Councillor Elizabeth Smaje

Surplus Property Disposals 2025/2026

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To bring forward the delivery of the proposed Capital Receipts Schedule for 2025/26 in alignment with the Council’s approved budget and Capital Strategy and to determine whether to proceed with the intended disposal of the Former Gomersal First School site.

Recommendations Approved

Half Yearly Monitoring Report on Treasury Management Activities 2024/2025 (Reference to Council)

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To consider the treasury management activities for the period 1 April to 30 September 2024.

Recommendations Approved

Approval of acceptance and expenditure of external grant funding on preliminary development enabling works

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To seek authority to spend £1.25m of One Public Estate Brownfield Land Release funding on Estates Buildings in order to prepare the building for future development.  

Recommendations Approved

Our Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint - Phase 2 Gateway 3

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

An update on the development of the Our Cultural Heart programme as part of the wider Huddersfield Blueprint.   On the 21.12.23 Cabinet gave the approval for Phase 2 (museum & art gallery) to progress to this Gateway 3.   This Phase 2 Gateway 3 report will request approval for Phase 2 to progress to Gateway 4 and request the necessary delegations so that the contractor can be appointed under the Pre-Construction Services Agreement to prepare for the main construction works on site.   It is at the next Cabinet report (Phase 2 Gateway 4) that approval will be requested to start these works on site.   This report will also give an update on Phase 1 now that construction has started on site and request approval to progress further feasibility work on the future phases of the master plan.   Consultation Extensive consultation has been undertaken as part of the Blueprint including a place standard exercise as outlined in the background papers, the design process and public consultations for a planning and listed building consent submissions.   Background papers   1.      March 2019 – Cabinet Report - Assembling land and property – Huddersfield Town Centre (Piazza) - https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s29122/Item%2014%20Land%20Assembly.pdf   2.    June 2019 - Blueprint Launch Event   3.    August - Oct 2019 - Huddersfield Blueprint Place Standard Exercise – Results at https://howgoodisourplace.org.uk/huddersfield-town-centre/   4.    February 2020 – Cabinet Report -  Huddersfield Blueprint - Next Steps -https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s34958/Item%2015%20CAB%20-%2020%20-%20071%20-%202020-02-25%20Cabinet%20Huddersfield%20Blueprint%20-%20Next%20Steps%20Final.pdf   5.     September 2020 – Cabinet Report Dewsbury and Huddersfield Town Centre Finance - https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s37506/Town%20Centre%20Finance%20Cabinet%20Report%20-%20Final%20Version.doc.pdf   6.    June 2021 – Cabinet Report - Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint – Next Stepshttps://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s41881/Delivering%20the%20Cultural%20Heart%20Cabinet%2022.6.21%20002.pdf   7.     November 2021 - Cabinet Report, Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint, Gateway 1. https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s43757/PUBLIC%20CUTLURAL%20HEART%20Cabinet%20Report.%20Final%2016.11.21.pdf   8.   September 2022 – Cabinet Report – Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint – Gateway 2. https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s48238/PUBLIC%20Cultural%20Heart%20Cabinet%20Report%2021.9.22.pdf   9.     June 2023, Cabinet Report - Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint - Gateway 3. https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s52438/Cabinet%20Report%2027.6.23%20public.pdf   10.  December 2023 - Cabinet Report – Our Cultural Heart, part of the Huddersfield Blueprint – Phase 1 Gateway 4. https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s54749/Signed.%20OCH%20GW4%20Cabinet%20Report%2021.12.23%20public.pdf   11.  July 2024 – Decision – Our Cultural Heart Phase 1, Structural works to former Queensgate Market. https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=12075    

Recommendations Approved

Cumulative Impact Assessment (Cumulative Impact Assessment for Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Centres, relating to premises licensed to sell alcohol with off sales only)

From: Council - Wednesday 15th January 2025 5.30 pm - January 15, 2025

Recommendations Approved