Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies were received from Pauline Vahey, Rachel Prance, Susie Simkins and David Brackin.

There were none.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 19 January 2022 were agreed as a correct record.

There are no changes to the terms of reference but they are attached as part of an annual review.

The Terms of Reference were circulated before this meeting for Members to review.

A Member queried if the terms of reference should include wording about the proposed Screen Hub development. It was advised the Group should be forum to provide updates on development proposals.

There was a discussion regarding the membership of the group and the potential to increase this to enable greater representation of ward areas. It was agreed the membership would be reviewed and updates on proposed developments would be included in the Terms of Reference.

Action: C Gray to produce a draft document for review at the next meeting.

A Member queried if the Terms of Reference included guidance on query response times and Member’s roles within the Group. It was confirmed Pinewood liaise with the community on development of the Studios instead of operational matters. Members were advised to contact Pinewood with any operational issues and not to wait until the next Group meeting. It was highlighted the Group was not able to deal with planning matters as the Council’s planning committees were the official channel. Members were reminded to use the Council’s online planning portal o make comments on planning applications.

Action: C Gray to review and clarify these points for next meeting.

·       SHUK / Pinewood South

·       Project Infinity

·       Workshop 160 Planning Application

·       PSDF Permissive Path

·       Five Points Roundabout

·       A415 and Fulmer Road Safety

·       Signage

The team at Pinewood were introduced and gave a presentation on the progress from Pinewood which was appended to these minutes.

•            The Screen Hub UK planning application was granted by the Secretary of State in April 2022 following completion of  the section 106.

•            The presentation highlighted the proposed Screen Hub development zones and feedback from residents highlighted concerns about the visitor attraction aspect. A revised scheme would be explored for Pinewood South. There would be online and in person consultations for interested parties, all the details would be available on Pinewood’s website. The concept plan highlighted the development zones including a north park, 2 visitor attractions and multi-storey car parks.

•            The future of Alderbourne Farm was considered including existing buildings and the South backlot. The application included various workshops, parking facilities and the creation of a nature reserve on the north site. This would be open to consultation from the beginning of May.

•            Project Infinity, the 5 stages at Pinewood West were progressing well. The cladding on the XY stages had been completed and the ancillary buildings were nearly finished with the electrics being installed. The hard stand buildings were completed and it was conformed the double height ancillary buildings had been designed to look like the existing buildings. The Z Stage construction work was progressing well with an anticipated completion date for the end of August 2022. The levels of construction traffic would decrease as the remaining work was largely the internal infrastructure of the buildings.

•            An update on the Workshop 160 planning application was provided. The temporary workshop was in use and the second workshop on site was outside of the PSDF. Buckinghamshire Council were currently considering the new planning application.

•            The PSDF Path construction had started with the northern path almost complete. The Southern part of the path would be constructed next. There would be no steps on the path and the path would have a crushed limestone finish. The path was anticipated to open at the end of July 2022. Following discussion at the January meeting the proposed steps for the path have been removed and the path would be accessible for wheelchair users if they were suitable for field terrain.  The top of the path would change following the new alignment. A gate would be installed which would be locked at night following consultation with the residents of Pinewood Green. A requirement of the granted planning permission stated the path would need to be open at all times however, discussions were to take place with Buckinghamshire Council to amend this condition. In regards to field works the design would be amended in phase 3 of the project when a planning application would be re-submitted, the completion for this was anticipated the end of 2022. The water retention of the site was still adequate compared to other options available. The planning consent was for 1.2 million square feet and this was not likely to exceed that.

•            •            An update  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

·       Elizabeth Line staff and community transport

A Member raised the point that the Elizabeth train line would be opening this month. There was currently limited transport links into Iver from the train station. Currently a shuttle bus was in operation, there was a request to provide more information to prevent Pinewood Green being used as a ‘park and ride’. A possible solution could be the implantation of bike racks and there could be an additional shuttle pick up stop from Iver station to the Studios.

In response it was advised the shuttle would be unable to offer additional stops although the service would be reviewed to ensure buses were running at capacity. Pinewood would look into providing bike racks as a matter of priority.

A Member queried if the dead TPO trees had been removed as of yet. It was advised these had not been removed yet and would likely be removed and replanted in Autumn when the planting season starts. Pinewood acknowledged the queries concerning this and would provide an update shortly.

Concern was raised about litter around the fences of Pinewood, it was agreed this would be investigated as a matter of urgency.

A Member asked if an item could be included on the agenda regarding new trees. It was advised tree planting season started in Autumn and therefore trees planted presently would be unlikely to survive.

To be confirmed.

The next meeting was to be confirmed, it was advised September would be a suitable time once the consultations had ended. The comments from the consultations would be advised to the Group at the next meeting.

Pinewood were hosting a series of online and in person events to discuss future proposals, details were available online at: https://www.pinewoodcommunications.co.uk/events/ and https://www.pinewoodcommunications.co.uk/projects/