Meeting of 10 July
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Shortly before the summer break, the Beckum City Council made numerous landmark decisions for Beckum at its meeting on 10 July. Here is an extract:
Green light for commercial space concept
With the new commercial space concept, the council and administration are sending a clear signal in favour of the strategic and sustainable further development of Beckum as a business location. The aim is a systematic, locally adapted utilisation and management of commercial sites.
The concept is based on comprehensive analyses of the current stock of space and future requirements. A total of around 4.5 million square metres of commercial space was recorded, of which around 64 percent is used commercially. The manufacturing sector accounts for almost half of this space.
A total of 25 industrial estates have been recorded in the city of Beckum, 14 of which are in Beckum, 8 in Neubeckum, 2 in Roland and 1 in Vellern. The average size of the industrial estates is around 180,000 square metres. Of the approximately 36 per cent of land not used for commercial purposes, the largest proportion, around 10 per cent, is made up of derelict or vacant land. Around 5 per cent is used for residential purposes, around 7 per cent is accounted for by public traffic areas and public car parks and around 8 per cent by green spaces. A further 7 per cent or so is vacant commercial space.
The concept also shows specific development prospects and provides recommendations for action for existing and potential commercial areas. For each commercial area, profiles were created that define measures and priorities for short, medium and long-term implementation.
Comprehensive sustainability strategy adopted
The sustainability strategy for Beckum was officially adopted with the council's decision. It builds on the "100% climate-conscious" climate protection concept and integrates other important future projects - including the cycling concept, the administrative digitalisation strategy as well as the planned municipal heat planning and the climate adaptation concept.
The programme of action comprises five central topics:
- Sustainable management
- Good work and responsible management
- Climate protection and energy
- Sustainable mobility
- Resource conservation & climate impact adaptation
The strategy is supplemented by concrete proposals for measures that are used for monitoring and updating. A steering group will review progress on an annual basis. The results will be collated and published by 2028 at the latest.
Individual measures were not voted on - their implementation is decided separately in each case.
Transfer to Lippeverband off the table
The rejection of the transfer of the wastewater disposal obligation to the Lippeverband, which had already been approved by the Operations Committee and the Main, Finance and Digital Committee, has now also been finalised by the Council.
Detailed press release after the meeting of the works committee
These and other documents relating to the individual resolutions can be found in the Council information system.