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HS1 – Kent’s Experience Legacy not Liability

HS1 – Kent’s Experience Legacy not Liability. Presentation to HS2 Community Benefit Seminar Warwickshire County Council 20 March 2013. Overview. The starting point Shaping the Legacy The ‘Kent Tests’ Influencing and mitigation Petitions … undertakings and assurances

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HS1 – Kent’s Experience Legacy not Liability

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  1. HS1 – Kent’s ExperienceLegacy not Liability Presentation to HS2 Community Benefit Seminar Warwickshire County Council 20 March 2013

  2. Overview • The starting point • Shaping the Legacy • The ‘Kent Tests’ • Influencing and mitigation • Petitions … undertakings and assurances • Rail Link Countryside Initiative (RLCI) • Final Thoughts

  3. The Starting Point

  4. The Starting Point

  5. Shaping the Legacy

  6. The Kent Tests - did the scheme:

  7. The Kent Tests - did the scheme:

  8. Influencing the Big Picture

  9. Influencing the Big Picture

  10. Petitions…Undertakings and Assurances

  11. Mitigation Details – A flavour ...

  12. Mitigation Details – A flavour ...

  13. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  14. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  15. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  16. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  17. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  18. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  19. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  20. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  21. Rail Link Countryside Initiative

  22. Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme • Key objective was the restoration and management of Darnley Mausoleum and historic Cobham Park • £150k pa – 1997 -2001 • Had same Director as RLCI • Seed funding for heritage project £750k which levered in £10m of funding for restoration of Cobham Park – buildings, access and woodland enhancement

  23. Legacy of another kind What I might do differently … • Seek dispensation from Highway Design Code for the realignment of rural lanes

  24. Legacy of another kind ….. A home for heritage finds

  25. Legacy of another kind what I might do differently ….. • Long term safeguarding & de-designation of lost assets • Awareness of gantries much earlier in the process • Impact upon highways – physical and ££ • Seek commitment for long term monitoring of environmental effects • Planting – drainage implications and aftercare arrangements • Procedure for temporary road closures – financial penalties? • Tourism potential and design

  26. Final Thoughts Strength in shared views Take full advantage of chance to influence project in early phases. Post Act influence is much more limited and akin to reserved matters on a planning application Deemed consents

  27. Final Thoughts • Be mindful of changes to the scheme – particularly those as detailed design emerges • Parliamentary Undertakings and Assurances are not the same • Use technical experts that can communicate in simple language • Think early about construction routes • Effective community liaison • Staff continuity if possible – work together to achieve common objectives • Balance gain vs. pain • Pick your battles carefully • 1996 Act never dies

  28. ….Plan for the Long Haul

  29. And Last but not Least ….

  30. Thank You Sharon.thompson@kent.gov.uk 01622 696052

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