Decision details

S278 Highway Works to Facilitate the Installation of Wind Mitigation Baffles at Bridgewater Place, Water Lane, Leeds

Reference: D42326

Decision Maker: Director of City Development

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation):

i) noted the highway works (excluding wind baffles) as outlined in Section 3.1 and indicated on Drawing Number 032543/C200E at an estimated cost of £560,000 works costs (carried out by the Developer at their expense) and £70,000 staff costs;

ii) gave authority to negotiate the terms of and enter into an agreement with the developer under the provisions of Section 278 of the Highways Act 1980; whereby the works associated with the development are carried out by the Developer at their own cost;

iii) gave authority to allow the Developer to implement the works, acting as the Council’s Agent, as set out in Section 3.1;

iv) approved an injection of £70,000 staff costs into the City Development Capital Programme to be fully funded by a private developer;

v) gave authority to incur expenditure of £70,000 staff costs to be fully funded by the private developer under a Section 278 legal agreement; and

vi) gave authority to serve a S228 notice to adopt the areas of land on Water Lane required to carry out the wind mitigation scheme and provide clarity on the Street Register

Wards Affected: City and Hunslet;

Contact: Gillian Macleod 0113 2475302 Email: gillian.macleod@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 29/04/2015

Date of decision: 29/04/2015

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