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MINUTE OF AGREEMENT
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THE FIFE COUNCIL, constituted in terms of Section 2 of the
Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and having their Principal Offices at
Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife, the local authority for the local
government area of Fife in terms of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland)
Act 1997 (who and whose successors are hereinafter referred to as the
Fife Council)
and
ST ANDREWS BAY DEVELOPMENT LTD, a company incorporated
under the Companies Acts with Registered Number SC1 85639 and having its
Registered Office at North House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife (who and whose
successors as registered proprietors of the subjects at Kingask, by St Andrews,
Fife all as more particularly hereinafter described are hereinafter referred to
as St Andrews Bay)
and
FOUNTAINHEAD HOLDINGS LIMITED, A Bermuda Exempt Company,
6060 Golf Club Drive, Braselton, GA3051 7, United States of America (who and
whose successors as registered proprietors of the subjects at Boarhills Farm,
Winchester Farm, Kenly Green Farm and Stonywynd Farm, by St Andrews, Fife all
as more particularly hereinafter described are hereinafter referred to as
Fountainhead)
WHEREAS St Andrews Bay submitted to The Fife Council an
application, Reference Number * dated Second March Nineteen Hundred and Ninety
(hereinafter referred to as the Application) for planning
permission for the erection of a hotel conference centre and related
accommodation, steading, spa/leisure clubhouse and facilities, golf club
house/ancillary facilities, two golf courses and landscaping at Kingask,
Boarhills Farm, Winchester Farm, Kenly Green Farm and Stonywynd Farm, by St
Andrews In the local government area of Fife (which whole subjects are
hereinafter referred to as the Development Site);
AND WHEREAS the Fife Council has agreed to approve the
Application subject to a number of planning conditions;
AND SUBJECT ALSO to the relevant parties entering into an
Agreement under Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act
1997, to restrict or regulate the development or use of the Development Site;
AND WHEREAS St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead for their
respective interests as registered proprietors of the Development Site have
agreed to enter into this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE The Fife Council, St Andrews Bay and
Fountainhead for their respective interests under and by virtue of Section 75
of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, HAVE AGREED AND DO HEREBY
AGREE in manner following :
FIRST
This Agreement is, so far as may be competently done,
entered into under and in terms of Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning
(Scotland) Act 1997, provided that, If and to the extent that any term,
provision, condition or obligation contained in this Agreement shall be held in
any proceedings arising under this Agreement or otherwise, to be a term,
provision, condition or obligation, which cannot be competently included or
enforced under an Agreement entered into under and in terms of Section 75, such
term, provision, condition or obligation shall be and remain enforceable to the
same extent and effect as if this Agreement was an Agreement in common form
between the parties hereto; And, further, the whole rights and remedies of the
parties arising from this Agreement, with and under the foregoing proviso,
shall be exercisable without prejudice to any other rights and remedies
competent to the parties either under statute or at common law, or
otherwise.
SECOND
Any difference or dispute arising as to the Interpretation
or meaning of this Agreement or any other matter arising therefrom shall be
submitted to the amicable and final decision of an Arbiter to be mutually
appointed or failing agreement as to such appointment to be appointed by the
Sheriff Principal of Tayside, Central and Fife on the application of any party
hereto.
THIRD
This Agreement shall come into effect and shall be
enforceable upon the issue of Notice of Planning Consent in respect of the
Application, to be issued following hereon, notwithstanding the date or dates
hereof;
FOURTH
The parties hereto hereby consent to the Registration
hereof, and also any Decrees, Interim or Final, of said Arbiter, in the Books
of Council and Session for preservation and execution and hereby appoint these
presents to be recorded in the Division of the General Register of Sasines
applicable to the County of Fife or the Land Register as appropriate
immediately following the execution and delivery hereof.
FIFTH
In the event of St Andrews Bay or Fountainhead deciding to
sell or otherwise dispose of the Development Site or any part thereof, they
shall take bound in like manner any person, limited company, firm or other to
whom the Development Site or any part thereof may be sold or otherwise disposed
of.
SIXTH
Amendment of this Agreement may be entered into between the
parties by Minute of Variation and the terms and conditions of this Agreement
may be also be varied or amended by any variation or amendment of the
Application or any subsequent grant of Planning Permission In respect of the
Development Site.
SEVENTH
The Fife Council undertakes to grant a Minute of Discharge
of this Agreement or a part or parts of this Agreement to be registered in the
Land Register of Scotland on due performance or completion of the undertakings
and obligations imposed by this Agreement or part or parts thereof insofar as
said undertakings or obligations are not continuing undertakings or
obligations.
EIGHTH
St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally undertake now and in all time coming to operate a Traffic
Management Scheme, a copy of which is annexed and executed as relative hereto,
to manage the traffic movements and transportation of hotel guests, conference
delegates, golfers and staff to and from the Development Site.
NINTH
Subject to the provisions of Clause TENTH below, St Andrews
Bay and Fountainhead jointly and severally undertake now and in
all time coming to seek to secure that during the period from the First day of
April to the Thirty First day of October in each calendar year (hereinafter
referred to as the Control Period) the total of vehicular movements
into the Development Site from the public road and out of the Development Site
onto the public road shall not in any of the Time Spans detailed below in
any single day exceed the following, namely :
Time Spans - Maximum Number of Vehicular Movements in and
out of the Development Site
From Monday to Friday between 8.00am and 9.00am - 34
From Monday to Saturday between 9.00am and 5.00pm - 312
From Monday to Friday between 5.00pm and 6.00pm - 38
(which vehicle movements are hereinafter referred to as
the acceptable traffic flows)
Declaring that (One) If, on more than 10 occasions
during any calendar month in the Control Period, vehicular movements exceed the
acceptable traffic flows, St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead shall jointly and
severally take all measures necessary to achieve the acceptable traffic
flows to the satisfaction of The Fife Council falling which St Andrews Bay and
Fountainhead jointly and severally shall be In breach of the terms of
this Agreement and (Two) in any event, unless consent to do otherwise is
granted by The Fife Council in terms of Clause TENTH (Five) hereof, St Andrews
Bay and Fountainhead jointly and severally shall secure that
during the Control Period, the total of the vehicular movements into and out of
the Development Site as aforesaid in any of the Time Spans detailed below in
any single day shall not exceed the following, namely :
Time Spans - Maximum Number of Vehicular Movements In and
out of the Development Site
Between 8.00am and 9.00am - 102
Between 9.00am and 5.00pm - 915
Between 5.00pm and 6.00pm - 76
TENTH
(One) If during the Control Period vehicular movements in
and out of the Development Site in any single day as
aforesaid
(1) on average over the thirty days (excluding
between 8.00am and 9.00am and between
5.00pm and 6.00pm on Saturdays and all day on Sundays) during
which vehicular movements in and out of the Development Site in the respective
Time Spans detailed below are at their highest, exceed
Between 8.00am and 9.00am - 43
Between 9.00am and 5.00pm - 570
Between 5.00pm and 6.00pm - 44
(2) on more than five days (excluding between
8.00am and 9.00am and between 5.00pm
and 6.00pm on Saturdays and all day on Sundays) exceed
Between 8.00am and 9.00am - 68
Between 9.00am and 5.00pm - 740
Between 5.00pm and 6.00pm - 57
(3) exceed in any of the Time Span the numbers specified in
the declaration contained in Clause NINTH hereof
then on each and every such occurrence or any of them St
Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and severally shall pay to
The Fife Council on demand a sum of money (hereinafter defined) to be used by
The Fife Council to implement a programme of measures to improve traffic flow
in St Andrews and the surrounding road network, to increase Pedestrian safety
and encourage public transport in the town and its surrounding area as may be
determined by The Fife Council.
(Two) The sum of money referred to in Sub Clause (One)
hereof shall be FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS (£50,000) Sterling for the first
year of this Agreement and thereafter such sum as shall be calculated by
adjusting the sum payable during the previous year by the rate of Increase in
the Retail Price Index as shall be applicable on each anniversary of the last
date of execution hereof.
(Three)
(1) Within fourteen days of the date of completion of
the installation of the count monitoring equipment referred to in Clause
ELEVENTH or the First Anniversary of the last date of execution hereof
whichever is the earlier St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly
and severally shall deposit with The Fife Council the sum of Fifty
Thousand Pounds (£50,000) Sterling and thereafter on the First
anniversary of the last date of execution hereof the sum of Forty Thousand
Pounds (£40,000) Sterling, and on the Second, Third and Fourth
anniversaries of the last date of execution hereof respectively the sum of
Twenty Thousand Pounds (£20,000) Sterling all of which sums will be
invested by The Fife Council in an interest bearing account and will be used by
The Fife Council to defray any payments due to them in terms of this Clause
TENTH. On each and every occasion when a sum of money is withdrawn from the
said account to meet sums due by St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly
and severally to The Fife Council in terms hereof St Andrews Bay and
Fountainhead shall within fourteen days of the date of the demand referred to
in Sub Clause (One) hereof pay to The Fife Council a sum equal to the amount
withdrawn by The Fife Council in terms hereof.
(2) At the expiry of the period of ten years from either
(a) the last date of execution hereof or (b) the last date of withdrawal by The
Fife Council of any sum in terms of Sub-Clause (Three)(1) hereof, whichever is
the later, the aforementioned account shall be closed and Fifty percent
(50%) of all sums at the credit thereof (capital and interest) shall be
paid over by The Fife Council to St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead equally
between them or in such other proportions as St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead
may mutually agree and notify to The Fife Council and the remaining Fifty
percent (50%) shall be used by The Fife Council to carry out a programme of
measures to improve traffic flow in St Andrews and surrounding road network, to
increase pedestrian safety and encourage public transport in the town and
surrounding area as may be determined by The Fife Council upon which the
obligations of St Andrews Bay Development and Fountainhead in terms of this
Sub-Clause (Three) shall cease to have effect.
Declaring that whilst this Sub-Clause (Three) remains in
force compliance with its terms by St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead shall be
deemed to be in implement of their obligations in Sub-Clause (One) hereof.
(Four) Interest at the rate from of Four per centum per
annum above the base rate for the time being of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc
shall be payable by St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally to The Fife Council on any sums resting and owing by them to
The Fife Council in terms of this Agreement from the date when the same
shall fall due till paid.
(Five) If during the Control Period St Andrews Bay
and Fountainhead propose to hold at the Development Site a special event which
may result in the vehicle movements In and out of the Development Site
exceeding the levels specified in Clause NINTH hereof or any of them, then not
later than six months prior to the date of such event, St Andrews Bay and/or
Fountainhead shall submit details of it and the traffic mitigation measures
which they propose to take to The Fife Council for approval and if such
approval is granted and all conditions (if any) attached thereto are complied
with then the terms of Sub-Clause (One) hereof will not apply.
ELEVENTH
Prior to the hotel opening for business, St Andrews Bay and
Fountainhead jointly and severally shall :
(1) provide and install and maintain in good order and
repair and properly calibrated to the satisfaction of The Fife Council
count monitoring equipment and loops on the Development Site access road
as close as reasonably practicable to the entrance gate at a
point to be specified by The Fife Council. The count monitoring system shall
utilise Golden River compatible software or such other software as may be
approved by The Fife Council and shall be linked directly to the offices of the
Transportation Service of The Fife Council, Rothesay House, Glenrothes. A
dedicated modem, power supply and BT connection for the count monitoring system
shall be provided to a specification to be approved by The Fife Council, and
(2) Construct a rural style country footpath on
land under the control of The Fife Council on the north and/or south side
of the A917 as appropriate connecting from the existing footpath at Brownhills
to the access road to the Development Site and that in accordance
with a programme of works, a design, and specification approved by and
to a standard of workmanship to the satisfaction of The Fife Council.
TWELFTH
St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally shall pay to The Fife Council the sum of One Hundred
and Twenty Six Thousand Pounds (£126,000) which The Fife
Council shall use to implement a programme of works in so far as can be funded
from the said sum to improve the flow of traffic, increase pedestrian safety
and mitigate the effect of the additional traffic created by the development in
St Andrews. Said works shall comprise :
a) Works required for the strengthening and stabilisation
of Shore Bridge to enable the temporary traffic lights to be removed.
b) The formation of an improved junction layout (a
mini-roundabout or similar) at the junction of Abbey Street with South Street,
including associated traffic management and pedestrian measures.
c) Pedestrian crossing measures on North Street as
identified in the St Andrews Transportation Plan including pedestrian crossing
refuge at the Younger Hall, pedestrian crossing refuge at College Street/Union
Street, toucan crossing at College Street, and pedestrian crossing refuges at
Murray Park, and
d) The creation of a box junction marking at the junction
of Golf Place with North Street and the marking of a two lane approach on North
Street and its junction with City Road/Pilmour Links,
Payment of the said sum of One Hundred and Twenty Six
Thousand Pounds (£126,000) shall be made to The Fife Council on demand on
receipt by The Fife Council of tenders for any of works detailed above.
THIRTEENTH
Within twenty eight days of the last date of execution
hereof St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead shall deliver to The Fife Council a
Standard Security in terms satisfactory to The Fife Council over the
Development Site to be held in security for the sums due by St
Andrews Bay and Fountainhead to The rife Council in terms of Clause TENTH
(Three) and Clause TWELFTH, the cost of completion of the landscaping
of the Development Site required by the terms of the planning consent, the
costs of all public footpath routes required by the terms of the planning
consent, the costs of completion of the golf courses required by the terms of
the planning consent and the costs of demolition of the hotel and conference
facilities and the restoration of the Development Site in the
event that St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead fail to complete the works
within three years of the date of the planning consent or such other
later date as may be agreed with The Fife Council.
FOURTEENTH
(One) Construction traffic to the Development Site will
consist of the movement of heavy plant onto the Development Site
for earthmoving, supply of materials by long and medium wheelbase heavy goods
vehicles, delivery of small goods and materials by light goods vehicles and
cars used by workers and supervisory staff.
(Two) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead within three
months of the date of commencement of development on the Development Site
jointly and severally shall construct the new access off the A917.
The access will be completed to wearing course level within the bellmouth and
temporary roads formed to various parts of the Development Site as required.
The route of the internal access road will be followed where possible. A
hardstanding will be incorporated close to the junction to allow vehicles
leaving the site to pull over and drivers to clean mud and other site detritus
from wheels and the underside of vehicles. Adequate wheel cleaning facilities
shall be provided and maintained throughout the operation of the works.
(Three) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally shall secure that earthmoving operations are confined to the
Development Site. Any surplus materials will be designed into the works and the
need for import of bulk fill greatly reduced. There will be movements by low
loader vehicles at the start and end of earthmoving operations to deliver and
remove heavy plant from the Development Site. St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead
jointly and severally shall secure that the bulk earthworks
operations in relation to the hotel are completed in the first year and
the remainder thereof as soon as reasonably practicable In accordance with a
programme of works approved by The Fife Council.
(Four) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally shall secure that existing roads and tracks that lead towards the
Development Site from nearby settlements and villages are prohibited routes for
construction traffic. Suitable signs will be erected in key locations stating
No Construction Traffic or similar. All companies involved in the
construction of the project will be contracted to use the prescribed route to
the Development Site and the contracts including conditions to this effect will
be exhibited to The Fife Council.
(Five) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally shall secure that all construction vehicles shall use the
designated traffic routes between either the A915 (South) and the A917 via
Lamond Drive or the A91 and the A917 via Lamond Drive, Bridge Street and City
Road, St Andrews only and no other routes. No construction vehicles shall be
permitted to go through St Andrews before 7.00am or after 11.00pm on each day
nor between the hours of 8.00am and 9.00am, 12.00pm and 1.00pm and 3.00pm and
4.00pm on Monday to Friday (inclusive). A low level signing scheme will be
incorporated along a particular route the details of which will be submitted to
The Fife Council for approval and thereafter supplied to all participating
companies.
(Six) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally shall secure that the number of vehicle movements during the
construction phase of the development will be a maximum of 10 Heavy Goods
Vehicle trips per day.
(Seven) St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and
severally undertake that contractors will be required to ensure that
the main roads used to gain access to the Development Site do not receive any
mud or spillage or material arising from the development. Contact names and
numbers will be provided to the Police and The Fife Council in order that any
adverse situation or emergency incident can be promptly dealt with.
(Eight) Any proposed vehicle movements of special large
loads shall be submitted seven days in advance thereof to The Fife Council for
approval.
FIFTEENTH
None of the five ancillary residential units to be erected
on the Development Site shall be let to or occupied
by any one occupier for a continuous period of occupation greater
than 12 weeks or such other period as may agreed in writing with The Fife
Council.
SIXTEENTH
St Andrews Bay and Fountainhead undertake to use their
reasonable endeavours to secure so far as practicable that
residents in Fife are afforded a full and fair opportunity for employment when
they are recruiting workers in connection with the construction and operation
of the development, including the provision of training and support to
employees, and further they undertake to consult with The Fife Council as to
the means of achieving these outcomes.
SEVENTEENTH
The number of sewerage tanker movements to and from the
Development Site shall be submitted to The Fife Council for approval. St
Andrews Bay and Fountainhead jointly and severally shall secure
that all sewerage tanker vehicles shall use the designated traffic route
between the A91 and A917 via Lamond Drive , Bridge Street and City Road, St
Andrews only and no other route. No sewerage tanks shall be permitted to go
through St Andrews before 7.00am or after 11.00pm on each day nor between the
hours of 8.00am and 9.00am, 12.00pm and 1.00pm and 3.00pm and 4.00pm on Monday
to Friday (inclusive).
The Agreement hereby constituted shall affect not only the
parties hereto but the land to which it relates, namely (In the First Place)
ALL and WHOLE that area of land at Kingask in the Parish of St Andrews and
County of Fife extending to one and thirty five hectares and ninety seven
decimal or one hundredth parts of a hectare (135.97 ha) or thereby being the
subjects registered in the Land Register of Scotland on Fifth June Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety Eight under the Title Number FFE26037 and which subjects are
shown delineated and coloured red on the plan number a annexed and executed as
relative hereto; (In the Second Place) ALL and WHOLE that area of land forming
part of the farm and lands of Boarhills, Boarhills, by St Andrews in the County
foresaid extending to twenty four hectares and sixty two decimal or one
hundredth parts of a hectare (24.62 ha) or thereby being the subjects more
particularly described in, disponed by and shown delineated in red on the plan
annexed and executed as relative to the Disposition by Mrs Margaret Gilmour
McLennan or Roger and William McLennan Roger, the partners of the Form of W P
Roger and Company,. in favour of Fountainhead dated
and which is to be presented for registration in the Land
Register of Scotland of even date with these presents, and a copy of which
Iastmentioned plan is annexed and signed as relative hereto as plan number 2;
(In the Third Place) ALL and WHOLE that area of land forming part of the farm
and lands of Winchester Farm, Boarhills, St Andrews in the County foresaid
extending to twenty hectares and sixty two decimal or one hundredth parts of a
hectare (20.62 ha) or thereby being the subjects more particularly described,
disponed by and shown delineated in red on the plan annexed and executed as
relative to the Disposition by William McLennan Roger in favour of Fountainhead
dated
and which is to be presented for registration in the Land
Register of Scotland of even date with these presents, and a copy of which
Iastmentioned plan is annexed and signed as relative hereto as plan number 3;
(in the Fourth Place) ALL and WHOLE that area of land forming part of the farm
and lands of Kenly Green in the Parish of St Andrews and St Leonards and County
foresaid extending to seven hectares and twelve decimal or one hundredth parts
of a hectare (7.12 ha) or thereby being the subjects more particularly
described in, disponed by and shown delineated and coloured blue on the plan
annexed and executed as relative to the Disposition by Francis John Roger and
Mrs Bernice Klara Roger and Frances William Roger, the partners of the Firm of
F W Roger and Company in favour of Fountainhead dated
and which is to be presented for registration in the Land
Register of Scotland of even date with these presents, and a copy of which
lastmentioned plan is annexed and signed as relative hereto as plan number 4;
and (In the Fifth Place) ALL and WHOLE that area of land forming part of the
farm and lands of Stonywynd, Boarhills, by St Andrews in the County foresaid
extending to eleven hectares and seventy four decimal or one hundredth parts of
a hectare (11.74 ha) or thereby being the subjects more particularly described
in, disponed by and shown delineated and coloured pink on the plan annexed and
executed as relative to the Disposition by John Brown in favour of Fountainhead
dated
and which is to be presented for registration in the Land
Register of Scotland of even date with these presents, and a copy of which
lastmentioned plan is annexed and signed as relative hereto as plan number 5:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF more Kingask
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