Purpose

The Business Improvement District (BID)
operating on Globe Business Park in Marlow comes to an end on the
31 December 2024. The BID has served an 84 Day Notice of its intent
to instruct the billing authority (Buckinghamshire Council) to put
the new BID proposal to ballot to enable a third five-year term
from 1 January 2025. Legislation requires that the Council put
ballot arrangements in place and, on receipt of a successful ballot
outcome, plan for the billing and collection of a levy payment. The
Council is also required to work with the BID proposers to develop
baseline service and operating agreements to ensure that activity
carried out by the BID is additional to that provided by the local
authority and that reasonable charges for levy billing and
collection are agreed. As a property owner on Globe Business Park,
the Council will receive a ballot paper to vote for each unit
vacant at the time of ballot.

Content

Recommendations:               
 

1.     
To note that the Buckinghamshire Council has
received a notice of intent to ballot from Globe Business Park BID
(Marlow).

 

2.     
To note that arrangements are put in place for a
postal ballot and for the Returning Officer with the support of the
Economic Development Manager, to appoint Civica to undertake
this.

 

3.     
The Corporate Director for Planning, Growth and
Sustainability, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Planning and Regeneration, be given delegated authority to vote
‘yes’ in the Globe Business Park BID ballot subject to
ballot offers being satisfactory, and

 

4.     
Subject to a yes vote, that the Corporate
Director for Planning, Growth and Sustainability, in consultation
with the relevant Cabinet Members and service areas, be authorised
to agree the detailed baseline service level agreements in line
with the business plan submitted and any operational decisions
required to enable the BID to commence from 1 January
2025.