Purpose

In April 2022 £94.7m of external
Brownfield Investment Land (BIL) grant funding was awarded for
projects in the first phase of the Temple Quarter regeneration
programme. The business case and funding bid was submitted by WECA
to Homes England, on behalf of Bristol City Council and Network
Rail, and the grant will be administered by Homes England. In
relation to this grant funding, in October 2022 Cabinet authorised
the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration to 'agree the
terms of offer letters with WECA and thereafter draw down funding
to prepare Delivery Plans for the relevant Infrastructure Items for
which the Council is to be responsible (including procuring and
awarding contracts in excess of £0.5m)'. October 2022 Cabinet
Decision.
The Northern Entrance and Southern Gateway projects are
'Infrastructure Items' included within the grant funding bid, and
work is required to develop designs for these projects up to RIBA
Stage 3; this will form a key input for the Delivery Plan for these
projects. This Officer Executive Decision enables the Council to
enter into an agreement with Network Rail to enable the provision
of services to support RIBA Stages 2 and 3 of the projects. The
provisional sum for this agreement is £141k, and this will be
monitored through robust reporting. Commissioning these services
does not commit the Council to assuming responsibility for
implementation of either project.

Content

To enter into an agreement with Network Rail
for provision of their services to support RIBA Stages 2 and 3 of
the Northern Entrance and Southern Gateway projects.