Decision Maker: Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Tourism, Arts and Culture
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider the proposal to
demolish the South King Street (SKS) site once remaining services
have been re-located and to create a surface car park pending any
future re-development of the land.
Decision:
The Leader of the Council
agreed the recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
approve the demolition of the surplus office and administrative
buildings located on the South King Street site, following moves of
the remaining staff to Municipal Buildings and Bickerstaffe House,
in line with the original intentions of the Council’s office
accommodation strategy.
- To
create a surface car park on the vacant site at South King Street,
providing in excess of 150 car parking spaces, which will serve to
replace public car parking spaces lost to the redevelopment at
Tower Street and temporary closure of part of Central and Topping
Street car parks and provide additional town centre parking in
proximity to the new conference centre.
- To
approve Prudential Borrowing of £600,000 to meet the costs of
the demolition in decision 1 and the creation of a new surface car
park at decision 2 on the terms outlined at Appendix B to be repaid
by the additional car parking income.
Publication date: 12/08/2022
Date of decision: 12/08/2022
Effective from: 18/08/2022
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