Agenda item

Transactions Relating to the Castleview Site

Decision:

(a)  That the transactions specified in Paragraph 1.1 of the report be noted.

 

(b)  That funds from General Fund capital be used to pay for the acquisition of the land shown edged blue on the plan at Appendix C.

 

(c)  That the 2013/14 Capital Programme be amended to allocate 10% of the £5.1m capital receipt to enable the following works to be carried out:

 

  i.  A4/Upton Court Road junction – provision of a left turn lane from Upton Court Road to the A4 westbound (£350,000);

  ii.  Marlborough Road area – safety improvements scheme (£100,000); and

  iii.  A4 Lascelles Road – traffic study and implementation of improvements (£50,000).

Minutes:

The Head of Legal Services introduced a report which summarised a number of transactions relating to the Castleview site which enacted the decisions taken by the Cabinet at their meeting on 7th August 2012.  The Cabinet were also asked to approve the use of General Fund capital to pay for the acquisition of the land edged blue on Appendix C to the report.

 

Councillors Grewal, Minhas and Strutton addressed the Cabinet under Rule 30 and amongst other matters they raised the issue of the capacity of local schools and transport to accommodate the extra homes being built as part of the developments.  The Commissioner for Neighbourhoods and Renewal referred to the Cabinet decision of 16th April 2012 in a report titled ‘Review of Provisions and Allocation of Available Resources’ to set aside a minimum of 10% of the capital receipt for investment in infrastructure “…to benefit the residents of the Upton Court Area”.  The Cabinet were asked to amend the 2013/14 Capital Programme to allocate 10% of the receipt of £5.1m for the following works to be carried out:

 

  • Provision of a left turn land from Upton Court Road to the A4 westbound to be allocated £350,000 (a scheme design was tabled).
  • A safety improvement scheme in the Marlborough Road area to be allocated £100,000.
  • Traffic study and implementation of improvements on A4 Lascelles Road to be allocated £50,000.

 

The Cabinet agreed that securing public benefit from the development of the site was important and would complement the wider regeneration proposals for the area which included the potential for new health provision on Trelawney Avenue.  The recommendations in the report were agreed and the proposal to amend the capital programme as discussed was also agreed.

 

Resolved –

 

(a)  That the transactions specified in Paragraph 1.1 of the report be noted.

 

(b)  That funds from General Fund capital be used to pay for the acquisition of the land shown edged blue on the plan at Appendix C.

 

(c)  That the 2013/14 Capital Programme be amended to allocate 10% of the £5.1m capital receipt to enable the following works to be carried out:

 

  i.  A4/Upton Court Road junction – provision of a left turn lane from Upton Court Road to the A4 westbound (£350,000);

  ii.  Marlborough Road area – safety improvements scheme (£100,000); and

  iii.  A4 Lascelles Road – traffic study and implementation of improvements (£50,000).

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