Decision details

Sydney Gardens - Capital Expenditure Programme

Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Place)

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Sydney Gardens PID:

• The sum was held as a provisional item on the 18/19 capital programme.

• The provisional item was identified following a successful Round 1 HLF Bid for Development Phase Funding.

• Parks submitted a full Round 2 Bid to the HLF last summer for the Delivery Phase (the provisional item on the 18/19 capital programme).

• Planning permission and listed building consent for the scheme was granted in October 2018

• We were successful in our R2 Bid and were awarded our HLF grant on 12th December 2018.


Decision:

To move the Sydney Gardens funding from a provisional item on the 18/19 capital programme to the full programme.

Sydney Gardens Project restarts in February 2019 and runs until 31st March 2022 and has HLF grant of £2.7m.

Decision confirmed by ODD sign off by:
• Cllr Bob Goodman (Cabinet Member & Chair of SG Steering Group)
• Cllr Gerrish (Finance & Efficiency)
• Martin Shields - Corporate Director
• Donna Parham - S151

PID sign off confirmed by 6 Directors in DDG.

Alternative options considered:

Alternatives and options were considered and put out to community consultation at key stages from project initiation in 2016 through to the submission of a Round 2 Bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund in August 2017.

Publication date: 23/01/2019

Date of decision: 22/01/2019

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