Purpose

On 6 October 2023 Cabinet considered a report
titled ‘Levelling Up Fund and Capital Regeneration Projects -
Progressing the Projects to Planning Permission’. As part of
that report, Cabinet delegated authority to the Corporate Director
Place and Economy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for
Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism to procure appropriate
resources and commission a project team to carry out the associated
work including for the design briefs.
On 24 May 2024, Cabinet considered a report titled ‘Update on
Levelling Up Fund and Capital Regeneration Projects’. As part
of that report, Cabinet agreed to request that officers investigate
the opportunity to bring forward the Milton Road element of the
Dovercourt scheme from the Capital Regeneration Project funding and
report the outcome back to Cabinet in the context of the wider
scheme.
Operational issues to support progress of the schemes to planning
including site clearance for Milton Road and Victoria Street will
be addressed, to include:
•Site clearance of rubbish and overgrowth
•Sites made safe for access
•Initial surveys (topographic and utilities surveys of the
Victoria Street sites)
•Progression of party wall matters
Decisions relating to spend or any award of contracts will be
published separately.

Content

To address operational issues relating to
clearance of the sites at Milton Road and Victoria Street, to
include:
1.Site clearance of rubbish and overgrowth
2.Sites made safe for access
3.Initial surveys (topographic and utilities surveys of the
Victoria Street sites)
4.Progression of party wall matters