1. Bournemouth Civic Society
AGM 2014
Wednesday 2nd April
Chairman’s Report

2. Committee 2013/14
• The Committee elected last year to take
forward the Society’s work and activities is:
• John Barker – President & Newsletter Editor
• Chairman – Ken Mantock
• Deputy Chairman – Jean Bird
• Treasurer – Peter Jackson
• Minutes Secretary – Paul Newsome
• Built Environment Officer – John Soane
• Membership Secretary – Sally Mc Grath
• Activities Secretaries – Beryl Parker and Keith Barnes
• Website Officer – Alwyn Ladell
• Without Portfolio – John Walker, Elaine Cooper, Andre Thomas

3. Committee and Members
At The Echo

4. Monthly Committee Meetings
• Apologies
• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters Arising
• Local Development Framework
• Built Environment
• Boscombe Regeneration
• Planning Applications
• Planning Board
• Civic Voice
• Activities
• Membership
• Website
• Treasurer’s report
• Any other business
• Thanks to Paul for hosting us
• Thanks to all since we are all volunteers with busy lives

5. Big issues we’ve been involved with
• Seafront Strategy
• Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal
• Churchill Gardens Conservation Area Appraisal
• Horseshoe Common Remodelling
• Three Towns Travel Policy
• Dean Park Cricket Ground
• Russell Cotes Museum
• Tourist Information Office
• Westover Road Townscape and Public Realm Improvements
• Bournemouth In Bloom
• St Peters Church Development Project
• 1943 Air Raid Commemorations at The Lansdowne
• Ald Keith Rawlings Collection at Central Library
• Twinning Trip to Netanya, Israel

6. More big issues we’ve been involved
with
• Local Development Framework – The Bournemouth Plan
• Town Centre Developments – Pavilion, Nautillus, Winter Gardens, IMAX, Hotel
School, Terrace Mount, Leyton Mount, Westover Road Cinemas, Former Bus
Station Site, Pier Theatre, Punshon Church, Navitus Windfarm.
• Listed Buildings at risk - Throop Mill, Throop UR Church and Manse
• Boscombe - Pokesdown, BCCA, Argos Building, The Crescent, Overcliff Drive ,
Pokesdown Station.
• Travellers’ Sites – Throop and The Lansdowne
• National Planning Policy Guidance – Localism, Green Belt, Farrell Review
• Supporting Civic Voice
• Supporting Bournemouth Council for Voluntary Services
• Supporting National Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Organising and taking part in visits, lunch clubs and talks.

7. Day to day issues
• Commenting on planning applications each month
• Meeting with Mike Holmes – Dir of Planning each quarter
• Meeting with leading councillors, interested parties, and other local community
representatives throughout the year

8. Cliff End Hotel
Under scaffolding

9. Seafront Strategy
Improvements to facilities

10. Winter Gardens
Going to Appeal

11. Pavilion
What next after Pavilion Gardens?

12. Westover Road Cinemas

13. Westover Road
Good public realm proposals

14. Waterfront Complex - IMAX
All gone now

15. Dean Park Cricket Ground
For Sale by Cooper Dean Trustees

16. St Peters Church
Development Project Underway

17. St Peters Church
Resurrection Chapel wider uses

18. St Peters Church
Stonework, Wall Paintings, Organ, Heating, Lighting, Sound, Cafe,
Grounds improvements

19. Bournemouth Local Plan
Annual Monitoring Report, Core Strategy, Town Centre Area Action Plan,
and lots more……..Local Development Framework

20. Greenbelt near Berry Hill
Travellers Site threat removed here and at The Lansdowne

21. Throop UR Church
Uncertain Future

22. The Manse, Throop
Uncertain Future

23. Throop Mill
Still at risk

24. Local Historian
John in Echo with George Fairweather collection

25. Four Civic Society Chairmen
Ian Dickens, Jean Bird, John Barker & Ken Mantock