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Salford City Council - Record of
Decision
 
I
Councillor Tracy Kelly, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of
the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby:
 
1.   
Note the
content of this report.
2.   
Give
delegated authority to the Executive Director, Place and the
Director, Regeneration, in consultation with the City Solicitor and
the Section 151 officer, to approve the English Cities Fund’s
Site Business Plan for the Council owned Car Park Site at Peru
Street, agree the relevant conditions, negotiate and finalise the
commercial arrangements and all other necessary ancillary
agreements to enable the site to be brought forward for residential
development.
3.   
Give
delegated authority to the Executive Director, Place and the
Director, Regeneration, in consultation with the City Solicitor and
the Section 151 officer, to enter into
commercial Heads of Terms with the English Cities Fund for the
drawdown of Council owned land to deliver a deliver a 100%
affordable residential development, comprising 100 apartments on
the site.
4.   
Acknowledge
and endorse the ongoing discussions regarding the use of the
receivable land payment to support strategic land assembly across
the Crescent area, with a particular focus on the Innovation
Zone.
 
 
The
Reasons are to allow for the
development of the site for housing purposes, in accordance with
the  Strategic Master Programme and
Delivery Plan (SMPDP) for the Crescent.
 
 
Options considered and rejected were:
n/a
 
 
Assessment of Risk:
Low
 
 
The
source of funding is: n/a
 
 
Legal
Advice obtained:
Richard Purcell, Shared Legal Service
 
 
Financial Advice obtained: Thiamchan
Forshaw - Senior Accountant
 
 
Procurement Advice obtained: Deborah Derbyshire, Category
Manager
 
 
HR
Advice obtained: n/a
 
 
Climate Change Advice obtained: Dan Welsh. Principal Programme
Manager
 
 
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
 
·        
Report of
the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration
Briefing (Approval of the Crescent Development Framework 2021),
25th January 2021.
·        
Report of
the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration
Briefing (Approval of the Crescent Strategic Master Programme and
Delivery Plan), 26th April 2021.
·        
Public/briefing report
submitted to Property/Regeneration Briefing on
12th  June 2023
 
 
Contact Officers:
                                   
Andrew
Cartwright                          
Andrew.Cartwright@salford.gov.uk
Kurt Partington                                
Kurt.Partington@salford.gov.uk
Dan Welsh
                                      
Daniel.welsh@salford.gov.uk
 

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This decision is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.

-      
The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the
decision is the Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel            

 

 

 

 
Signed:
Councillor Tracy
Kelly
Deputy City Mayor
Dated:
12 June
2023
                       
 

 

This decision was
published on Tuesday 13 June
2023.

This decision will
come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 20 June 2023, unless it is called-in in accordance with
the Decision-Making Process Rules.