Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to consider making recommendations to Council on a proposed business case to develop, with partners, the Western Way Development Phase Two site, which will include an extended Public Service Village.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL (Extraordinary Council 19 April 2016):

That the following be approved:

(1)     the proposals the Council should pursue are the options that deliver a comprehensive development of the site identified by the adopted revised Western Way, Bury St Edmunds Masterplan which includes the DHL/NHS distribution centre and the Council-owned land;

(2)     a budget of up to £100,000, to be funded from the Council’s strategic priorities and medium term financial strategy reserve, is allocated to progress the proposal that best achieves the Council’s objectives for the site to deliverability and design stage to enable a preferred option to be formulated and presented to Cabinet, as set out in Section 4 of Report No: CAB/SE/16/017; and

(3)     following the Cabinet consideration of the preferred proposal a report be prepared outlining Cabinet’s recommended development scheme for Council to give final approval for the delivery of phase II of the Western Way Development site.