Agenda item - The King Alfred Leisure Centre Regeneration Project - Progress Update

That Cabinet:

1)             Agrees that the Council enters into Development Management Agreements with Alliance Leisure for enabling works on the new King Alfred leisure facility site including the demolition of the disused bowling alley area.

2)             Agrees to delegate authority to the Corporate Director City Operations in consultation with the cabinet member for Sports, Recreation and Libraries to finalise the terms of the Development Management Agreements and enter into the Development Management Agreement and any ancillary documentation.

3)             Agrees to bring forward the allocation of £3.5m from previously agreed project capital budget to fund these works up to November 2026.

168.1   Cabinet considered a report that sought agreement to progress the King Alfred Regeneration Project to the next stage of implementation following the completion of the technical design stage (Royal Institute of British Architects Plan of Work Stage 4 or RIBA 4) and the submission of the planning application.

168.2   Councillors Taylor, Daniel, Robinson and Sankey asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

168.3   Resolved-

That Cabinet:

1)            Agrees that the Council enters into Development Management Agreements with Alliance Leisure for enabling works on the new King Alfred leisure facility site including the demolition of the disused bowling alley area.

2)            Agrees to delegate authority to the Corporate Director City Operations in consultation with the cabinet member for Sports, Recreation and Libraries to finalise the terms of the Development Management Agreements and enter into the Development Management Agreement and any ancillary documentation.

3)            Agrees to bring forward the allocation of £3.5m from previously agreed project capital budget to fund these works up to November 2026.