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Salford City Council -
Record of Decision
 
I
Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy
City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and
Regeneration, in exercise of the powers contained within the City
Council Constitution and ion
consultation with Cabinet, do hereby:
 

1.   
Approve the waiver of the pre-commencement
conditions for the Regent Trading Estate - Affordable Housing
Scheme
 

2.   Approve the
revised funding mix for the scheme.
 

3.   
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of
Place in consultation with the S151 officer to negotiate, agree,
and finalise the detailed terms of the transaction.
 

4.   
Authorise the Shared Legal Service, or externally
appointed solicitors, to prepare all necessary documentation and to
take all steps which are required to give effect to the above
recommendations.
 
The
Reasons are to maintain the
current delivery programme and protect the agreed contract price
with the main build contractor:
 
Options considered and rejected were: n/a
 
Assessment of Risk: The risk to successful scheme
delivery is High if the recommended actions are not
approved.
The
source of funding is:

·        
GMCA Grant.

·        
DTA Contribution) 

·        
S106 Contribution

·        
Home England SAHP

·        
SCC Capital Funding
Legal
Advice obtained:
Lauren Armstrong Shared Legal Service
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Alison
Philips, Commercial Finance Manager
Grace
Rogerson, Strategic Finance Manager
 
 
 
 
 Procurement Advice obtained: n/a
 
HR
Advice obtained: n/a
 
Climate Change Advice obtained: Principal Officer Climate
Change
 
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
 
The
relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and
are not available for public inspection.

Contact Officer:  Andy Cartwright, head of
Service, Strategy Delivery                     
Telephone number: 0161 779 6074
 
 

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This decision is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.

-      
This document records a key decision which was
included in the Council’s Forward Plan and has been dealt
with under the emergency procedure.

-      
The decision is urgent and is not subject to
call-in, in accordance with the Decision Making Procedure
Rules.

           

Signed:
Councillor Jack
Youd
Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance Support Services
and Regeneration
Dated:
9th March
2026

 

This decision was
published on Monday
9th March 2026, is not subject to call-in  and comes into immediate effect.                                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Urgent Decision
– Request to waive call-in
 
Request to a Scrutiny Chair that an urgent
decision be exempt from Call-In for Scrutiny.
 

About the decision

Responses

Decision maker
 

Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor and
Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and Regeneration
 

Nature of the decision
 

The Deputy City Mayor is recommended to: -
 
 

Approve the waiver of the
pre-commencement conditions as detailed in the
report

 
      2.  Approve the revised funding mix for
the
          
scheme as detailed in the report.
 

Delegate authority to the Executive
Director of Place in consultation with the S151 officer to:
negotiate, agree, and finalise the detailed terms of the
transaction.

 

Authorise the Shared Legal Service
or externally appointed solicitors to prepare all necessary
documentation and to take all steps which are required to give
effect to the above recommendations.

 

Is this a key decision?
 

YES

 

If yes, please provide date added to the
Forward Plan
 

Date added: September 2025
 
 

Will 5 working days’ notice of the
decision be provided?
 

NO
 

Non-confidential report
Can be made available to the public
 

NO

Confidential report
Containing confidential or exempt
information
 
 

YES

Reason for confidentiality
(Paragraph of exemption)
 

Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the
Local Government Act 1972.
 
Information
relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular
person (including the authority holding that information
 

Date of decision:
 

Monday 9th March 2026
 

Officer contact details for any further
information:

Andy Cartwright
Head of Service - Strategic Delivery
 
 

Phone number:
 

0161 779 6074

Email:
 

Andrew.Cartwright@salford.gov.uk

Why is exemption from call-in required –
please provide advice as to how any delay will seriously prejudice
the legal or financial position of the Council
 

Add the reasons for
the request to waiver call-in.
 
In order to maintain the agreed contract sum
and ensure the delivery of the scheme commences on programme in
March 2026 approval is being sought to waive a number of
pre-contract conditions within the Development Funding
Agreement.
 
An urgent decision is required as the
construction sum can only be held until the 13th
March.  
 
Failure to secure urgent approval to the
pre-condition waivers will result in significant  programme delays and the need to re-tender a
number of construction packages.  Due to
ongoing market inflation forecasts indicate that  build costs could increase by a further
£850k, a scenario that would render this much needed
affordable housing scheme undeliverable.
 
 
 
 
 

Scrutiny Chair who has agreed
the decision is reasonable and urgent:

Councillor Rob Sharpe
Chair Growth and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel
 

Signature:
 

Date signed:
 

06/03/2026

Salford City Council - Record
of Decision