Decision Details

RESOLVED

 
That the Joint Committee resolves to:

1.      Note the report dated 24 June 2019 to the Joint Committee (Report) and appendices;

2.      Arrange a further consultation exercise by:

(i)    publishing on the East Suffolk Council website a consultation circular setting out the context, which has been approved by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee after discussions with their respective Joint Committee Members, the explanatory note (as produced at Appendix B to the Report) and the draft Harbour Management Committee constitution (as produced at Appendices C and D to the Report) from Ashfords LLP;

(ii)  inviting any new written representations by e-mail by a suitable date, making it clear that there is no need to repeat representations made in the previous consultation exercise because those will continue to inform future planning; and

(iii) arranging a public event at a suitable location in Southwold, to enable stakeholders to make representations and ask questions in person if they prefer.

3.       Meet again after an appropriate period to decide the way forward, taking into account the results of that consultation exercise. 

The recommendations made in this report are to implement the March Resolutions made by the JC and are made for the reasons summarised in this report and explained in more detail in the reports referred to in it (which are available at the links in

The proposals made in this report are to implement the March Resolutions made by the Joint Committee.  Before those resolutions were made, the Joint Committee considered all of the other options described in section 11 of the February Report.

Although it may not be necessary to carry out a further consultation exercise, some consultees in the previous consultation exercise did ask for this and, in the March Resolutions, the JC did resolve to arrange further consultation, as described in section 5 of the report.

Councillor I Bradbury declared a Local Non Pecuniary Interest as he was the Secretary of the Blyth Estuary Partnership.