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22 Bishopsgate Visit – A Member thanked the Chair and Officers for organising the recent Committee visit to 22 Bishopsgate and stated that it was interesting to see the success of the consolidated logistics on site which they had reported had reduced deliveries here by over 90%. Other important takeaways from the visit were around the demand for the sort of flexible accommodation that they are providing such as the public roof viewing gallery. The Member stated that it was disappointing that this particular visit had been so poorly attended and therefore questioned whether it might be possible to arrange a repeat of this in the near future given the number of questions on these types of matters raised at recent meetings?

The Chair undertook to arrange this ahead of the building opening in Spring 2023.

A Member requested that these visits be considered outside of working hours going forward.

65 Fleet Street and reopening of the Tipperary public house

A Member referred to the refurbishment of 65 Fleet Street which was thought to have now been delayed by at least a year. He noted that this might have a knock-on effect as to the reopening of the Tipperary public house which was an Asset of Community Value (ACV). He therefore asked whether the Chair might consider writing to the owners of the building in conjunction with the Chair of the Fleet Street Quarter (FSQ) BID to see if any pressure could be applied as to the earlier opening of this. The Chair commented that this was not really a planning matter but added that he would be happy to lend his support and construct a letter jointly with the FSQ BID Chairman as suggested.

Post-Construction Information

A Member commented that she had previously requested this information as to sustainability targets and recounted that a report had been submitted to the Committee pre-pandemic which promised to bring forward a future report as to those buildings that had been constructed had met their BREEAM and other targets. She requested that the original report be recirculated to all current members of the Committee and queried when the updated report would now be forthcoming.

The Chairman asked that this be reported in to the next meeting of the grand Committee.

Office Space

A Member queried where the City were in terms of its targets on Office floorspace and how much had been approved/constructed or was already in construction.

The Chairman asked that this also be reported to the next meeting of the grand Committee.

Officers clarified that this was a key priority for them and would also form a key part of the evidence base in terms of data being collected for the Local Plan.