Decision details

To advise Members of the outcome of the public consultation on the Draft Vision for Daedalus, and to agree the next steps for delivering the Vision.

On 13^th July, the Executive agreed a draft Vision for Daedalus, setting out its ambitions for the airfield and the wider development areas, following its acquisition in March this year.

A formal public consultation exercise was subsequently launched, and partners were also formally invited to comment on the document.  The consultation process included publication on the Council’s website, a public exhibition in Stubbington, a Special CAT meeting in Stubbington and a tenants’ workshop with aviation interests at Daedalus.

The results of the consultation are set out in the report, and were largely very positive.  Some specific comments have resulted in amendments to the draft Vision, and the final version for adoption is attached at Appendix A.

In order to deliver the Vision, a significant investment will be necessary to unlock the areas of land identified for development, to support the creation of jobs in the area and to provide good quality public amenities shown in the Vision.  It is therefore appropriate to have a robust governance structure underpinning the delivery of the Vision, and a proposal to achieve this is set out in Appendix C.

Finally, because the delivery of the Vision is likely to be of great interest to a wide number of groups and individuals in the community, consideration has been given to the mechanisms for engaging and communicating with the local communities, tenants and prospective new businesses, airfield visitors, etc.  A Communications Strategy for Daedalus has been prepared, in Appendix D, to demonstrate how the Council will engage with interested parties and keep all appraised of our progress in delivering the Vision.

RESOLVED that the Executive:

(a)       formally adopts the Vision for Daedalus, as set out in Appendix A to the report;

(b)       agrees the proposed Governance arrangements for the Delivery of Daedalus, as shown in Appendix C to the report;

(c)       delegates authority to the Director of Finance and Resources to agree Heads of Terms for the disposal of plots as described in Appendix C to the report; and

(d)       approves the Communications Strategy for Daedalus as set out in Appendix D to the report.