Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development seeking approval to assemble land to facilitate delivery of the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR) in respect of the property interests held by Scarborough Group International (SGI)/Thorpe Park Developments Limited (TPDL). The report also seeks the necessary approval of the terms.

(Appendix 3 is designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (3))

Further to Minute No. 19, 21^st June 2017, the Director of City Development submitted a report which sought approval to assemble land in order to facilitate the delivery of the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR) in respect of the property interests held by Scarborough Group International (SGI) / Thorpe Park Developments Limited (TPDL). In addition, the report also sought the necessary approvals of the terms, as set out within the exempt Appendix 3.

Responding to a Member’s enquiry, assurance was provided that the currently envisaged timescale for completing the ELOR scheme by 2021 remained on track.

Following consideration of Appendix 3 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 terms, as set out in the exempt Appendix 3 to the submitted report, in respect of the Land Agreement with Scarborough Group International / Thorpe Park Developments Limited, be agreed;

(b)  That agreement be given for the costs associated with the financial settlement are injected into the Council’s Capital Programme with funding in part to come from the West Yorkshire Transport Fund Grant; and that following the injection of funds into the Capital Programme by the Executive Board, the necessary ‘Authority to Spend’ be delegated to the Director of City Development, in consultation with the Chief Officer Financial Services in order to complete the transaction;

(c)  That in the event that there are any variations to the terms as set out within the exempt Appendix 3 to the submitted report, agreement be given for the necessary authority to be delegated to the Director of City Development, in consultation with the Chief Officer Financial Services and the Executive Member for ‘Regeneration, Transport and Planning’ to approve them;

(d)  That when a proposed agreement with relevant parties had been finalised in respect of the required land assembly proposals, the terms for which were detailed within exempt Appendix 3 to the submitted report, Group Leaders be briefed on the terms of that proposed agreement.