Agenda item - Woodingdean Library and GP Surgery Development

Report of the Strategic Director, Communities (copy attached).

2.1       That Cabinet authorises further public consultation together with the PCT and GPs regarding the proposed development of a new library and GP surgery in Woodingdean.

2.2       That Cabinet authorises the project to be added to the Capital Programme at a cost of £500,000 in 2012/13.

2.3       That a waiver of Contract Standing Order 12 be sought once funding has been confirmed.

2.4       That, subject to the waiver referred to in 2.3, Cabinet authorises the entering into of appropriate project documentation, including a Development Agreement relating to the land shown on the annexed plan, in a form satisfactory to the Strategic Director, Resources in consultation with the Strategic Director, Communities, Head of Law, the Head of Property and Design, Head of Capital Strategy, and the Cabinet Member for Culture, Recreation & Tourism.

121.1          The Cabinet considered a report of the Strategic Director, Communities concerning proposals for the development of a new library and GP surgery in Woodingdean on the site of the current library and marching band hut.

121.2          Councillor G Theobald welcomed the report and the opportunity to work in partnership to achieve an outcome that ward councillors had been working towards for some time.

121.3          Councillor Mitchell also welcomed the proposals, which she described as imaginative, but noted that it had not been possible to bring the existing community centre into the development.

121.4          The Chair thanked Councillor Bowden, the officers involved and the ward councillors for their commitment to the project.

121.5          RESOLVED - That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the following recommendations be accepted:

(1)         That Cabinet authorises further public consultation together with the PCT and GPs regarding the proposed development of a new library and GP surgery in Woodingdean.

(2)         That Cabinet authorises the project to be added to the Capital Programme at a cost of £500,000 in 2012/13.

(3)         That a waiver of Contract Standing Order 12 be sought once funding has been confirmed.

(4)         That, subject to the waiver referred to in (3), Cabinet authorises the entering into of appropriate project documentation, including a Development Agreement relating to the land shown on the annexed plan, in a form satisfactory to the Strategic Director, Resources in consultation with the Strategic Director, Communities, Head of Law, the Head of Property and Design, Head of Capital Strategy, and the Cabinet Member for Culture, Recreation & Tourism.