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To enable partner councils to continue to progress development of
their individual Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) schemes.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 03/02/2020
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
To approve:
• The amendment to the Combined Authority’s contribution
to Bradford Council of up to £415,000 (£215,000 more
than the original approval of 29 November 2019) from the West
Yorkshire + Transport Fund (WY+TF) Transformation Programme to fund
TCF development work in the short term. This takes the overall
Combined Authority contribution from the WY+TF Transformation
Programme to fund TCF development work in the short term to
£1.324 million compared to the approval of £1.109 from
the RfD of 29 November 2019.
• That the Combined Authority enters into a Funding Agreement
with Bradford Council for the amended expenditure of up to
£415,000 as outlined above.
Lead officer: Ben Still
To enable work to commence on the delivery
Resource Efficiency Fund 2, building on the success of REF 1 by
supporting SMEs identify and implement cost effective improvements
in energy and resource efficiency. It will do this by removing the
barriers preventing SMEs investing in energy and resource
efficiency, through provision of information, advice, guidance and
financial support.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 03/02/2020
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
To approve that:
The Resource Efficiency Fund 2 project proceeds through decision
point 5 and work commences on activity 6 (Delivery).
Full approval to the Combined Authority’s contribution of
£2,616,552, which will be funded from £2.000 million
ERDF funding for Leeds City Region and £616,552 from the
Leeds City Region Local Growth Fund, is given. The total project
value for the Leeds City Region is £4,453,819
Full approval to the Combined Authority to manage the York, North
Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership’s
contribution of £1,031,028 which will be funded from
£822,718 ERDF funding for York, North Yorkshire and East
Riding region and £208,310 from the York, North Yorkshire and
East Riding Local Growth Fund, is given. The total project value
for the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding region is
£1,645,420.
The Combined Authority enters into the relevant Funding Agreements
with North Yorkshire County Council and MHCLG.
Lead officer: Ben Still
To enable delivery of a further 26 homes as
part of phase 3 of the New Bolton Woods development to the north of
Bradford city centre.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 03/02/2020
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
To approve that
• The change request to the New Bolton Woods scheme to
increase the Combined Authority funding from £3.6 million to
£3.96 million (+10%) is approved.
• The increase in housing outputs from 145 to 171 is
approved.
• The Combined Authority enters into an amendment to the
Funding Agreement with Bradford Council for expenditure of up to
£3.96 million
Lead officer: Ben Still
To enable the further development of
individual projects to be included in Phase 2 of the CIP.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 03/02/2020
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
To approve:
• The Combined Authority’s contribution of up to
£650,000 from the West Yorkshire + Transport Fund
Transformation pot for programme development work to establish the
schemes which will be part of the second phase of CIP.
• That £500,000 of the £650,000 budget is
available to be utilised for consultant support.
• That £150,000 of the £650,000 budget is
available to be utilised by Partner Councils for the development of
CIP Phase 2
• That the Combined Authority enters into a Funding Agreement
with each partner council for expenditure up to £150,000, for
a specific amount to be confirmed by the CIP Programme Board.
Lead officer: Ben Still
To bring forward an Outline Business Case for
the Princes Square development element of the wider LISM scheme,
enabling Network Rail to progress with scheme design and associated
consultation supported by the Combined Authority and Leeds City
Council.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 06/12/2019
Effective from: 29/11/2019
Decision:
To approve that
• The change request to the Leeds Integrated Station
Masterplan scheme for a funding approval of £250,000
additional development costs as part of the overall scheme costs
for the Princes Square element of the scheme, to be funded from the
Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme, is approved.
• The Combined Authority enters into a Design Services
Agreement with Network Rail for expenditure of up to £250,000
from the LPTIP Fund.
Lead officer: Ben Still
To enable partner councils to continue to
progress development of their individual Transforming Cities Fund
(TCF) schemes.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 06/12/2019
Effective from: 29/11/2019
Decision:
To approve:
• The Combined Authority’s contribution of up to
£1.109 million from the West Yorkshire + Transport Fund
Transformation Programme to fund partner councils’ TCF
development work in the short term.
• That the Combined Authority enter into a Funding Agreement
with each of the partner councils for expenditure up to
£1.109 million.
Lead officer: Ben Still
Approval for the Wakefield South East Gateway
- Rutland Mills scheme to proceed through Decision Point 4 (Full
Business Case) and work commence on Activity 5 (Full Business Case
with Finalised Costs).
Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Made at meeting: 04/12/2019 - ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Decision published: 05/12/2019
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
Resolved: That in respect of the Wakefield City Centre, South East Gateway – Rutland Mill the Investment Committee using the delegated authority from the Combined Authority Board approved:
(a) That the Wakefield City Centre, South East Gateway – Rutland Mill proceeds through decision point 4 and work commences on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(b) That an indicative approval to the Combined Authority’s capped contribution of £2.89 million to the Rutland Mill scheme to be funded from the Local Growth Fund programme is given towards a total scheme cost of £20.57 million with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(c) That decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs) is conditional upon the Wakefield Council providing a finalised development contract which demonstrates that if 100% of the floor space isn’t developed by December 2022, Wakefield can step in to buy back at 70% market value.
(d) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
Lead officer: Lisa Childs
Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Made at meeting: 04/12/2019 - ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Decision published: 05/12/2019
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
Resolved: That the Investment Committee recommend to the Combined Authority the two outline applications for SUD, part of the ESIF Programme.
Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Made at meeting: 04/12/2019 - ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Decision published: 05/12/2019
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
Resolved:
(i) That the update on the current status of the Leeds City College Quarry Hill Skills Capital Project be noted.
(ii) That Investment Committee agreed the recommendations as set out in 3.1 to 3.8 in exempt appendix 1 to the submitted report including option 1 at 3.2, option 5 at 3.3, option 7 at 3.4 and option 9 at 3.6.
Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Made at meeting: 04/12/2019 - ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Decision published: 05/12/2019
Effective from: 13/12/2019
Decision:
(i) That in respect of the Bradford Interchange Carriageway Works the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority:
(a) That the Bradford Interchange Carriageway Works proceeds through decision point 2 and work commences on Activity 4 (full business case)
(b) That an indicative approval to the total project value of £2 million is given from the Local Transport Plan - Integrated Transport Block with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the Assurance Process to Decision Point 5.
(c) That development costs of £461,400 are approved in order to progress the scheme to Decision Point 5.
(d) That the Combined Authority enter into a Funding Agreement with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council for expenditure up to £300,000.
(e) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 6 through a delegation to the Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(ii) That in respect of the ERDF Connecting Innovation project the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority:
(a) That the ERDF Connecting Innovation project proceeds through decision point 2 and work commences on Activity 5 (full business case plus)
(b) That an indicative approval of £2,779,846 is given, comprised of £750,961 from the Access to Capital Grants element of the Local Growth Fund and £2,028,885 from the European Regional Development Fund, with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the Assurance Process to Decision Point 5. The total project costs are £4,057,771 million, with Small Medium Enterprise match funding of £1,277,925 million.
(c) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 5 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(iii) That in respect of the Leeds Public Transport Improvement Programme Leeds Bus Station Gateway project the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority that:
(a) That the Leeds Public Transport Improvement Programme Leeds Bus Station Gateway project proceeds through decision point 3 (outline business case) and work commences on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs)
(b) That an indicative approval to the total project value of £4.984 million is given from the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme fund with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs.
(c) That development costs of £350,000 are approved in order to progress the scheme to Decision Point 5.
(d) That the Combined Authority enters into a variation to the Funding Agreement with Leeds City Council for release of expenditure of £350,000 from the LPTIP Fund for further project development.
(e) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 5 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(iv) That in respect of the A58 Beckett Street and York Street the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority that:
(a) That the A58 Beckett Street and York Street proceeds through decision point 3 (Outline business case) and work commences on activity 4 (Full business case).
(b) That an indicative approval to the total project value of £14.536 million is given from the Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme fund with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (FBC with finalised costs).
(c) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 4 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(v) That in respect of the Bradford-Shipley Route Improvement Scheme the Investment Committee using the delegated authority from the Combined Authority Board approved:
(a) That the Bradford-Shipley Route Improvement Scheme proceeds through decision point 3 and work commences on activity 4 (full business case).
(b) That an indicative approval to the total project value of £47.9 million is given, to be funded from the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund, with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(c) That approval of further development costs of £2.382 million in order to progress the scheme to decision point 5, taking the total approval to £3.979 million.
(d) That the Combined Authority enters into an addendum to the existing funding agreement with Bradford Council for additional expenditure of £2.382 million, taking the total approval to £3.979 million.
(e) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 4 and 5 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(vi) That in respect of the Infirmary Gateway scheme the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority:
(a) That the Infirmary Street Gateway scheme proceeds through decision point 4 and work commences on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(b) That an indicative approval to the total project value of £8.90 million is given from the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(c) That future approvals are made in accordance with the Assurance pathway and Approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 5 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(vii) That in respect of the Wakefield City Centre, South East Gateway – Rutland Mill the Investment Committee using the delegated authority from the Combined Authority Board approved:
(a) That the Wakefield City Centre, South East Gateway – Rutland Mill proceeds through decision point 4 and work commences on activity 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(b) That an indicative approval to the Combined Authority’s capped contribution of £2.89 million to the Rutland Mill scheme to be funded from the Local Growth Fund programme is given towards a total scheme cost of £20.57 million with full approval to spend being granted once the scheme has progressed through the assurance process to decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs).
(c) That decision point 5 (full business case with finalised costs) is conditional upon the Wakefield Council providing a finalised development contract which demonstrates that if 100% of the floor space isn’t developed by December 2022, Wakefield can step in to buy back at 70% market value.
(d) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(viii) That in respect of the A660 Holt Lane project the Investment Committee recommends to the Combined Authority:
(a) That the A660 Holt Lane project proceeds through decision point 5 and work commences on activity 6 (Delivery).
(b) That the approval to the total project value of £1.150 million is given from the LPTIP fund.
(c) That the Combined Authority enters into an addendum to the Funding Agreement with Leeds City Council for expenditure of up to £1.150 million from the LPTIP Fund.
(d) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
(ix) That in respect of the change request to the Leeds District Heating Network project the Investment Committee approved :
(a) The change request to the Leeds District Heating Network project to extend the time for the completion date be approved.
(b) The change request to remove Leeds College of Music contract condition be removed as the promoter has evidenced demand from other sources.
(c) The Funding Agreement for Leeds City Council is retrospectively extended from June 2019 to March 2020 and removes the requirement for a heat sales agreement with the Leeds College of Music.
(d) That future approvals are made in accordance with the assurance pathway and approval route outlined in this report including at decision point 6 through a delegation to the Combined Authority’s Managing Director following a recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Programme Appraisal Team. This will be subject to the scheme remaining within the tolerances outlined in this report.
Approval for the Bradford to Shipley Route Improvement scheme to proceed through Decision Point 3 (Outline Business Case) and work commence on Activity 4 (Full Business Case).
Decision Maker: ARCHIVED - West Yorkshire and York Investment Committee
Decision published: 07/11/2019
Effective from: 04/12/2019
Lead officer: James Bennett