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A decision made 17 December 2009 regarding: Establishment of project board - development of non-operational land at Jersey Airport.

Decision Reference: MD-E-2009-0211
Decision Summary Title :	Jersey Airport Project Board		Date of Decision Summary:
Decision Summary Author:	Julian Green Airport Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	WR Project Board 20091118		Date of Written Report:	18.11.2009
Written Report Author:	Strategic Planning Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: The establishment of a Project Board to steer the development of non-operation land assets at Jersey Airport to optimise income to the airport, in line with the Regeneration Zone aspirations laid out in the Draft Island Plan.
Decision(s): The Assistant Minister endorsed the proposed constitution of a project board and the proposed remit for the same.
Reason(s) for Decision: To bring forward the non-operational land at the airport for development to optimise the airport’s assets needs to be steered at executive officer level. Using the East of Albert Project Board as a model, the creation of a Jersey Airport Project Board seeks to replicate that role specifically in the context of development at the airport as part of its on-going goal to reduce financial dependency on the States of Jersey Treasury.
Resource Implications: Executive Officers from Planning & Environment, Economic Development and WEB will be required to commit time to the Board
Action required: The Minister confirms his agreement to the establishment of the Project Board pending receipt of the finalised remit, which the Project Board should agree at their first meeting and submit to the Minister for his approval.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Establishment of project board - development of non-operational land at Jersey Airport

MD-E-2009-0211

Ministerial Decision Required for the Jersey Airport Project Board

Report to support the MD

As part of the long-term financial viability of the airport, the airport executive management team has undertaken a master planning exercise to identify options for developing non-operational land at the airport. Subsequent to the completion of the operation and commercial elements of the master plan, a briefing was given to executive officers of Planning & Environment, EDD and WEB to seek guidance for taking the process forward to completion, but linked to wider Island requirements.

Initial options have been submitted to the production of the Draft Island Plan and the published Plan for consultation includes the Airport as an identified regeneration zone for future potential development. Advice received from the executive officers was that the completion of the master planning and driving forward of future development would be best served by the creation of a Project Board to provide executive steering to the process, similar to the model adopted for East of Albert. On this basis the MD has been drafted to seek confirmation from the Minister that he is in agreement with this proposed course of action.