Issue - meetings

Report No:   CAB/SE/18/005

Portfolio Holder: Robert Everitt       Lead Officer: Alex Wilson

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     progress with the Newbury Community Centre Project be noted;

(2)     without prejudice its role as Local Planning Authority, and subject to the safeguards set out in paragraph 1.9 of Report No: CAB/SE/18/005, the Council’s participation in the delivery of the scheme granted outline planning consent in December 2017 be approved, and the negotiation and implementation of the necessary legal agreements, land and property transactions, release of covenants and/or any other actions required by the Council be authorised.

(Report No: CAB/SE/18/005)

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/18/005, which sought approval of matters to enable the Newbury Community Centre Project to progress.

Councillor Robert Everitt, Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet, including that steady progress had been made on the proposal to the replace and transfer the Newbury Community Centre (NCC) to the Newbury Community Association as part of the overall NCC project, an outline of which was contained in the report.  By ensuring the necessary safeguards were in place, as set out in paragraph 1.9 of the report, and without prejudice regarding its role as Local Planning Authority, and noting that there would be no capital cost to the taxpayer, if approved, the decisions taken would be a key element towards the complete delivery of this complex, combined regeneration scheme.

The Cabinet fully supported the recommendations, as proposed.

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     progress with the Newbury Community Centre Project be noted;

(2)     without prejudice its role as Local Planning Authority, and subject to the safeguards set out in paragraph 1.9 of Report No: CAB/SE/18/005, the Council’s participation in the delivery of the scheme granted outline planning consent in December 2017 be approved, and the negotiation and implementation of the necessary legal agreements, land and property transactions, release of covenants and/or any other actions required by the Council be authorised.