Place Plans - The Commission of Additional Consultancy Work to The Urbanists for the further development and expansion of existing proposals (Exempt under Paragraph 14)
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Decision:
Having
given regard to the Integrated Impact Assessment:
·
That the requirements of the Council’s Contract Procedure Rules be
excluded, and approval be granted for the Council to make direct awards to The Urbanists
for interim Consultancy services, for the additional services required for the
delivery of existing place plans only.
·
Authority be granted for the Head of Property and Regeneration to
procure further consultancy services for additional towns, secondary and
tertiary settlements (not already commissioned to The Urbanists) in early 2024.
Reason for Proposed
Decision:
To
assist Regeneration in completing Place Plans for its towns, which forms part
of the Welsh Governments requirements in delivering strategic projects and
providing grants to third parties, and to enable the development of schemes to
be delivered with secondary and tertiary settlements.
To
ensure continuity of service and time saving in understanding the tasks
required with respect to the additional work required.
Implementation of Decision:
The
decision will be implemented after the three day call in period, which ended at
9am, Saturday 18 November 2023.