Issue - decisions

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a)       Authorises the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader and Deputy Leader, to procure and review advice from external consultants and to recommend to Cabinet as appropriate the creation of suitable structures to accelerate the delivery of regeneration projects, including the creation of structures or mechanisms to deliver the development of sites; and

(b)      Notes that reports will be brought to future Cabinet and Council meetings as appropriate setting out proposals for the use of the Futures Fund and the process for bringing forward individual sites for development.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Regeneration, Economy and Strategic Planning

Reason

To enable greater focus and corporate grip on realising opportunities for delivering homes and jobs on sites owned or controlled by the council and increasing the scale and pace of delivery.

The internal management of site delivery is too small in scale to deliver the ambitions set out in the Big Plan which was considered by Cabinet and Council in February.