Decision

R E S O L V E D –
that:
 

A.   
a budget of £8,154,000 be approved.
 

B.   
authority be given for officers to commence the process of
appropriating the land from housing to planning purposes in
accordance with section 122 (1) of the Local Government Act
1972.
 

C.  
authority be provided to the Deputy Chief Executive:
 
                     
i.       
to sign a memorandum for the scheme stating in each case that the
land is appropriated from housing to planning purposes;

 
                    
ii.       
at the appropriate time, to sign a memorandum for the scheme
stating that the land is appropriated from planning purposes to
housing.
 

D.  
authority be delegated to the CEO in consultation with the
Council’s relevant group leaders (as detailed in Standing
Order 46 of the Council’s Constitution) to procure and award
a contract for the proposed development to the most economically
advantageous tenderer, subject to the outcome of the planning
process and construction costs being within the approved
budget.
 

E.   
the above approval to proceed includes the appointment of any other
specialist consultants and surveyors to act for, or advise, the
Council and the commissioning of necessary reports to take the
schemes forward through to completion, all subject to the
Council’s Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.