Cabinet Member for Regeneration

Cabinet considered the report of the Economy and Community Services Manager and the above Cabinet Member which set-out the revised draft of a new Economic Regeneration Framework for adoption.

The Cabinet Member acknowledged the input that the PDRC had made to the Framework at their meeting on 10 May 2018.

Discussion ensued and the following points were made:  further work was needed on the ‘Enhance Skills’ section; reference needed to be made to Further Education facilities in other parts of the Borough, not just Sittingbourne; work needed to be done with employers and apprentice providers to drive the development of apprenticeships; regeneration of the three town centres should be included throughout the document; the Sittingbourne Hub needed to be included in the Foreword; and the document needed to be more consistent in its wording.

The Cabinet Member responded by stating that all three town centres, plus the rural areas, were included in the Introduction.  He added that consideration of apprenticeship options had been included within the document.

Resolved:

(1)       That the revised Swale Economic Regeneration Framework 2018-2021 be adopted.