Decision details

The Head of Transportation:
i) noted the principles of the highway works to provide the vehicle accesses to the development, to provide footway, including dropped kerbs and tactile paving, along the frontages on Sovereign Street and Swinegate, and for provision of a loading bay on Sovereign Street;
ii) noted that there are £6,000 TRO costs and £10,000 staff checking and inspection costs, all to be fully rechargeable to the Sovereign Street Scheme through the Section 278 agreement; The funding of the work has been agreed in the Heads of Terms for an Option Agreement for the sale of Plot C, Sovereign Street, between the Council and the developer, with an agreed figure to be netted off the land sale;
iii) requested the City Solicitor to advertise a draft Traffic Regulation Order to facilitate the provision of the loading bay and access on Sovereign Street, as indicated on drawing 4797-00-106 Rev C, and, if no valid objections are received to make, seal and implement the order as advertised;
iv) 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.