Venue: Committee Room A, Town Hall, Blackpool
Contact: Lennox Beattie
Executive and Regulatory Manager
Items
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare any
interests in the items under consideration and in doing so
state:
(1) the
type of interest concerned; and
(2) the
nature of the interest concerned
If any member requires advice on
declarations of interests, they are advised to contact the Head of
Democratic Governance in advance of the meeting.
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Winter Gardens Conference and Exhibition Centre Development. PDF 255 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
agree in principle to the proposal for the development of a new
conference and exhibition centre situated at the Winter Gardens
complex.
- That the Director of Place be given delegated authority to
progress the first stage of the delivery of a new conference and
exhibition centre situated within the Winter Gardens complex, as
set out in this report, to include the completion of all due
diligence associated with the project and the submission of an
outline planning application.
- That in order to deliver the proposed project within the
associated time constraints, up to £50,000 of funding is made
available from August 2016 to be used in finalising the scheme
designs and completing due diligence, financed from the Leisure
Assets portfolio.
- To
note that a further report will be brought to the Executive once
decisions from other organisations on grant funding have been made
to agree the further steps in the delivery of the conference and
exhibition centre.
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3. |
Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone Rates Relief Policy And Resource Requirement PDF 339 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
agree the adoption of the Enterprise Zone Business Rate Relief
Policy as attached at Appendix 3a, to the Executive report. This
policy includes the delegation of decision making on recipients of
such relief to the Director of Resources.
- To
agree to fund up to £1,600,000 over 5 years (of which it is
envisaged £725,000 will be recovered from other parties) to
fund the promotion and administration of the Enterprise
Zone.
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OPTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOURNE CRESCENT PDF 314 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- To
agree to Prudentially Borrow £4.5m to make a secured loan to
Create Development (Blackpool) Ltd to facilitate the development of
a 135 bedroom hotel to an agreed standard.
- To
delegate the approval of the loan agreement to the Chief Executive
to the borrowing limits referred to in the report at Paragraph 9.3,
following consultation with the Leader of the Council
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