Decision details

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that approval be given to the business plan for phase 2 of the Better Barnsley Scheme, as detailed in the report now submitted and to be known as The Glass Works;

(ii)       that the revised costs of the phase 2 scheme be noted as well as the options being considered to fund the scheme with the final decision on how the development will be progressed to be proposed via a future report;

(iii)      that the additional resources for the predevelopment works to deliver the business plan be approved;

(iv)      that the disposal by way of a headlease of approximately 4 ha of assets on Cheapside, May Day Green and Kendray Street (as shown in Appendix B of the report) be agreed, on terms agreed by the Executive Director Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Corporate Services and the Director of Finance, Assets and Information Services.  These terms will be detailed in a future report;

(v)       that the Director of Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Corporate Services and the Director of Finance, Assets and Information Services, be authorised to enter into an agreement to sublease for those assets required by the Council for the future provision of Barnsley Markets;

(vi)      that the Director of Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Cabinet Spokesperson for Corporate Services, the Executive Director Place and the Director of Finance, Assets and Information Services, be authorised to enter into agreements to lease with commercial operators taking leisure/retail units in the new Glass Works scheme; and

(vii)     that working with the Council’s Strategic Procurement Unit and NPS Barnsley, the development of a procurement process be authorised if needed to secure an investor/developer for phase 2 of Better Barnsley.  The details of the process will be the subject of a further report.