Issue - meetings

Report E/20/31 sets out recommendations to progress the Selby Station Gateway Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) project.

The Lead Executive Member for Communities and Economic Development presented the report which set out recommendations to progress the Selby Station Gateway Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) project.

The Lead Executive Member for Communities and Economic Development explained that the proposals would have a positive impact for Selby Town Centre.

The Head of Economic Development and Regeneration explained that the report outlined additional information about the project design, contained details about the public consultation and sought to identify the remaining £539k from the Commercial Acquisitions Fund as a TCF contingency budget. It was explained that the public consultation on the next stage of the  TCF proposals was now expected to begin in late February for four weeks, with submission of the Outline business Case now expected on 1 April 2021.

The Executive thanked officers for their work on the report.

RESOLVED:

i)             To delegate authority to the Director of Economic Regeneration and Place, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Lead Executive Member for Communities and Economic Development to:

·      Negotiate voluntary acquisition of, and where agreed voluntarily, purchase the sites identified in the Table at paragraph 2.5 of this Report (“Identified Sites”) within the financial parameters set out therein; and

·      Carry out any necessary preparation required to develop a case for Compulsory Purchase of the Identified Sites, (in the absence of voluntary acquisition), which will then be brought back to the Executive for consideration; and

·     Carry out the necessary preparation to develop the final project design and applications for planning permission and any other consents, which will then be brought back to the Executive for approval prior to submission.

ii)            To note the outline public consultation arrangements set out within the report

iii)          To allocate £539k from the Commercial Acquisitions Fund within the programme for growth to a TCF Land Assembly Contingency, with access to this funding requiring a report to the Executive for approval.

REASON FOR DECISION:

To progress the Selby Station Gateway Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) project.