BLANDFORD FORUM

TOWN COUNCIL

To: All Town Councillors Dorset Council Councillors

Members of the Public & Press

Dear Member

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Town Council which will be held in the Corn

Exchange, Market Place, Blandford Forum on Monday 24th February 2020 at 7.00 pm to consider

the following items.

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

17th February 2020

A G E N D A

Prior to consideration of the following Agenda, there will be a democratic quarter of an hour, which may be extended at the

discretion of the Committee, during which time members of the public may speak. During the course of the meeting,

members of the public and our elected representatives from the Dorset Council may indicate they wish to speak, and, at the

discretion of the Chairman, and with the approval of the Members, they may be allowed to do so on points of information

only. The Committee may on occasion invite members of the public to comment on specific issues where points of

information or their particular knowledge on a subject might prove of benefit to the Committee. Members are reminded that

the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities

(race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, belief or disability), Crime & Disorder, Health and Safety and

Human Rights. Disabled access is available.

1. Public Session

2. Report from Dorset Council Councillors

3. Apologies

4. To receive any Declarations of Interest and Requests for Dispensations

5. Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on 27th January 2020

6. Town Clerk's Report & Correspondence

7. Civic Report

8. Recommendations and Receipt of Minutes

None

9. Cricket Club

9.1 To consider expenditure authority for additional works to the existing pavilion (paper

attached)

9.2 To consider a request for a loan (paper attached)

9.3 To consider a request for a formalised legal agreement to enable the Club to seek

additional funding (paper attached)

10. To consider a request from the Parish Church to display the Bastard Brother portraits (paper

attached)

11. Railway Arches – to consider a request from BRAT and expenditure approval for essential

works (paper attached)

12. To approve expenditure for portable toilets for the Skate Park Event 26th July 2020 (paper

attached)

13. To approve expenditure for the toilet cleaning contract for 2020/2021 (paper attached)

14. To receive an update and consider any requests from the:

14.1 Neighbourhood Plan Working Group – Blandford +

14.1.1 Update (paper attached)

14.2 BFTC Commemoration Group

14.3 Public Art Plan

14.4 Corn Exchange

14.4.1 To consider a recommendation from the Working Group to progress the project

and approve expenditure (paper attached)

14.5 VE75 Planning Group

14.5.1 To confirm the VE & VJ 75 bench design and associated expenditure (paper

attached)

14.6 Climate Change & Biodiversity

14.7 Dorset Council Grant to support the Market Area Enhancement Project

15. Reports from Community and Local Organisations (Councillors are requested to advise the

Chairman of Council or the Town Clerk if they wish to make a report under this heading)

DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS

2nd March Planning Meeting

9th March Town & General Purposes Committee Meeting

16th March Finance & Staffing Committee Meeting

23rd March Town Council Meeting

Minutes of the Town Council and Committee meetings are available from Blandford Library, the Town

Clerk’s Office and at www.blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk

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Town Clerk’s Office

Church Lane, Blandford Forum

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Tel: 01258 454500 • Fax: 01258 454432

Email: admin@blandfordforum-tc.gov.uk

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Agenda Item No. 9.1

To consider expenditure authority for additional works to the existing pavilion

Background

As Councillors are aware, the Cricket Club is currently carrying out a renovation of the old cricket

pavilion and building an extension to the side. Good progress is being made, despite the bad weather,

and the project is due to be completed late March/early April. However, during the works to the old

pavilion extra works have been identified by the contractor which is inevitable considering the age and

condition of the existing structure.

Report

A site meeting was requested by the Cricket Club and the contractor, which was held on the 23rd

January, and attended by the Town Clerk, Operations Manager, the contractor and a representative of

the cricket club. Firstly, I was taken up on the roof where the builder is of the opinion that works are

required to several areas of the roof on the original pavilion (detailed and costed below):

Upgrading to the existing flat roof at the rear of the pavilion:

• To supply and fit a vapour barrier over the existing GRP flat roof

• To supply and fit 100mm rigid board insulation over the vapor barrier to bring the club house area

up to current building regulation standards

• To supply and fix perimeter timbers to take the facia and trims to the new flat roof covering

• To supply and fix OSB3 decking boards over the insulation.

• To supply and fit the required facia, trims and guttering

For the sum of £2602.50 +VAT

Flat roof covering

• To supply and fit a smooth black GRP roof covering to the flat roof to the rear of the existing

pavilion

• To re-fix all roof slates above the flat roof that have been disturbed during the refurbishment

process

For the sum of £ 2352.00 +VAT

Existing pavilion front roof

• To remove the existing ridge tiles

• To strip the existing fibre cement slates

• Remove the existing felt, batten and valley troughs

• To supply and fit a new breathable felt and treated 25x50mm battens

• To supply and fit GRP valley troughs, new Spanish slates, concrete ridge and all fixings to match

the roof in with the new extension.

For the sum of £ 4886.00 +VAT

Total for roof works of £9840.00

Secondly, the contractor believed it would be prudent to create a soakaway at the front of the building

as the current rainwater downpipe just discharges into the ground and is causing the pavilion timbers to

rot (detailed and costed below). Councillors will recall this was also required at Woodhouse Gardens

Pavilion:

Soak-a-way

• To dig a 1m3 hole for a new soak-a-way to the front of the old pavilion

• To supply and fit the soak-a-way crates.

• To connect the existing downpipes to the new soak-a-way to stop the existing water washing away

the ground from under the footings of the existing pavilion.

• To backfill all trenches and soak-a-way to current building regulations standards with a membrane

and clean stone supplied by others

For the sum of £ 1321.16 +VAT

Thirdly, it was pointed out that the club would like to concrete the existing veranda floor due to the

poor state of the timber flooring and this was also recommended by the contractor. This will lessen

future maintenance and reduce the risk of fire from cigarette ends going under the floor and prevent

needles from being pushed between the slats (detailed and costed below):

Existing Veranda

• To lift the existing wooden boards of the veranda and dispose of from site

• To build up off the existing subbase a new concreted base to the existing veranda to match it to the

level of the veranda to the new extension.

For the sum of £ 1556.00 +VAT

Finally, we were shown the posts which hold up the veranda are rotting and need repair and the

installation of a concrete pad to foot them onto (detailed and costed below):

Post repairs

• To build up off the existing wall to the underside of the post

• To fix the existing post plates to the new concrete with resin anchors

For the sum of £ 400.00 + VAT

Total Sum for all works £ 13,117.16 + VAT

Whilst all the works are justifiable in terms of futureproofing and reducing the carbon footprint of the

original part of the pavilion, and although these works are on the original part of the pavilion, the

Town Council has already allocated £45,000 to the pavilion project and, I believe, it was assumed by

the Town Council that the renovation of the original pavilion would be part of the overall project and

therefore budgeted for by the Cricket Club. The Town Council currently has no budget available for

this work and it appears that he Cricket Club has not budgeted for these extra works within the budget

they put aside for the overall project.

I have looked at budgets with the Town Clerk and there is £3,000 in the PPM budget, which could be

used and also the £6,000 that the Town Council agreed to spend on the footpath leading to the pavilion

(the Cricket Club are not doing the footpath as part of this phase of the project but intend to do it at a

later date). This gives a total of £9,000 which could be allocated to the above works, the Cricket Club

could then be made aware that anything over this amount would have to be paid for from any loan

request made to the Town Council. There is also an underspend on the Grants budget of almost

£10,000.

The Town Council supported the other sports clubs with additional costs and officer support, which

has not yet been required from the cricket club. For the football club project, unforeseen works were

carried out to the borehole and the new five bar gate, and office support was given for the footpath,

stand, seating and funding claims. For the bowls club, additional works were carried out to the roof

which increased the expenditure for the Town Council by £8,500.

The cricket club has contributed £25,000 to date and obtained funding, for a building that remains in

the ownership of the Town Council. In addition, the Town Council did not spend money on the cricket

pavilion for some time leading up to the works starting, due to the anticipated start date. The Club has

also spent £7,000 on professional fees for the project, which brings their contribution to £32,000 (prior

to the £20,000 loan the Club has requested in the following agenda item).

Recommendation

Councillors are asked to consider approving expenditure for essential works to be carried out to the

existing pavilion.

Jon Goodenough

Operations Manager

6th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 9.2

To consider a request for a loan

At the Barnes for a Recreation trustees meeting held on 28th October 2019 it was resolved that:

The Town Council agrees to a loan in principle, subject to a budgetary review of the

Clubs business plan and the inclusion of legal agreements and will consult with the

Responsible Financial Officer for interest to be charged on the amount.

The Cricket Club has now formally requested a loan of £20,000 over 10 years with repayment of

£2000 + interest per annum. They felt it would “be prudent to have some financial headroom,

although if the material cost is reduced, and we get a grant from Dorset Cricket Board, we may not

need it.”

The RFO was unsure if the Town Council was in a position to offer loans with interest to be repaid, as

this is usually done through the banking or finance institutions that are covered by the FSA. The Town

Council’s Internal Auditor was approached for advice and she recommended contacting the Town

Clerk at Dorchester Town Council. He confirmed that they have interpreted the General Power of

Competence as allowing them to do what a normal person can do. A normal person can give a loan

with interest. Dorchester Town Council has recently given loans on two occasions to the Dorset

County Museum – both for cashflow purposes, both at Nil interest. They are also actively developing

projects with long term loan potential – including to the ballet club to build new premises and to

community organisations to introduce carbon reduction measures. They will need to charge interest on

this and have no concern doing so.

Alternatively, the Town Council could simply agree an increase in rent equivalent to the interest it

would charge.

Recommendation

Councillors are asked to consider approving a loan to the cricket club with or without interest and to

confirm whether this is included as part of the annual agreement with the Town Council.

Jon Goodenough

Operations Manager

6th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 9.3

To consider a request for a formalised legal agreement

The Cricket Club will be able to access more funding opportunities if they have the hire agreement

with the Town Council formalised into a legal agreement, which gives them a security of tenure of at

least 25 years.

In the past, a letter confirming security of tenure for the next 25 years has been sufficient for the sports

clubs along with evidence of the charity’s covenant for recreational use at Park Road recreation

ground.

If the Club had this legal agreement, they could apply for the Dorset Cricket Board facilities grant for

women’s cricket for £10,000 and would then have the best women's facilities in Dorset.

The Club has agreed to pay half of the legal fees required.

Recommendation

It is recommended that Councillors approve this request for a formalised legal document to secure their

use of the pavilion and recreation ground for at least the next 25 years, along with associated

expenditure for legal fees.

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

11th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 10

To consider a request from the Parish Church

to display the Bastard Brother portraits

The church is holding an event on the same day as the Community Expo, Saturday 21st March 2020,

and would like to display the two Bastard brother portraits, currently on display in the Town Hall,

from the Friday 20th March to Monday 23rd March.

Councillors are asked to consider the request and instruct the Town Clerk accordingly.

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

6th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 11

Railway Arches

To consider a request from BRAT and expenditure approval for essential works

Relocation of panel

BRAT has asked if the large panel underneath the arches can be relocated to the adjoining side buttress

on the west elevation. This is due to the recent flooding underneath the structure, shown in the aerial

photo (below left). The panel is shown in the photo below and BRAT would like it relocated to the

buttress to the left of where it is currently (shown in the photo below right).

Additional works required

As previously advised, following the structural survey carried out at the request of the H&S advisor,

the contractor that carried out the recent works has provided the following quote for essential works to

enable public access:

To supply labour, plant and material to execute the works detailed in B E Willis Structural Engineer’s Recommendations and as per our site meeting:

For Welfare Unit 120.00

Right Side Buttress

Take off, re-bed on all loose bricks over the whole right side buttress. 1,840.00

Left Side Buttress

Take off re-bed on all loose bricks over the whole of left side buttress. 1,550.00

Halfway up new staircase, render top of large pier to allow water to run off. 590.00

Top of Track Bed

Right side wall 2 vertical cracks each side of stepped viewing platform,

grind out joints, insert 5 Stainless steel helibars set in Epoxy resin to

each crack 10 in total and repoint in. 693.00

£4,793.00 + VAT

Additional Information

BRAT has been in touch with the Town Council with concerns

about two areas (shown in the photos right) and the Operations

Manager has advised that these can be looked at when the

contractor is on site.

The safety fencing is due to be installed in February and once the work is completed BRAT will be

invoiced to the sum of £500, which they have kindly offered to contribute. Once the works above have

been carried out, the opening times and arrangements can be confirmed by council at a future meeting.

In the meantime, BRAT is still able to carry out supervised visits.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Town Council:

- Considers the request for the panel to be relocated and how this will be paid for.

- Approves the expenditure of £4,793 + VAT for the required works to enable public access to the

arches using funds from the Railway Arches budget line (Expenditure Authority: General Power of

Competence Localism Act 2011 s1-8).

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

6th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 12

To approve expenditure for portable toilets

for the Skate Park Event 26th July 2020

Background

At the R&A Committee meeting on 11th November 2019 the Town Council resolved to hold a Skate

Park Event in July 2020 using funds from General Reserves. Later in the meeting, it was agreed that

the Skatefest, being a known expenditure, should be included within the R&A Earmarked Reserves

and a budget line created.

In 2019 the Town Council hired portable toilets, and these will be required again this year.

Financial Implications

2 x event toilets: £120+VAT

1 x disabled toilet: £60+VAT

Delivery/Collection: £80+VAT Total cost: £260+VAT

Expenditure previously approved is £1750 + VAT for the company that manages the event and St John

Ambulance cover.

Recommendation

Councillors are requested to approve all expenditure for this event, including the hire of two standards

and one disabled toilet for £260+VAT, using budget line R&A Earmarked Reserves instead of General

Reserves (Expenditure Authority: General Power of Competence Localism Act 2011 s1-8).

Sybille Maddock

Assistant Town Clerk

24th January 2020

Agenda Item No. 13

To approve expenditure for the toilet cleaning contract for 2020/2021

The lease for the Marsh & Ham toilet block (including the Information Centre) with, originally,

North Dorset District Council (now the Dorset Council) expired in 2016.

Since that time the toilet cleaning contract has only been offered on a one-year basis until such time

as the future of the public toilets in the Marsh and Ham car park is confirmed. The developer for the

site has recently confirmed that it will be another two years until any works start.

The toilet cleaning contract expires on the 31st March 2020 and the current contractor has quoted for

a 0% increase for 2020/2021.

The financial regulations state that for expenditure below £25,000 but above £5,000 three quotations

will be obtained, where possible. As we know from previous experience on tenders for this facility this

local company provides the lowest quote and a good service. It is recommended that a one year

extension to the contract is approved in these unusual circumstances and that a full tendering process

will be carried out once clarity on the future of the toilets is obtained.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Town Council renews the cleaning contract with the existing contractor for

a period of one year only, using funds of £7,439.96 from budget line 6650 (Expenditure Authority:

General Power of Competence, Localism Act 2011, S1-8).

Jon Goodenough

Operations Manager

4th February 2020

Agenda Item No. 14.1.1

Neighbourhood Plan Working Group – Blandford +

The Examiner for the Blandford+ Neighbourhood Plan 2011 – 2033 (Mr. Terrence Kemmann-Lane)

issued his report on 28th January 2020. In summary, the examiner has ruled that the Plan has met

‘Basic Conditions’, and so has found in favour of the proposal for the development to the North and East of Blandford comprising 400 houses, a new primary school, community hub and facilities,

recreation areas and employment land (adjacent to the new Waste Facility).

The Examiner’s report does outline a number of modifications required to the Plan before it can move

forward to Public Referendum. Blandford+ are currently working with Dorset Council to incorporate

these modifications, before the finalised Plan is sent to Cllr. David Walsh (Dorset Council Portfolio

Holder) for approval to move to Referendum.

The Examiner’s report can be found on the Blandford+ website and on the Dorset Council website, or

can be emailed to you (on request) from Sally Gardner.

In the interim, it has been agreed with Dorset Council Electoral Services that the Referendum will take

place on the 7th May 2020, to coincide with the Police Commissioner Elections being held on the same

day, thus saving manpower and costs, and utilising the polling systems already in place.

Guidelines for a Neighbourhood Plan Referendum are very similar to those for elections. Councillors

and council staff are prohibited in any way from campaigning for a ‘Yes’ vote, and there are serious

restrictions on the amount of council resources and/or expenses that can be used to provide information

about the referendum.

Sally Gardner

Project Co-ordinator

Facilitator to Blandford +

17/02/2020

Agenda Item No. 14.4.1

Corn Exchange

To consider a recommendation from the Working Group to progress the project

and approve expenditure

Background

The working group1 met with The Morton Partnership (TMP), who carried out the historic condition

survey of the Town Hall/Corn Exchange complex in November, on Tuesday 4th February 2020.

Beyond their brief with the historic condition survey, TMP produced some draft sketches for

Councillors to consider (at Appendix A), which are based on the approved sketches provided by the

Town Clerk/Operations Manager and the pre-app to the previous architect from Historic England and

the Dorset Council. The survey and the plans were shared with Councillors by email on 4th February

2020.

TMP summarised that they felt the sketches retain as much of the history of the building as possible,

are not intrusive, and would create more welcoming spaces with the staircase and lobby area.

TMP has worked on cathedrals, castles, domestic houses and Brackley Town Hall. The architect they

work with on condition surveys, Malcolm Simmonds, works on historic buildings, alterations and

repairs. Although TMP is based in London, they work across the country and have contracts locally at

Crichel House and Stourhead.

Detail of the Report

TMP suggested that the Town Council engages Ingham Pinnock Associates (IPA) to progress the

project (who offer options appraisal, business planning, procurement, fund raising and management)

because they have worked successfully with Town Councils in the past (please see details at Appendix

B). TMP stated that it is essential that a strategic plan is formed, prior to engaging architects, which

will incorporate how we intend to use the space, how the services can be linked, how it can be phased,

how we can reduce our carbon emissions, and what funding is available. Then an architect can be

appointed.

Contact has been made with IPA and, following an hour’s discussion on the telephone, they have

provided a quotation for a proposed approach to how they think they may be able to help us progress

the project and potential options for securing seed-corn funding.

IPA’s understanding (in their words):

Please find below a quick summary of our understanding of the project based on our conversation last

week:

• We understand that for a number of years Blandford Forum Town Council have progressed

plans for the conservation and re-ordering of Blandford Forum Corn Exchange, which is in

the ownership of the Town Council.

• Although the building is not on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register it does require

significant works to ensure its future and there is a desire to see the integration of a café and

potentially more floorspace for the current office use.

• We understand that a Round One ‘pass’ from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) was

secured for a large scale project in the region of £5-£6m a couple of years ago, however, due

to a number of issues a Round Two application was not submitted.

• The Council now feels that a project with a slightly reduced scope, and with it budget, is the

most sensible route to pursue.

• Working with Malcolm Simmonds and Ed Morton from The Morton Partnership, the Council

have developed proposals that they are comfortable with and would now like to look at ways to

secure the necessary funding and deliver this scheme.

1 Cllrs Clark, Lindsay, Carter, S Hitchings, Stevens, Stayt and Jacques were present with the Town Clerk and Operations

Manager.

• Considerable work has already been undertaken to get to this point and has incurred

significant cost to the Council to cover fees.

• It is of some concern that the project has not yet been delivered and the Council are keen to

progress in as efficient a way as possible.

• The Council does have some reserves to act as match funding and has discussed the potential

use prudential borrowing should it be necessary, although not desirable.

• Everyone is keen to see the project progressed, not least due to the potential for adverse public

relations.

• Malcolm Simmonds and Ed Morton have suggested that in order to progress the project and

secure external funding it may be useful to have support with establishing the next steps and

suggested that the Council contact ourselves to discuss how you could proceed.

Proposed approach

We understand that the Council has already undertaken a considerable amount of work to progress

this project over the last 20 years and alongside that incurred significant expense. We are therefore

mindful that engaging additional consultancy services may not be particularly palatable and that

further delay and expenditure need to be kept to a minimum. Conscious of this we have set out a

proposed approach below; the approach is based on our experience of similar projects elsewhere, but

we can of course amend to suit you.

• Task 1: Undertake site visit

Before we do anything else we would propose meeting with you, your colleagues and

Councillors to gain a better understanding of the history of the project and your aspirations. At

the same time we would propose undertaking a detailed site visit. If you would like us to

proceed we will arrange this for as soon as possible.

• Task 2: Review work undertaken to date

Alongside the site visit and meeting with you we would propose to review all the documentation

previously developed this would include previous Business Plans, the previous Lottery

application, plans etc.

• Task 3: Identifying next steps

We propose taking the information gleaned from the meeting, site visit and a review of the

documentation and provide a short report summarising our findings and importantly providing

a series of clear potential next steps for the project. This would cover all of the work-streams

necessary to progress the project such as design, fund-raising, communications, etc. The

overarching aim of the report would be to re-set the project and provide a clear pathway for

the Council to progress as quickly and efficiently as possible. We suggest once we have

completed the draft report we meet with you, colleagues and Councillors to discuss the

proposed next steps before finalising the report.

The above approach could be undertaken relatively quickly and provide you with a good idea of how

you could progress the delivery of the project.

To undertake the above three tasks we set out below a short fee proposal for your review:

Task Kate Pinnock

time input

Ross Ingham

time input

Task 1: Undertake site visit 1 1

Task 2: Review work undertaken to date 1 0.5

Task 3: Identifying next steps (and meeting) 2 1.5

Total time (7.5 hour days) 4 3

2019/2020 day rate £800 £800

Time cost £3,200 £2,400

Total proposed fee (excluding VAT) £5,600

I also promised to provide details of some potential options for seed-corn funding that may be able to

help cover the costs associated with the above work and additional feasibility work that will likely be

required thereafter. We are very used to working in situations such as this where early-stage funding

is required or highly desirable and would be able to help with introductions and applications if that

was useful.

• Landfill Communities Fund: (depending on your location relative to a landfill site)

• Architectural Heritage Fund: Project Viability Grants

• The Pilgrim Trust: Conservation & Scholarship Grants

• National Lottery Heritage Fund (£3k - £10k pot or £10k - £100k)

Thank you again for inviting us to submit a fee proposal. We hope that the work we are suggesting

makes sense in the context of where you all are on your journey and we hope that it could help you

take that next leap forwards.

Financial Implications

When the Project Manager left, the Town Council held her salary back for the appointment of

funding/specialist consultants instead of appointing someone else in her place. There is £45,342 held in

Corn Exchange Regeneration Reserves plus £18,699 as at 31/03/20 from the budget for 2019/20,

giving a total of £64,041 for this purpose.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Town Council appoints Ingham Pinnock Associates to progress the project

using funds of £5,600 from the Corn Exchange Regeneration Reserves (n/c 1105) committed for this

purpose (Expenditure Authority: General Power of Competence Localism Act 2011 s1-8).

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

4th February 2020

Appendix A

Appendix B Background to Ingham Pinnock Associates (IPA) We have provided a short overview of Ingham Pinnock Associates below by way of introduction to us. IPA is a regeneration and economic development consultancy specialising in projects that involve historic buildings and

places. The company was formed in 2012 by Ross Ingham and Kate Pinnock who each have nearly 15 years experience of

working on major regeneration and heritage projects across the UK and overseas. We delight in bringing a fresh perspective to buildings and places such as the Corn Exchange based with our combined

experience in heritage, management and coordination, business planning, fund-raising economic development, planning,

design and regeneration. Our portfolio of projects is extremely diverse, reflecting our energy and appetite for our work;

recent instructions include a privately owned Medieval castle, the last remaining bellfoundry in the country, a vacant

Napoleonic era fort, medieval church ruins, a Georgian Town Hall and a large country Estate. Clients include small private

Trusts, Local Authorities, Historic England, the National Trust and the private sector. We thrive when we work in close partnership with energetic and creative teams. We are very proud to have built a strong

reputation based on our passion, innovation, commitment and professionalism and we are determined to leave a legacy of

exceptional projects for future generations. Details of some of the projects we have worked on can be found on our website (www.inghampinnock.com) and below.

Ingham Pinnock Associates-Projects completed

Elmscott Manor HLF Consultant, Heritage Lottery Fund (Grade I)

Stafford Shire Hall Option Appraisal, Staffordshire County Council (Grade II*)

Farmhouse Option Appraisal, Jersey National Trust

Huntingdon Town Hall, Huntingdon Town Council (Grade II*)

DCLG Capacity Funding Application for Wisbech, Fenland District Council

The Hall, Bradford on Avon, Alex Moulton Charitable Trust (Grade I, Grade II*, Grade II and

Grade II Registered Park and Garden)

Provender House Grant Scoping Report, Princess O Romanov (Grade II*)

Leiston Abbey Estate Strategy, Pro Corda Trust, (multiple Listed Buildings and Scheduled

Monument)

Wisbech General Cemetery HLF bid, Wisbech Society (Grade II)

Wisbech Market Place Options Study, Wisbech Town Council (Conservation Area)

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, National Trust (UNESCO World Heritage Site, Scheduled

Monuments, Grade I, II*, II and Grade I Registered Park and Garden)

Pepys’ House options appraisal, Pepys’ House Trust (Grade I Listed)

John Taylors Bellfoundry, UK Bell Foundries (Grade II*)

Former Chapel, Coggeshall Parish Council

Hellesdon Neighbourhood Plan, Hellesdon Parish Council

Maison Dieu outline business case, Dover District Council (Grade II* Listed and a Scheduled

Ancient Monument)

Cromer West Prom, North Norfolk District Council (Grade II Listed)

Heydon Estate Strategy, Heydon Estate (Grade I Listed, Grade II Listed, Conservation Area and

Grade II* Registered Parkland)

Merton Estates, Circle Housing

Brackley Town Hall, Brackley Town Council (Grade II* Listed)

Wisbech High Street HLF bid, Fenland District Council (Conservation Area and Grade II Listings)

North Norfolk LGA, North Norfolk District Council

Key sectors and Market Towns Report, Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

South Norfolk Market Towns Initiative, South Norfolk Council

Herne Bay: The next wave of economic development and regeneration activity? Canterbury City

Council

Dengie Peninsula Economic Action Plan, Maldon District Council

Grade II Buildings at Risk Pilot, English Heritage (Grade I, II* and II Listed)

Carnegie Library, London Borough of Lambeth (Grade II Listed)

Acle Village Economic Masterplan, Broadland District Council

Our Holy Redeemer, The PCC of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Our Most Holy Redeemer (Grade II*)

Tone Dale Regeneration & Delivery Strategy, Taunton Deane Borough Council (Grade II*)

Crumlin Navigational Colliery Future Land Use Scenarios Report, Princes Regeneration

Trust (multiple Grade II* and Grade I Listed Buildings)

Old St John’s Church Urgent Works, Historic England (Scheduled Monument)

Reedham Strategy, Broadland District Council

Coalhouse Fort Options Appraisal, Thurrock District Council (Scheduled Monument)

Sulgrave Manor Transition Funding, Sulgrave Manor Trust (Grade I Listed, Grade II Registered

Park and Garden, Conservation Area)

Wisbech 2020 Vision, Fenland District Council

Reepham Economic Strategy, Broadland District Council (Conservation Area)

Acle Neighbourhood Plan, Acle Parish Council

Brundall Neighbourhood Plan, Brundall Parish Council

Drayton Neighbourhood Plan, Drayton Parish Council

Aylsham Regeneration Strategy, Broadland District Council (Conservation Area)

Upton Lodge Farm feasibility study, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation

Regional Growth Fund bid round 4, Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership

Regional Growth Fund 3 bid, Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership

Sandby Business Plan, Sandby Limited

Newham College of Further Education relocation business case, Newham College of Further

Education

New ViC relocation business case, NewViC

Waltham Forest High Streets, London Borough of Waltham Forest

East Croydon cycle hub feasibility study, London Borough of Croydon

Sprowston Neighbourhood Plan, Sprowston Town Council

Brackley Regeneration Programme, Brackley Town Council (Grade II* Listed)

Northampton Footmeadows, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation

Kate Pinnock CV. MA, MIED

Kate is a founding Director of Ingham Pinnock Associates. She has a background in design and

economic development, with over 10 years experience with leading consulting businesses in the built

environment sector working on high profile regeneration, economic development and master planning

projects. Kate has worked on innovative projects throughout the UK and overseas. Her track record

ranges from providing research and advice on initial concepts, through strategy design, detailed

feasibility analysis and project implementation. Her clients have included charities, landowners,

developers, HE and FE institutions, Local Authorities, Urban Regeneration and Development

Corporations. Kate specialises in working with complex and diverse client groups and is expert in

helping them to identify practical and deliverable solutions. Her rigour, integrity and exceptionally

high standards are valued by clients and fellow professionals. Kate has a particular interest in the

economic development and regeneration of market towns and creating spatial interventions that

facilitate regeneration and economic growth.

Profile Headlines

■ Associate Member of the Institution of Economic Development (IED) ■ Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) ■ Licentiate Member of the Landscape Institute (LI) ■ Written

articles for the Landscape, Local Government News, Public Finance and Planning journals ■ Speaker

at Ll CPD event, 2013 ■ Speaker at the Greenspace Leaders Conference, 2012 ■ Lead a RTPI seminar on the Moat Lane regeneration scheme, 2012 ■ Speaker at the LI study day and workshop, 2012 ■ Speaker at the RTPI South West Heritage Conference, 2011 ■ Judge for the Neighbourhood Planning

category of the 2012 LI awards 2012 and the Strategic Landscape Planning category of the 2011 LI

awards ■ Managed delivery of a project that won a 2011 East Midlands RTPI award, 2011 Heritage

and Museum award, 2010 BALI award and was runner up in the 2009 MKSM Excellence awards ■ Speaker at the RTPI Annual Conference, 2011 ■ Specialist guest panellist at EcoBuild convention at

Ex-Cel, London, 2011 ■ Contributor to the 2011 English Heritage publication Valuing Places: Good

Practice in Conservation Areas ■ Contributor to Local Green Infrastructure, a LI publication to celebrate the launch of the Government’s Green Infrastructure Partnership in 2011 ■ Member of the

Urban Design and Regeneration RTPI networks.

Key Projects

■ Wisbech town centre , Cambridgeshire ■ Carnegie Library regeneration, London Borough of Lambeth ■ Acle Neighbourhood Plan, Acle Parish Council ■ Broadland Listed Buildings at Risk Pilot,

English Heritage ■ Brackley Town Hall restoration detailed business case, Brackley Town Council ■ Reepham Economic Strategy, Broadland District Council ■ Acle Village Economic Masterplan, Broadland District Council ■ Brackley Town Hall Feasibility Study, Brackley Town Council ■ Upton

Lodge Farmhouse Feasibility Study, YMCA Milton Keynes ■ Sandby Business Development, Sandby Limited ■ Aylsham Regeneration and Delivery Strategy, Norfolk, Broadland District Council ■ Outline Business Case, Newham College of Further Education ■ Moat Lane, Towcester, South

Northamptonshire Council ■ Avon Nunn Mills, Northampton, WNDC ■ Newhall, Harlow, Newhall Projects Limited ■ Birmingham Big City Plan, Birmingham City Council ■ Sittingbourne Town

Centre Study, Swale District Council ■ Aylesbury Estate AAP and Business Plan, London Borough of

Southwark ■ Liverpool 1, Liverpool, Grosvenor Estates ■ Wood Wharf Development, Canary Wharf Group ■ City Campus, Worcester University ■ Sefton Water Centre Redevelopment, Sefton Council.

2012-Present Director Ingham Pinnock Associates 2007-2012 Associate Urban Delivery 2005-2007

Graduate LA BDP.

Ross Ingham CV. MPhil, MIED

Ross is a founding Director of Ingham Pinnock Associates. He is a highly experienced regeneration

and economic development professional having worked previously at Urban Delivery, GVA Grimley

and SQW. Over the last 10 years Ross has directed, managed and contributed to over 100 challenging

consultancy projects at a range of scales from the national, regional and sub regional; County and

District; neighbourhood and site specific. Many of these projects have gone on to win awards and

recognition as industry best practice. Ross’ project experience covers early stage visioning, strategy

and appraisal to feasibility, process management, procurement, implementation and evaluation. His

clients have range from private sector developers and landowners to public agencies including FE and

HE institutions, Local Authorities, Local Economic Partnerships, Urban Regeneration and

Development Corporations and the Homes and Communities Agency. Ross specialises in work that

combine the challenges of strategic property issues, economic development and developing public -

private relationships. He also has particular skills in providing leadership and executive level support.

Through a strong track record of delivering exemplar projects Ross has built a respected personal and

professional reputation amongst clients and leading industry figures and helped to create a successful,

innovative and profitable young business.

Profile Headlines

■ Member of the Institution of Economic Development ■ Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute ■ Member of the Cambridge University Land Society ■ Member of RTPI Regeneration & Urban Design Networks ■ Mentor for postgraduate land economy students at

University of Cambridge ■ Regular contributor to Public Finance and other professional journals ■ Regular speaker at RTPI, Landscape Institute, Local Government and other built environment

conferences ■ Regularly invited to attend senior level policy round table events ■ Managed delivery of a project that won a 2011 East Midlands RTPI award, 2011 Heritage and Museum award, 2010 BALI

award and was runner up in the 2009 MKSM Excellence awards ■ Contributor to the 2011 English Heritage publication Valuing Places: Good Practice in Conservation Areas ■ Contributor to Local Green Infrastructure, a LI publication to celebrate the launch of the Government’s Green Infrastructure Partnership in 2011 ■ Creator of a statistical liveability index for English cities.

Key Projects

■ Wisbech Town Centre heritage scheme, Cambridgeshire ■ Carnegie Library regeneration, London Borough of Lambeth ■ Acle Neighbourhood Plan, Acle Parish Council ■ Broadland Listed Buildings

at Risk Pilot, English Heritage ■ Brackley Town Hall restoration detailed business case, Brackley

Town Council ■ Reepham Economic Masterplan, Broadland District Council ■ Sprowston Neighbourhood Plan, Princes Foundation ■ Acle Economic Masterplan, Broadland District Council ■ Aylsham Regeneration and Delivery Strategy, Broadland District Council ■ Relocation Outline Business Case, Newham College of Further Education and London Legacy Development Corporation

■ Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate: land acquisition strategy and compulsory purchase order, Thanet District Council ■ South Northamptonshire Council relocation outline and detailed business case, South Northamptonshire Council ■ Moat Lane regeneration developer procurement, outline planning application, CPO, fund management, capacity and co-ordination, South Northamptonshire

Council ■ Birmingham Big City Plan delivery and implementation strategy, Birmingham City Council 2012-Present Director Ingham Pinnock Associates 2006-2012 Director Urban Delivery 2003-2006

Agenda Item No. 14.5.1

To confirm the VE & VJ 75 bench design and associated expenditure

It was agreed to introduce two benches to mark both VE 75 & VJ 75 this year and the initial design for

VE Day, provided by the military bench supplier, was not supported by the VE Day 75 planning

group.

Therefore, a local graphic designer was approached and tasked with creating a bench that covers the

civilian aspect of those two key events, within one bench.

The draft design was shared with the VE Day planning group and Councillors and feedback has been

received in great volumes, hence some amendments have been made to produce a final draft, which

will be sent by email prior to the meeting.

Two of those consulted have proposed a more local, military theme and it has been suggested that they

produce a design to be considered by Council along with the aforementioned design, so there would

then be two benches.

Recommendation

It is recommended that Councillors approve the design and associated expenditure (between £750 and

£1,200 per bench) and locations are put forward for consideration (Expenditure Authority: General

Power of Competence Localism Act 2011 s1-8).

Linda Scott-Giles

Town Clerk

12th February 2020