Decision details

Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone update and Infrastructure Delivery

Reference: D43523

Decision Maker: Executive Board

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Approval to procure a power supply to work with the Council to deliver improved infrastructure within the Leeds Enterprise Zone.

Decisions:

The Director of City Development submitted a report which provided an update on the progress achieved to date in respect of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone and highlighted the priority areas of work moving forward. The report also sought approval to commence a procurement process and utilise Council owned land to deliver a power solution which was intended to ensure that the required infrastructure was in place to facilitate the continued delivery within the Enterprise Zone and wider Aire Valley area.

 

Following consideration of Appendix 1 to the submitted report, designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the progress made to secure development and occupation of new floorspace within the Enterprise Zone, be noted;

 

(b)  That the recommendations made within the 2015 Enterprise Zone Growth Plan, be noted;

 

(c)  That a procurement exercise by the Director City Development to deliver improved infrastructure within the Enterprise Zone, in consultation with the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning, and subject to funding being confirmed by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), be approved;

 

(d)  That the necessary authority be delegated to the Director City Development in order to enter into negotiations and agree a contract to deliver the required infrastructure improvements;

 

(e)  That the necessary authority be delegated to the Director City Development in order to agree terms for the use of Council owned land adjacent to the A63 to accommodate a new electricity substation;

 

(f)  That the proposed funding mechanism to support delivery of the infrastructure improvements within the Enterprise Zone, be noted;

 

(g)  That the necessary authority be delegated to the Director City Development in order to inject funding from the LEP into the Council’s Capital Programme, in order to support infrastructure delivery within the Enterprise Zone.

 

Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;

Wards Affected: Burmantofts and Richmond Hill; City and Hunslet; Temple Newsam;

Portfolio Holder: Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning

Other reasons / organisations consulted

Consultation on the proposed infrastructure has taken place with the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning.  As the proposals progress further and more detail is known about the proposed substation, presentations will be made to Plans Panel in addition to ward members.  The proposed approach has been the subject of ongoing dialogue with developers within the Enterprise Zone.

Consultees

Executive Member; Ward Members; Plans Panel; Developers; other interested stakeholders

Contact: Mark Mills, Head of Asset Management 0113 2476241 Email: mark.mills@leeds.gov.uk.

Report author: Mark Mills

Publication date: 29/06/2016

Date of decision: 22/06/2016

Decided at meeting: 22/06/2016 - Executive Board

Effective from: 02/07/2016

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