Decision details

628 - Town Centre Strategy – Appointment of Consultant

Decision Maker: Executive Director of Economic Growth & Neighbourhood Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Decisions set out in the book have been made under delegated powers by the Chief Executive, Executive Directors or the Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer, in consultation either with the relevant committee or Lead Councillor.
The Decision Book process has been altered to suspend the current Councillors’ call-in arrangements within the 10-day period after its publication and replace it with the ability during that period for three Councillors to request a retrospective review of the decision in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
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The officer reports accompanying the decisions are attached.
Contact: Richard Woodford Committee Services
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Decision:

This report sets out the decision to appoint a consultant, Urban Place Lab, to produce a Town Centre Strategy by Autumn 2021 following the completion of a procurement process.
It is the decision of the Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Lead Councillor for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport to:
Appoint Urban Place Lab to complete the Town Centre Strategy.
Release capital funding to support the project noting the overspend set out in this report and that further Section 106 funding local CIL funding or Government funding would be used to meet the gap in funding.

Publication date: 01/04/2021

Date of decision: 01/04/2021

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