Agenda item

            The Committee considered a report which provided an update on the emerging Strategic Sites Assessment workstream and the recommendations which had been agreed by City Growth and Regeneration Committee at its meeting on 6th November.  The report also sought approval from the Committee to explore the feasibility of including a number of priority sites within wider regeneration projects.

The Committee:

                       i.     noted that the City Growth and Regeneration Committee on 6th November 2019 had agreed a number of recommendations as set out in the report and appendices;

                     ii.     Noted the progress on Phase 1 of the SSA and the recommendations from the City Growth and Regeneration Committee on 6th November 2019;

                    iii.     agreed to explore the feasibility of taking ownership of the Department of Finance’s (DoF) Corporation Street site, taking into account the capital implications of acquiring the land, including the potential for land swaps with the DoF or a similar arrangement as recommended by the City Growth and Regeneration Committee;

                    iv.     agreed to the inclusion of the Council’s Hope Street North car park and Whitla Street car park within the planning and masterplanning considerations for the Weavers Cross regeneration project and the Yorkgate Train Station project, respectively;

                     v.     agreed to the inclusion of Gloucester Street within the strategic site delivery programme; and

                    vi.     agreed to a Phase 2 SSA and that a scoping exercise be undertaken to see what other sites were available throughout the city.