Decisions

Use the below search options to find information regarding recent decisions that have been taken by the Combined Authority’s decision making bodies and key officers.

Please note that we migrated to a new system on 26 May 2017. Decisions taken before that date can be viewed through the Committees page by browsing to the relevant committee and agenda, or through the Search documents page to search for the item you require information about.

Decisions published

16/08/2019 - West Yorkshire Combined Authority Head Office Accommodation Project ref: 648    Recommendations Approved

To give authority for work to commence on the refurbishment and modernization of the Combined Authority’s head office building, Wellington House.

Decision Maker: Director, Finance & Commercial Services

Decision published: 22/08/2019

Effective from: 16/08/2019

Decision:

To approve that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Head Office Accommodation project proceeds through decision point 5 of the assurance process and work commences on activity 6 (delivery).

To give approval to the total project cost of £7.488 million is given. This is funded entirely by the Combined Authority (from the approved budget for Corporate Projects).

Lead officer: Angela Taylor


26/07/2019 - Elland Road Park & Ride phase 3 ref: 647    Recommendations Approved

To enable work to commence on the latest phase of the Elland Road Park & Ride scheme, providing an additional 550 parking spaces as well as the provision of an additional bus service, improving bus frequency to every 6 minutes, while supporting the objective of delivering 10 buses per hour by 2020, this additional bus frequency benefitting both existing users of the park and ride site, as well as catering for new growth

Decision Maker: Chief Executive

Decision published: 22/08/2019

Effective from: 26/07/2019

Decision:

To approve that the Elland Road Park & Ride Phase 3 project proceeds through decision point 5 and work commences on activity 6 (Delivery).
To give approval to the total project value of £6.31 million is given from the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme (LPTIP) fund.

Lead officer: Ben Still


26/07/2019 - Creative Industries Opportunity Programme ref: 646    Recommendations Approved

To enable a baseline position to be established and a mechanism in place for the monitoring and evaluation of the impact of Channel 4’s investment in Leeds City Region along with appraising the benefits achieved for the city region.

Decision Maker: Chief Executive

Decision published: 22/08/2019

Effective from: 26/07/2019

Decision:

To approve a change request to the Creative Industries Opportunity Programme to fund an economic impact assessment to determine the long-term impact of the Channel 4’s relocation decision.

To give approval to bring forward £70,000 in development costs, taking total development costs approved to £120,000 to be funded from recycled Growing Places Fund monies.

Lead officer: Ben Still


21/08/2019 - Amendment to the Leeds City Region Assurance Framework ref: 645    Recommendations Approved

To ensure that the Assurance Framework is up to date and fit for purpose.

Decision Maker: Deputy Director, Legal, Governance & Compliance

Decision published: 22/08/2019

Effective from: 21/08/2019

Decision:

To update the Assurance Framework as follows:

• P27 – delete footnote referring to date the Conflicts of Interest Protocol was to be approved by the Combined Authority
• Appendix 4 – Update wording to reflect revised sub-delegation by the Managing Director and to update footnote referring to approval of the Conflicts of Interest Protocol.

The amendments are show as tracked changes on the attached Appendix 1.

Lead officer: Caroline Norreys