Decision details

EZ - Wakefield - Langthwaite Business Park Extension

Decision Maker: Chief Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Approval for the scheme to proceed to the next stage of the assurance process.

Decision:

To approve that:

The change request to the Enterprise Zones Programme to increase the total development costs from £1.818 million to £3,804,297 is approved. This is spend brought forward from the programme’s indicative approval of £49.558 million.

Reasons for the decision:

To enable the Combined Authority to purchase land at the Langthwaite Business Park Extension Enterprise Zone site in South Elmsall, Wakefield, supporting accelerated construction of the site which is forecast to deliver 25,545 sq m of employment floorspace and up to 709 jobs based on B2 uses.

Publication date: 20/04/2020

Date of decision: 21/02/2020

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