Agenda item

AWARDS AND PRIZES

National Joint Utilities Group Partnership Award 2013

Report of the Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee.

 

“The City of London Corporation was awarded the “National Joint Utilities Group Partnership Award 2013” on the 10th December 2013 at the House of Commons for its work in partnering with office developers and telecoms providers in promoting a scheme for communal entry chambers for new developments in the City. 

 

Communal entry chambers, which are built under the public highway, have been constructed for 11 new office developments in the City. They have resulted in faster, more coordinated installation of telecoms services into new office buildings, reducing the incidence of street works and disruption to vehicle and pedestrian movement in the City, and avoiding disturbing newly landscaped areas around new developments. The initiative has been led by the City Property Advisory Team (CPAT) and the Department of Built Environment (DBE), and has saved a total of 396 days working in the public highway in the City of London throughout 2013.

 

The City’s planning powers (section 106) have been amended to require developers to fund the building of communal entry chambers to supply new developments. Chambers are funded, owned, and maintained by the developer, under a section 50 highways licence – “private apparatus under a public street”, and on-going access and is managed by the building owner.

 

The judging panel from the National Joint Utilities Group made the following comment:

“The City of London Corporation’s submission showed both great partnership engagement and working but also demonstrated a proactive approach to effectively future proof the location from further unnecessary disruption. It showed great awareness in thinking beyond the matter at hand.”

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National Joint Utilities Group Partnership Award 2013

Report of the Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee.

 

“The City of London Corporation was awarded the “National Joint Utilities Group Partnership Award 2013” on the 10th December 2013 at the House of Commons for its work in partnering with office developers and telecoms providers in promoting a scheme for communal entry chambers for new developments in the City. 

 

Communal entry chambers, which are built under the public highway, have been constructed for 11 new office developments in the City. They have resulted in faster, more coordinated installation of telecoms services into new office buildings, reducing the incidence of street works and disruption to vehicle and pedestrian movement in the City, and avoiding disturbing newly landscaped areas around new developments. The initiative has been led by the City Property Advisory Team (CPAT) and the Department of Built Environment (DBE), and has saved a total of 396 days working in the public highway in the City of London throughout 2013.

 

The City’s planning powers (section 106) have been amended to require developers to fund the building of communal entry chambers to supply new developments. Chambers are funded, owned, and maintained by the developer, under a section 50 highways licence – “private apparatus under a public street”, and on-going access and is managed by the building owner.

 

The judging panel from the National Joint Utilities Group made the following comment:

“The City of London Corporation’s submission showed both great partnership engagement and working but also demonstrated a proactive approach to effectively future proof the location from further unnecessary disruption. It showed great awareness in thinking beyond the matter at hand.

 

Received.