Decisions

On 23 January 20243 Cabinet approved the acceptance of funding for the Mission Net Zero Project and delegated decision making on the implementation of the project to officers. The Director Economy of Place is authorised in the general scheme of delegation to make decisions up to a value of £250k.
This decision is to award a contract to the University of the West of England to provide monitoring and evaluation services for the Mission Net Zero Project.

To award a contract to the Constellia in accordance with Contract Award Report: PR9831- Mission Net Zero Innovate Demonstrator - Monitoring and Evaluation.

To award the civil engineering contract for the CRSTS A37/A4018 Victoria Street strategic corridor highway improvements project to improve cycling and pedestrian infrastructure throughout Victoria Street and associated side roads.

To award the contract to the preferred bidder ETM limited following the procurement process and supported by the key decision taken at Cabinet on 6 February 2024 for the civil engineering contract for the CRSTS A37/A4018 Victoria Street strategic corridor highway improvements project to improve cycling and pedestrian infrastructure throughout Victoria Street and associated side roads.

Nationally, as well as in Bristol, continued increases in demand for statutory services is putting pressure on teams and placement budgets. For those children that are taken into care, their life chances can be significantly impaired.
A re-baselined full business case for the Families First programme received internal council approval on 10th December following an initial phase of discovery work carried out by Newton Europe. This is the next step that aims to mobilise the programme at pace and scope out the programme of work that will be used to go out to open tender for the delivery phase.

Bristol City Council has agreed to spend up to £475,000 to commission Newton Europe to plan the programme of work needed so that we can make and early start to process and run the open tender process simultaneously

At its meeting on 4 October 2022, Cabinet “Authorised the Executive Director, Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport, to take all steps required to spend the funding including to procure and award the contract(s) (including individual contracts above £500k)”. With the construction contractor now in place, a contract is now required to appoint an NEC Project Management and site supervision team, following a compliant tender process.

Approval to award a contract to Constellia via the SEWTAPS framework for A4018 NEC Project Management team.

In September 2022 the Council secured external grant funding of £19.8m from WECA to contribute towards the costs of enabling infrastructure for the major new housing development at Hengrove Park, which will deliver approximately 1400 new homes (50% of which will be Affordable Housing), a 22 hectare new public park, and community and employment facilities.
The funding arrangements for the Hengrove Park WECA grant, and the Council’s overall delivery approach for the Hengrove Park development, are set out in the previous Cabinet Report approved in October 2023.
Approximately £10.7m of the WECA funding is being used directly by the Council to deliver enabling infrastructure projects to accelerate the delivery of the homes at Hengrove Park, including for example new highways junctions, sustainable travel improvements, and enhanced public realm.
The other £9.1m will be passed by the Council to Goram Homes (the council’s wholly owned local housing delivery company, who are delivering the new development at Hengrove Park), to deliver similar enabling infrastructure projects which Goram Homes are best placed to deliver (because these works fit into an integrated programme of development works that Goram Homes are managing), including for example demolition works, new access roads, landscaping and drainage works etc.
The purpose of this Officer Decision Notice (ODN) is to record a decision taken by the Executive Director – Growth and Regeneration, in accordance with the provisions of the previous Cabinet Report and in consultation with the Director of Finance and the relevant Policy Committee Chairs, to enter into a ‘pass down funding agreement’ between BCC and Goram Homes; which will enable a portion of the WECA funding to be spent on eligible enabling infrastructure projects at Hengrove Park which Goram Homes are delivering, and mirroring the terms of the overarching grant funding agreement between WECA and BCC.

Decision taken by the Executive Director – Growth and Regeneration, in accordance with the provisions of the previous Cabinet Report and in consultation with the Director of Finance and the relevant Policy Committee Chairs, to enter into a ‘pass down funding agreement’ between BCC and Goram Homes; which will enable a portion of the approved WECA grant funding to be spent on eligible enabling infrastructure projects at Hengrove Park which Goram Homes are delivering.

Cabinet decision on 04 September 2018 “Creation of the Housing Company” authorised the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Service Director of Finance to approve the transfer of land at Romney House, Lockleaze and the Baltic Wharf Caravan Club site to the Housing Trading Company (Goram Homes Limited) on terms to be agreed.
Baltic Wharf Caravan Site benefits from resolution to grant planning permission subject to S106 (ref 21/01331/F) for the ‘Erection of residential dwellings, commercial floorspace, integrated car and bicycle parking, refuse storage, landscaping and associated infrastructure and services’. The proposed development consists of 6 blocks and includes 166 residential units comprising 40% affordable.
The Council was recently awarded Brownfield Land Release Fund grant of £2,441,957 towards the scheme.
The option agreement is to be entered in advance of the land contract and will enable Goram to secure an immediate legal interest in the land and sign the S106 which will ultimately benefit the overall programme delivery. The option will run for an initial period of 12 months or the date the parties enter the land contract (whichever is the later). The subsequent land contract will ensure all key contractual terms and safeguards for the Council with the value demonstrating best consideration.
It should be noted the option agreement will be completed prior to the new Harbour Revision Order being in place.

Approval to enter into an initial option agreement with Goram Homes in advance of the land contract and the Harbour Revision Order.