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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
either a
(a)
personal interest
(b)
prejudicial interest
(c)
disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI)
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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MENTAL HEALTH PROVISION FOR YOUNG MEN SCRUTINY REVIEW FINAL REPORT PDF 473 KB
To consider the Mental Health
Provision for Young Men Scrutiny Review Final Report.
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BLACKPOOL'S LEVELLING UP PILOT: PROGRESS SINCE MARCH 2022 PDF 533 KB
To report on progress made
since Blackpool Council entered into its national Levelling
Up Pilot with Government in March
2022.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
note the report and the success of attracting £40m towards
the Multiversity.
- To
authorise the £16million Prudential Borrowing, the costs of
which are to be covered by Blackpool and the Fylde College, as
incorporated within the Levelling Up Fund bid and to delegate to
the Chief Executive the agreement of the final terms after
consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member.
- To
note that pursuant to Executive decision EX35/2022 that the
voluntary acquisition of properties for the Multiversity is
continuing and that a further report will be brought to the
Executive to authorise the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order
should such powers be required.
- To
authorise the Head of Legal to enter into such contracts as are
necessitated by the successful approval to deliver the
scheme.
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MULTIVERSITY AND LEVELLING UP ROUND 2 PDF 838 KB
This report provides an update
on the Levelling Up Fund (LUF) Round 2
bid submissions and seeks authority to take forward the next stages
of the Multiversity project in the light of the successful
£40m Levelling Up Fund 2 bid.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
note the report and the success of attracting £40m towards
the Multiversity.
- To
authorise the £16million Prudential Borrowing, the costs of
which are to be covered by Blackpool and the Fylde College, as
incorporated within the Levelling Up Fund bid and to delegate to
the Chief Executive the agreement of the final terms after
consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member.
- To
note that pursuant to Executive decision EX35/2022 that the
voluntary acquisition of properties for the Multiversity is
continuing and that a further report will be brought to the
Executive to authorise the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order
should such powers be required.
- To
authorise the Head of Legal to enter into such contracts as are
necessitated by the successful approval to deliver the
scheme.
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FOXHALL VILLAGE, BLACKPOOL - COMPLETION OF WEST DEVELOPMENT SITE PDF 517 KB
To acknowledge a number of
delivery options that have been fully investigated in relation to
the completion of housing on the West site at Foxhall Village (also known as the Rigby Road
development, land bounded by Seasiders
Way/ Rigby Road/ Tyldesley Road/
Princess Street). To seek approval for Officers to pursue the
Preferred Option.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- To
agree that Appendix 5a to the Executive report, the Financial
Considerations is not for publication by virtue of Paragraph 3 of
Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as it
includes detailed costings that enable the scheme to be viable. The
publication of such information could prejudice continuing and
future negotiations.
- To
approve the preferred option (Option 4)
in relation to completion of housing on the West site at
Foxhall Village in partnership with
Great Places Housing Group (GPHG). To grant delegated authority to
the Director of Strategy and Assistant Chief Executive or the
Director of Resources (where appropriate, in finalising the terms
of the arrangement subject to the parameters set out in Appendix 5a
to the Executive report.
- To
approve the Council’s commitment to complete the remaining
enabling / supporting works in relation to completion of drainage
and roads (see details in Appendix 5a to the Executive
report).
- To
grant delegated authority to the Head of Legal to authorise the
drafting and agreement of the relevant Heads of Terms and
completion of the Development Agreement/Lease with Great Places
Housing Group. This in turn will enable Great Places Housing Group
to deliver 88 new affordable units on Foxhall Village West site.
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WHITEGATE MANOR (261 WHITEGATE DRIVE) - REDEVELOPMENT FOR SHELTERED HOUSING PDF 635 KB
To agree the principle of
redevelopment at Whitegate Manor, Whitegate Drive for sheltered
accommodation using Housing Revenue Account resources
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
support the principle of redevelopment of the Whitegate Manor site
using Housing Revenue Account resource for new-build sheltered
housing.
- To
grant delegated authority to the Director of Strategy and Assistant
Chief Executive to continue with detailed design work to develop a
detailed scheme for consideration at a future Executive meeting and
support the work to relocate existing users of the building to
enable future demolition and redevelopment to take
place.
- To
approve the transfer of land from the General Fund into the Housing
Revenue Account (HRA) and consider opportunity for provision of a
capital receipt to the general Fund for the land.
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TOWN CENTRE CAR PARKING STRATEGY PDF 527 KB
To provide and update on the
Town Centre Car Parking Strategy since it was agreed at the
Executive on 25 February 2019, to summarise the current and future
demand for car parking in the Town Centre, and to set out the
further steps that need to be taken in order to meet that
demand.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive resolved as
follows:
- To
agree that Appendix 7d to the Executive report, the Financial
Considerations is not for publication by virtue of Paragraph 3 of
Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as it
includes detailed costings that enable the scheme to be viable. The
publication of such information could prejudice continuing and
future negotiations.
- To
note the changes in Town Centre car parking provision since the
2019 report.
- To
agree to the principle of providing
additional car parking spaces in a multi-storey car park servicing
the town centre to accommodate the demand as set out in the
report
- To
authorise the Director of Communications and Regeneration to pursue
detailed negotiations with the developer and other interested
parties to assemble the land required and bring forward proposals
for surface car parking and the multi-storey car park as outlined
in the report.
- To
instruct relevant Officers to commence all necessary preparatory
works for the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order to support the
site assembly of the land required for the car park and any
associated road improvements and road closures.
- To
agree, in principle, that if other options are exhausted then the
Council would consider the use of Compulsory Purchase Order powers
to assemble the site outlined in Appendix 7c to the Executive
report.
- That Officers be required to bring a further report to the
Executive to authorise the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order
should such powers be required.
- To
note that expenditure will be incurred within the existing approval
in the Capital Programme as authorised in February 2019, and that
further authorisation will be sought on the final proposals as
necessary once the detailed design of the car park has been
completed and costed.
- To
delegate authority to the Director of Communications and
Regeneration to authorise expenditure and contracts to deliver the
additional car parking proposed within
the financial limits already approved
- To
authorise the Head of Legal to prepare legal documentation and
enter into and complete appropriate documents/contracts as
necessary to complete any associated transactions.
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REVOE COMMUNITY SPORTS VILLAGE - SITE ASSEMBLY PDF 533 KB
To report on progress of the
Revoe Community Sports Village project which is being brought
forward by Blackpool Football Club (BFC) and supported through the
Council’s Town Deal programme and which helps to kick start
the implementation of the ‘Revitalising Revoe
Masterplan’.
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To consider the approach to
assembling a site for the development of the Community Sports
Village and the proposed transfer of the land.
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Additional documents:
Decision:
The Executive agreed the
recommendations as outlined above namely:
- To
agree, in principle, that if all other options are exhausted then
the Council would consider the use of Compulsory Purchase Order
powers to assemble the site outlined in Appendix 8a to the
Executive report (Land Assembly Plan).
- To
authorise the Director of Communications and Regeneration to pursue
detailed negotiations with interested parties as
necessary.
- To
authorise the Director of Communications and Regeneration to pursue
negotiations with Blackpool Football Club in relation to the
transfer of the land required to deliver the Revoe Community Sports
Village project, as shown on the plan in Appendix 8b to the
Executive report (Masterplan).
- To
delegate authority to the Director of Communications and
Regeneration to authorise expenditure and contracts pursuant to
decisions 1, 2 and 3 above.
- To
instruct relevant Officers to commence all necessary preparatory
works for the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order to support the
site assembly of the land required and any associated road
improvements and road closures.
- That Officers be requested to bring a further report to the
Executive to seek the authority prior to the making of a Compulsory
Purchase Order should such powers be required.
- To
authorise the Head of Legal Services to prepare legal documentation
and enter into and complete appropriate documents/contracts as
necessary to complete the transactions.
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TOWN CENTRE INVESTMENT
This report
and appendix is currently exempt from publication by virtue of
Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act
1972. It is considered on balance that the public interest would
not be served by publishing information at this stage as this
information would undermine the Council’s position in future
negotiations and could risk the scheme not being able to
proceed.
Additional documents:
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