Officers can proceed with procuring a specialist consultant to provide commercial advice.

To allocate £67,000 of feasibility funding to procure and appoint a specialist consultant to advise the Council.

The decision to proceed at this stage is due to the time required to work with the key consultees and the potential requirement to get planning permission if required.

The purpose of this exercise is to seek advice regarding future options available to the Council so no alternatives have been considered at this stage.