This decision is delegated to officers under Part 4.4 of the Council’s Constitution: all executive functions except those in Part 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 are delegated to the officers in the senior management structure.

Reference is made elsewhere to the Cabinet decision of 16 November 2022 to enter into contractual terms for the pre-contract stages of the Oxpens River Bridge construction project (see Cabinet report here) which was subsequently completed via the signing of a pre-contract services agreement (PCSA) on 29/03/2023 (see decision here). 

As planning consent is still pending there is no development to bring forward at present; therefore this decision is taken as an officer decision in line with Part 4.4 of the Constitution, and not under the delegation made by Cabinet on 16 November 2022.