Decision Maker: Cabinet (Resources) Panel
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To approve the sale of
residential development land at the Urban Village
Decisions:
Cllr John Reynolds presented
the report on progress in the delivery of development on Bilston
Urban Village. He requested appropriate
approvals for the funding of the site’s public open space and
its long term management by The Land Trust.
Resolved:
- That authority be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy, in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy to sign a Funding Agreement for European
Regional Development Funding for the provision and enhancement of
public open space on the Bilston Urban Village site.
- That an increase in capital and
revenue budgets of £506,000 and £175,000 respectively
in accordance with the European Regional Development Funding (ERDF)
application be approved and they be amended as appropriate upon
signing of a Funding Agreement.
- That a virement of £200,000
from the Bilston High Street Link Capital Budget to the Bilston
Urban Village Capital Budget be approved.
- That the signing of a Funding
Agreement with the Canal and River Trust be approved subject to
Council approval of recommendation 8 below.
- That the allocation of
£156,000 section 106 monies held by the Council for the
provision and enhancement of public open space on the Bilston Urban
Village site and the adjacent canal towpath and the appropriate
adjustment in the capital programme be approved.
- That the heads of terms for a
transfer and management of the public open space to The Land Trust
be approved and agreement of the final terms be delegated to the
Cabinet Member for City Economy in consultation with the Service
Director City Economy.
- That the principle of employment
uses for Bilston Urban Village East, the land between Bankfield
Road and the Metro line be approved, and a report be received in
due course outlining a recommended delivery strategy for the
development of this part of the site.
- That it be noted that a second
Bilston Urban Village report would be presented to Council for
approval of grant not exceeding £206,000 to the Canals and
River Trust for surface and biodiversity improvements of the canal
towpath between Dudley Street and Highfields Road, Bilston.
- That the progress in the delivery of
new housing, employment and other uses on the Bilston Urban Village
site be noted.
Report author: Kevin Moore
Publication date: 09/02/2017
Date of decision: 07/02/2017
Decided at meeting: 07/02/2017 - Cabinet (Resources) Panel
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