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SPECIAL
REGENERATION
AND ENVIRONMENT
PANEL
Agenda
Wednesday 25 May 2005
at 6.00 pm
Committee Suite,
King’s Court
Chapel Street,
King’s Lynn

Borough Council of King’s Lynn
and West Norfolk
King’s Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EX.
Telephone: 01553 616275
Fax: 01553 616758
Minicom: 01553 692138
16 th May 2005
Dear Member
Regeneration and Environment Panel
You are invited to attend a Special Meeting of the above-mentioned Panel which will be
held on Wednesday 25th May 2005 starting at 6.00pm in the Committee Suite, King’s
Court, King’s Lynn to discuss the business shown below.
Yours sincerely,
Chief Executive
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes
A G E N D A
To approve the Minutes of the Meeting held on 13 April 2005 (previously
circulated pages 622-627).
3. Urgent Business
To consider any business which, by reason of special circumstances, the
Chairman proposes to accept as urgent under Section 100(b)(4)(b) of the Local
Government Act, 1972.

4. Members present pursuant to Standing Order 34
Members wishing to speak pursuant to Standing Order 34 should inform the
Chairman of their intention to do so and on what items they wish to be heard
before the meeting commences.
5. Chairman’s Correspondence
As this is a Special meeting, Chairman’s Correspondence will be covered at the
re-scheduled standard meeting on Wednesday 15 th June.
6. Matters referred to the Panel from other Council Bodies and reponses made
to previous Panel recommendations/requests
As this is a Special meeting, any such matters or responses will be covered at the
re-scheduled standard meeting on Wednesday 15 th June.
7. The Nar Ouse Regeneration Area’s (NORA’s) Millennium Community
Designation
The purpose of this item is to provide greater awareness and understanding of
the Millennium Community designation within NORA (one of only 7 such
Millennium Communities in the country) and what this means in terms of
providing higher standards of environmental sustainability through better building
design and construction and through community integration.
There will be two presentations on this subject.
• The first will be delivered by a representative from English Partnerships and
will consist of background information and an overview of ‘Millennium
Communities’.
• The second will be delivered by a representative from Morston Assets and will
cover how the Millennium Standards are being applied to the initial housing
phase, including how the houses have been designed.
The presentations will be followed by a discussion session through the Chair.
Some background material on the Millennium Communities Programme and the
NORA designation is attached to this agenda (Appendix A)
8. A Strategy for Public Art within the Nar Ouse Regeneration Area
To receive and comment on outline proposals for public art to be incorporated
within the NORA development.

There will be a presentation of these proposals from Irene Rogan as the Master
Planning Artist working with the landscaping consultants on the NORA project.
The presentations will be followed by a discussion session through the Chair.
A summary of the brief/tasks for the Master Planning Artist are attached as
Appendix B.
9. Date of Next Meeting
To note that the next meeting of the Panel is scheduled for Wednesday 15th
June 2005 at 6.00pm.
To Councillors P C T Gidney (Chairman), Jack Bantoft, A Booth, M Chenery of
Horsbrugh, Mrs Z Christopher, I Gourlay, Mrs D Moir, D Pope and C Smith
Portfolio Holders: Councillor N Daubney (Regeneration) and Councillor Mrs
Nockolds (Culture)
Press
Chief Executive and Directors
By Invitation:
NORA Steering Group members
NORA Consultative Group members
Alaistair Doig Nature Society
Alan Gunne-Jones Malcolm Judd & Partners
Andrew Schumann
Andy Mcleod Bank of Scotland
Angela Mason KLWN Cycle Forum
Bob Wilson South Lynn Baptist Church
Brian Laurence MACE
Charles Simpson Bank of Scotland
Chris Shaw Highways Agency
Chris Taylor Morston Assets
David and Pat Bryant
David Merrick FPD Savills
David Wright Commissions East
Dennis Horne English Partnerships
Dr. Paul Richards
Gareth Blanks Tribal Property Services
Gary Church Church Lukas
Graham Copsey West Norfolk Primary Care Trust
Jane Snape Friends of The Earth

Jean Marriot Internal Drainage Board
Jim Farr West Norfolk Arts Forum
John Wilson Tyler-Parkes Partnership
Karen Hendry East of England Development Agency
Keith Stonell Environment Agency
Kevin Crisp EC Harris
Malcolm Robson Morston Assets
Martin Breakwell BSP
Mike Evans English Partnerships
Nick Norton Rogers & Norton
Norman Harris Jackson Construction
Pat Midgley Fishermen Representative
Pat Robinson Norfolk Society
PC John Butters Norfolk Constabulary
Peter Bridgham Chamber of Commerce
Peter Stewart College of West Anglia
Phil Jones Phil Jones Assoc
Richard Spencer Geodyne Ltd
Richard Wilkin College of West Anglia
Richard Williamson College of West Anglia
Robert Jones West Norfolk Primary Care Trust
Roger Turff Kings Lynn 2000
Rosemary Bryan Norfolk Society
Russell Boulter
Sally Smith Civic Society
Sheila Hine West Norfolk Artists Association
Spencer Burrell Morston Assets
Stephen Flynn Sheils Flynn
Stephen Hill English Partnerships
Steve Logan LSI Arcitects
Stuart Bizley Morston Assets
Willliam O’Brien East of England Development Agency
Appropriate Officers – The following persons are invited to attend:
Jane Falkner Arts Development Officer
Liz Falconbridge Visual Arts and Education Manager
Jeff Clarke Head of Planning
Nick Ward Planning Control Manager
John Norton Head of Regeneration
Richard High Strategic Director
Jodie Taylor NORA Administration Officer
Carl Suckling Community Development Officer / Secretary to Advisory
Committee for People with Disabilities
Bill Davidson Principal Environmental Health Officer

Millennium Communities Programme
Background
Appendix A
English Partnerships’ Millennium Communities Programme brings together new
ways of planning, designing and constructing homes to enable a more sustainable
way of living. It is creating seven inspiring places to live across the country.
The programme was initiated in 1997 with the launch of the development competition
for Greenwich Millennium Village. Many of the principles being piloted by the
Programme have become an integral part of the ideas being driven forward by the
Government's Sustainable Communities Plan.
Millennium Communities are designed to include different types and sizes of home,
to attract a wide range of residents. They will all include green open spaces, wildlife
areas and recreation facilities. Good transport links, shops and community facilities
are also a priority. Planners are asked to give as much thought to the needs of
pedestrians and cyclists, as they do car-users.
Local residents are encouraged to get involved in the early stages of planning and
design and to gain a sense of ownership by helping to run their community’s new
facilities. Millennium Communities demand quality from developers in construction,
finish and environmental impact. The Programme is attracting some of the UK’s most
talented architects and successful developers. Their challenge is to create an
exciting new vision for a place – one that helps the area to attract more
opportunities and investment and establish flourishing neighbourhoods with bright
prospects.

The sites
The seven communities which are being developed as examples of best practice
are:
• Greenwich Millennium Village, London
• Allerton Bywater Millennium Community, near Leeds
• New Islington Millennium Community, Manchester
• South Lynn Millennium Community, King’s Lynn
• Telford Millennium Community
• Oakgrove Millennium Community, Milton Keynes
• Hastings Millennium Community
The locations span a variety of environments – including a market town (South
Lynn), a seaside town (Hastings), a city estate (New Islington), a new town
(Oakgrove), and a larger urban village (Telford). They all offer housebuyers a real
opportunity to buy into a more sustainable lifestyle, as well as a new home.
English Partnerships works closely with local partners in all locations to help ensure
the Millennium Community means local people will also benefit from new job
opportunities, facilities, education and access to training. Themes have been chosen
to showcase particular approaches to sustainable living. These include integrated
transport at Hastings, life-long learning in Telford, community integration at South
Lynn and information communications technology at Oakgrove, where around 2,000
homes will have broadband connections.
The early provision of community facilities has become a particularly important part
of the Programme. Working with local people, these facilities help to build bridges
with the existing community and prepare the way for new development. At Allerton
Bywater Millennium Community near Leeds, new amenities include a refurbished
former infant school providing childcare and a library. The transformed Miners’
Welfare Hall is the focus for a wide range of activities, including a skatepark,
bowling, cricket, tea-dances and a luncheon club.
English Partnerships takes the lead on cleaning-up the site, piloting new remediation
techniques and demonstrating to developers that difficult brownfield locations can be
utilised for profitable ventures.
What is the Programme delivering?
The Millennium Communities Programme will deliver:
• 6,000 quality new homes by 2010
• Nearly 9,000 new homes in total
• More than 70,000 sq m commercial floorspace
• More than 1,000 new jobs
• Over £770m private sector investment attracted
• £165m investment by English Partnerships
• Five new primary schools, one improved pre-school and one secondary school

• Seven new community buildings
• Three new health centres
• Environmental performance standards
Each community will meet environmental performance standards for its buildings that
are more exacting than current building regulations. They will, for example, reduce
the energy used in constructing homes by 50 per cent, the amount of metered
energy consumption by 20 per cent, the amount of water consumed in them by 20
per cent and waste disposed in them by 50 per cent. The innovative approach of the
Millennium Communities Programme will influence delivery and standards in other
national programmes driven by English Partnerships, including the National
Coalfields Programme, the National Brownfield Strategy and Housing Market
Renewal Pathfinders.
The aim of the programme is to encourage house-builders to use Modern Methods
of Construction, adopt higher standards of design quality and utilise more
environmentally-friendly materials to reduce the consumption of resources in new
homes. The programme is setting the standards that other developments will follow.
It demonstrates that more exacting standards are achievable regardless of
geographic location or specific market conditions.
All Millennium Communities aim to meet the following objectives:
Minimise resource consumption
Protect and enhance local environment capital
Maximise design quality
Improve construction quality and efficiency
Increase social inclusion and participation
Improve quality of life
Achieve long-term economic viability

South Lynn Millennium Community, King's Lynn
The Site
The South Lynn Millennium Community is a 48.5 ha (120 acre) site to the south of
King’s Lynn town centre and was the fourth Millennium Community to be identified.
It is being built on mostly deserted land, next to the River Ouse. The area was once
home to a flourmill, shipyards, a fertiliser plant and a gasworks. The industries
disappeared and its railway line closed several years ago.
Puny Drain, a water drainage channel, traverses the site and travels into the heart of
South Lynn. English Partnerships is proposing a multi-million-pound project to
redirect the water, reclaiming land for development as part of the Millennium
Community.
Background
South Lynn Millennium Community forms an important part of the larger Nar Ouse
Regeneration Area (NORA) project in King’s Lynn. This is the largest brownfield
regeneration project ever handled in West Norfolk and one of the largest in the east
of England. When completed, the scheme will provide more than 900 houses and
60,000 sq m of commercial space.
The vision is to create a 20 ha business park and associated residential and
commercial development, as well as a 3 ha site for mixed use and large areas of
open space and landscaping. There is even the prospect of re-opening the River Nar
to navigation by boats.
The Millennium Community will create a new school, a sports and games area, a
community hall and health facilities. It will also link to a retail area, meeting local
shopping needs. The re-direction of ‘Puny Drain will fuse together the old and new
communities of South Lynn, ensuring equality of access to the new facilities that a
Millennium Community brings.
Current Status
Nearly £30m of public-sector investment has been earmarked to provide basic
infrastructure, community facilities and site remediation. English Partnerships, King’s
Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council, the East of England Development Agency
and Norfolk County Council are providing this funding.
Norfolk County Council is managing a contract, awarded to Birse Construction, to

design and build the Nar Ouse Regeneration Route, a new link road that opens up
the site for development. Most of the remediation work has been completed for this
and the road is on target for completion in mid-2005.
Part of the site is owned by developers Morston Assets, who have also become
partners in the project. The Millennium Community gained its economic appraisal
approval from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in December 2004, and
partners are working towards a start on site in Spring 2005.

A Strategy for Public Art within the Nar Ouse Regeneration Area
Master Planning Artist Brief/Tasks (Irene Rogan)
• Develop an artistic masterplan in partnership with the project team for the NORA
site as a whole: develop a concept and vision for artworks within the
infrastructure landscape area as site specific pieces connected with King’s Lynn
and the Norfolk region
• Work in collaboration with Kings Lynn council/local community organisations to
develop an integrated NORA/Kings Lynn public art strategy
• Work in partnership with design team on the development of themes
• Identify opportunities for the involvement of artists
• Research Funding opportunities
• Encourage relationship between artist, design team and local community and
generate public support
• Oversee the artistic development of the project ensuring a coherent and
consistent approach throughout
• Collaborate on Landscape design with Sheils Flynn
• Develop artist commission briefs for identified locations and artworks
• Supply examples of art through role models and designs from masterplanning
artist
• Prepare a research document and art strategy document for presentation to
steering group/client review
In undertaking the above:
Appendix B
• Work closely with landscape architects, architects, engineers, consultants and
other designers involved in the scheme
• Generate dialogue with local council/organisations for a public art programme
which integrates NORA and Kings Lynne Town
• Advise and work in collaboration with Kings Lynn County Council with the
planning of a public art strategy for a broader programme which extends into
Kings Lynn and the development of an arts education strategy
• Develop relationship with local people/ business community when the art strategy
has been agreed
• Advise King’s Lynn Council on external arts fund opportunities and the
production of application processes for additional public art and education
programme