Agenda item

For Decision

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment which provided an overview of the digital pedestrian model and the proposed enhancements to the model. Officers advised that the model had enabled them to identify future levels of pedestrian movement.

In response to a Member’s question on whether future simulations could be carried out without requiring the aid of the vendor which incurs a cost each time, officers advised that whilst it would not be possible to fully bring the software in-house, any future manipulations with the supplier would not incur a high cost.

A discussion took place during which Members raised amongst others the following points:

·         that the report be submitted to the Planning and Transportation Committee for information;

·         that the model provides a number of opportunities and has a lot of uses, but other measures could be in place to capture the number of people using the spaces, for example mounted cameras;

·         whether costs could in future be funded from the Community Infrastructure Levy;

RESOLVED – That:

a)    the Sub-Committee note the contents of the report;

b)    the Sub-Committee authorise officers to extend the project budget by £137,600 in order to procure further enhancements to the model. This will be part funded by TFL (£80,000), and partly from departmental resources (£57,000); and

c)    the Sub-Committee authorise a waiver of procurement orders to allow officers to procure these services directly from Space Syntax Ltd; and

d)    the report be submitted to the Planning and Transportation Committee for information.