Decision details

Bilston Urban Village

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:

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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. 

 

  1. That a virement of £200,000 from the Bilston High Street Link Capital Budget to the Bilston Urban Village Capital Budget be approved.

 

  1. That the signing of a Funding Agreement with the Canal and River Trust be approved subject to Council approval of recommendation 8 below.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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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