Issue - meetings

Bromley Town Ward

Report DRR19/037

On 11 July 2018, the Executive approved a report agreeing funding of £427k from the earmarked reserve for infrastructure Investment to undertake temporary works at the Central Library/Churchill Theatre. Now that tenders had been received for the works additional funding was requested.

Planning permission granted for the works in 2016 expired on 17^th August 2019, so it was essential that an order was placed as quickly as possible so that works could proceed under the existing permission. It was therefore recommended that the decision was urgent and not subject to the normal call-in arrangements.

The report had been scrutinised at the Executive, Resources and Contracts PDS Committee meeting on 3^rd July 2019 and the Committee supported the proposals.

RESOLVED that

(1) Additional funding of £110k be approved from the earmarked reserve for the Infrastructure Investment Fund to undertake temporary works.

(2) Call-in will not be applicable to allow the purchase order to be raised immediately so that there is sufficient lead-in time for commencement of the work prior to the expiry of the extant planning permission.