Issue - meetings

Report from Councillor O’Brien Leader of the Council is attached.

The Leader, Councillor O’Brien presented a report updating Cabinet on the work that has been undertaken by Deloittes to prepare a draft Strategic Framework for Radcliffe.  The Leader reported that continued regeneration of Radcliffe remains a priority for the Council.

The recommendations for key interventions within the draft Framework include:

Creation of a central public hub within the town centre

Creation of new leisure facilities

Refurbishment of Market Chambers building

Opening up of the review

Revised car parking strategy

The Leader reported that Deloittes have already undertaken comprehensive early engagement with a range of key stakeholders during the preparation stage of the SRF. Now that the SRF is in a draft format, this stakeholder engagement needs to continue in order to seek the views and inputs from the wider public, key businesses and other key partners to ensure that the final framework is fit for purpose.

Delegated decision:

Cabinet agrees to:

Approve the draft Strategic Radcliffe Framework, the proposed consultation process and the identified delegated requests and to note the longer-term intention to create a Council Investment Fund to support interventions during the SRF delivery programme

Reasons for the decision:

The Strategic Regeneration Framework will provide the context for future development and the proposals for consultation are reasonable in the current pandemic. It is important that any future capital expenditure position is regularly monitored to ensure that the priorities of the Council are being delivered and ongoing legal input will be required.

Other option considered and rejected:

Identify any amendments to the Strategic Regeneration Framework or theconsultation process before the consultationstarts.