Agenda and draft minutes

Teignmouth Town Centre Partnership - Tuesday, 13th June, 2023 9.15 am

Venue: Mayor's Parlour - Town Hall. View directions

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

2.

Minutes of previous meeting pdf icon PDF 160 KB

Minutes:

The previous minutes were agreed.

Proposed T Hayes

Seconded K Underhill

Unanimous

3.

Regeneration update

Regeneration update. Keir Duffin DCC

Minutes:

Keir Duffin brought the partnership up to date with progress on the regeneration strategy.

Conversation then moved to the future of the partnership and the lack of TDC and DCC contributions (previously £10K from each authority)

The chair will write to both authorities asking if they will reinstate their contributions.

4.

Commercial waste bins

Update on situation. TDC Terry Hayes

Minutes:

Terry Hayes updated the partnership and suggested inviting Steve Rammage to a future meeting regarding enforcement of trader’s waste licence’s by TDC. Terry to pursue.

5.

Cafe pavement licences

Update on café pavement licences TDC&DCC

a) Are they being transferred to TDC?

b) Enforcement

Minutes:

The town clerk had received a reply from Sam Williams regarding the possible move of the above from DCC to TDC, this is awaiting the governments “levelling up bill” and will reside with DCC at least untill the bill is passed.

6.

Beach management

Update Beach management plan, Groynes, Sand. TDC Graham Smith

Minutes:

The above is still awaited from TDC. The Deputy harbour master advised that the current situation is causing sand to move into the shipping channel.

7.

Den Decorative lighting

Recently removed decorative lighting across the Den.

Update from TDC will it be replaced and if so when. Concern for the safety of Women and Girls.

Minutes:

Allie Clark will chase this situation again at TDC.

Clive Whetton asked if planning consent was required to remove them?

Clive Whetton will also Place an FOI to TDC to ascertain the revenue income  TDC gets from all of its seafront concessions in Teignmouth.

 

8.

Teign estuary trail

Update from DCC. Hannah Clark

Minutes:

No report was received.

9.

TTC Update

TTC Town Clerk

Minutes:

The Town Clerk advised that officers are looking at the future of Love Teignmouth Love Dawlish. Both in respect of volunteers and possible outsourcing to “visit south Devon”

10.

TDC update

TDC update, UKSPF. Louisa Brinton

Minutes:

Allie Clarke updated the partnership on the current status of the UKSPF fund.

11.

DCC update

DCC

12.

Date of next meeting

13th September 09:15 Mayors Parlour Bitton House

Minutes:

12th September 09:15 in the Mayors parlour at Bitton House.

13.

60 second items

Minutes:

Discussion returned to the future of the partnership and the importance of getting the commitment of TDC and DCC to reinstate the funding as per item