Decision details

*RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:

That Cabinet notes the progress to date on the Southern Gateway project relating to the Bus Station, Bus Depot and Basin Road car park sites and recommends to Council to approve:

1.    That following the prioritisation in the draft Chichester City Regeneration Strategy that the bus station, bus depot and Basin Road sites are brought forward for regeneration in accordance with Policy A4 of the Councils submitted local plan.

2.    In principle to the proposed layout of the new bus stops provision as part of the regeneration of the area and for Officers to continue to negotiate commercial terms of the wider stagecoach transactional details related to relocation and the final layout of the bus stops with WSCC.

3.    That as part of the relocation of the bus stops and the development of options for the Bus Station, Bus Depot and Basin Road car park sites that consideration is given for a potential customer waiting facility.

4.    That the option for the relocation of Chichester District Council Offices to the bus station area is progressed as well as the disposal of East Pallant House and car park.

5.    The appointment of a lead Urban Design Team and appointments for Quantity Surveyor, agent, procurement and legal advice utilising the LEP grant legacy fund to provide schematics and viability assessments on the options for the development sites, (Bus Station, Bus Depot , Basin Road and EPH) with these options being presented back to Cabinet and Council before procuring a developer to implement the agreed option(s).