased premise to uses consistent with the aims of the charity; in particular  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29