Decision details

Designing the future for Montague Place

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Decision Maker: Joint Strategic Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Before the Committee was a report by the Director for the Economy, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 19.

 

The report updated Members on the approach to the Montague Place public realm scheme and outlined that Worthing Borough Council (WBC) would act as the lead design agency for West Sussex County Council (WSCC) under the terms set out in this report. 

 

The report presented the rationale for WBC designing the project, the approach being undertaken to deliver temporary works to help inform the long term design of Montague Place and sought the release of budget to cater for the temporary works and main public realm design works to enable WBC to have a fully consulted, designed and costed scheme.

 

Members welcomed the proposals which sought to create a sense of place, reinvigorate this space and provide an opportunity to release CIL funding to benefit the town.

 

The recommendations set out in the report were proposed by Councillor Kevin Jenkins seconded by Councillor Edward Crouch and unanimously supported. 

 

Decision

 

The Joint Strategic Committee

 

1.     Agreed to WBC taking on the project management and design responsibility of Montague Place Public Realm work, supported by WSCC and if required to enter into a collaboration agreement to support that relationship; 

 

2.     Delegated authority to the Director for the Economy, in consultation with the Executive Member for Regeneration, the authority to procure and award all contracts necessary to complete the Phase 1 temporary works and main public realm design schemes, within the approved budgets;  

 

3.     Approved the creation of a budget of £163k within the Worthing Borough Council revenue budget fully funded by the Welcome Back Fund to complete the temporary works (Phase 1); and 

 

4.     Approved the creation of a budget of £200k within the Worthing Borough Council capital programme, fully funded by Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), to complete the main design works (Phase 2).

 

Call In: 


The call-in deadline for this decision will be 5.00pm on 23 July 2021.

Report author: Andy Willems

Publication date: 16/07/2021

Date of decision: 13/07/2021

Decided at meeting: 13/07/2021 - Joint Strategic Committee

Effective from: 24/07/2021

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