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RESOLVED:  That
Cabinet:
 

(1)  
Noted the current projected costs, advantages and disadvantages of
each option.

(2)  
Approved use of £30k of the allocated £4m budget in the
current capital programme for this project to develop more detail
on the costs of Option D and to acquire the necessary details for a
planning application to be made.
 

(3)  
Approved use of £20k of the allocated £4m budget in the
current capital programme for this project to develop more detail
on the costs of Option E, should a suitable property become
available.
 

(4)  
Considered and gave approval for officers to apply for grant
funding towards the investigations mentioned in 2.2 and 2.3 and
recognise the need to align investigations with grant funding
timetables in this instance.
 

(5)  
Resolved to discount options A, B and G and recommend that they are
no longer developed or explored further.
 

(6)  
Indicated that Options C, F and H outlined within the report should
be pursued further.
 

REASONS FOR DECISIONS:

(1)  
Officers do not have the capacity or financial budget to progress
all 8 options to an advanced stage and some early decisions are
required in order to focus time and
budget on pursuing the most advantageous options based on the best
information available to officers and members at the present
time.

(2)  
In addition, the pursuit of greater detail on a
number of the options will require expenditure on external
reports and consultants which officers are seeking Cabinets
approval to progress. Estimated figures are included in the main
body of the report which can be found in Appendix 1 and are
summarised in the Executive Summary Grid in Appendix 2.