Agenda and decisions

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Paul Dennett, City Mayor, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby notes the contents of this report and approves the Crescent Strategic Master Programme and Delivery.

The Reasons are:

In March 2020 the City Council and University appointed the English Cities Fund (ECF) as Private Sector Partner to deliver the Crescent Masterplan. The Partners had subsequently signed an Overarching Umbrella Agreement (OUA) to manage implementation of the Crescent Masterplan, which was currently conditional upon ECF preparing a new planning framework for the Crescent area and the approval by the Partners of the Strategic Master Programme and Delivery  Plan (SMPDP) to demonstrate how the programme would be brought forward over the next 10 years and beyond.

The Crescent Development Framework was endorsed in January 2021 and ECF had submitted the SMPDP to the Council and University for approval on 1^st March 2021 and in turn would result in the OUA becoming unconditional and taking full effect, providing  ECF with the contractual certainty needed to begin the process of preparing Site Business Plans for the various sites across the Crescent area, the first of which is to be submitted within 6 months from this approval being given.

Assessment of Risk: Low

The source of funding: Not applicable at this stage

Legal Advice obtained:  YesNot applicable at this stage

Financial Advice obtained:  Natalie Birchall. Tel 793 2316

Procurement Advice obtained: Deborah Derbyshire. Tel 686 6244

HR Advice obtained: Not applicable

Climate Change Advice obtained:  Dan Welsh

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

-       Report of the Head of Development to Property and Regeneration Briefing on 13^th February 2017.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Environment and Community Safety to Property and Regeneration Briefing on 10^th April 2017.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration Briefing on 22^nd May 2017.

-       Presentation to the City Mayor by 5plus architects on 4^th December 2017.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to City Issues Briefing on 5^th February 2018.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration Briefing on 12^th February 2018.

-       Report of the City Mayor to Cabinet on 27^th February 2018.

-       Development Team Presentation to Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel 21st May 2018.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration Briefing - Crescent and University Masterplan 26th November 2018.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration Briefing on 11^th March 2019.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Procurement Board on 13^th March 2019.

-       Development Team Presentation to Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel 25^th March 2019.

-       Report of the Strategic Director, Place, to Property and Regeneration Briefing (Salford Crescent and University District Masterplan: Appointment of Private Sector Partner), 24^th February 2020.

-       Report of the Strategic  ...  view the full decision text for item 3a

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