Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider and recommend to Council, matters to enable the next stage of the West Suffolk Operational Hub project to progress.  This will also be considered by St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Cabinet and Council.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (20 December 2017)

That:-

1.           Report No: CAB/FH/17/057 and its Appendices, be noted.

2.           The allocation of an additional £589,000 to the Council’s Capital Programme, funded in line with paragraphs 5.14 - 5.17 of Report No: CAB/FH/17/057, be approved.

3.           Subject to receiving a planning consent:-

a)           the Council’s option to procure land at Hollow Road Farm be exercised;

b)           With Suffolk County Council and St Edmundsbury Borough Council, a contract be entered into for the construction of the West Suffolk Operational Hub at Hollow Road Farm; and

4.           It be agreed for the Council’s Section 151 Officer to make the necessary changes to the Council’s 2017/18 prudential indicators as a result of recommendation 2. above.