Councillor Brown arrived at the meeting.

The Head of City Development has submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which considered a proposed financial contribution to the Westgate Alliance towards the public realm works associated with the Westgate development.

Cllr Price, Board member for Corporate Strategy, Economic Development and Planning presented the report.

The Executive Director of City Regeneration explained that there was a draft Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) list attached to the report. The work at Westgate does not compromise consideration of the wider CIL programme.

Councillor Tanner asked whether the work proposed to Pennyfarthing Place by St Ebbes Church could be extended to include Pembroke Street and can it be added to the list of work or are there reasons for it being excluded?

The Head of City Development said it has been excluded from this contribution because the developer would not be undertaking work in the wider vicinity. However, he reported he has been speaking with the County Council about wider schemes in the area.

Councillor Fooks asked how the figures were reached. The Head of City Development explained that they are the estimated sums for the work.

The City Executive Board resolved to:    

1. Recommend to Council to apply Community Infrastructure Levy receipts to the value of £1,134,000 in two phases of £567,000 each (50% in Q1 2016/17 and 50% in Q1 2017/18) in order to fund public realm works  that fall outside the site covered by the planning application for the Westgate redevelopment scheme .

2. Delegate to the Executive Director of Regeneration and Housing responsibility to complete an appropriate legal agreement in conjunction with the Council’s Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer.