Purpose

Progress report

Content

*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).