Issue - meetings

Executive Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Children and Enterprise, which provided an update on regeneration projects at Widnes Waterfront and Johnson’s Lane, and sought approval to vary the Capital Programme to allow these projects to proceed.

RECOMMENDED: That Council include the £0.52m remediation costs of the former Bayer site and £0.5m for the provision of infrastructure at Johnson’s Lane, Widnes, within the Capital Programme, to initially be funded from Growing Places Fund (GPF) loans (subject to successful bids) which will thereafter be repaid from the capital receipts generated from the sale of the respective sites.

Executive Board had considered a report of the Strategic Director, Children and Enterprise, which provided an update on regeneration projects at Widnes Waterfront and Johnson’s Lane, and sought approval to vary the Capital Programme to allow these projects to proceed.

RESOLVED: That the £0.52m remediation costs of the former Bayer site and £0.5m for the provision of infrastructure at Johnson’s Lane, Widnes, be included within the Capital Programme, to initially be funded from Growing Places Fund (GPF) loans (subject to successful bids) which will thereafter be repaid from the capital receipts generated from the sale of the respective sites.

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Children and Enterprise, which provided an update on regeneration projects at Widnes Waterfront and Johnson’s Lane, and sought approval to vary the Capital Programme to allow these projects to proceed.

The report set out the background to each site and details of previous approvals granted by the Board for the disposal of each site. In addition, the reasons for the delay in disposal and in the development of  each respective site was set out for Members’ consideration.

Reason(s) For Decision

To alter the Capital Programme to allow funding to be made available to bring forward the former Bayer site and Johnson’s Lane, specifically for the provision of remediation and infrastructure.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

The do nothing option would mean that the former Bayer Crop Science site and Johnson’s Lane sites would remain unused for a further period of time, which potentially would result in further security and maintenance costs to the Council.

Implementation Date

Once approval was received, the recommendations would immediately be acted upon.

RESOLVED: That Council be recommended to include the £0.52m remediation costs of the former Bayer site and £0.5m for the provision of infrastructure at Johnson’s Lane, Widnes, within the Capital Programme, to initially be funded from Growing Places Fund (GPF) loans (subject to successful bids) which will thereafter be repaid from the capital receipts generated from the sale of the respective sites.