Decision details

Cabinet approval to be sought to provide grant assistance toward the conversion of Fieldhouse, Wellington Road Dewsbury into 23 apartments and commercial units and to enter into a grant and other legal agreements necessary to implement the project.

RESOLVED -  

1)    That approval be given to a grant to Mood Development Limited (and/or its subsidiary company) of £2.83m towards the Fieldhouse project (appendix 6 of the report refers) and for officers to publish details of the subsidy on the national transparency database.

2)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Growth and Regeneration) in conjunction with the Service Director (Legal, Governance and Commissioning) to agree and complete the grant agreement and other documentation necessary to enable the project to proceed.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Growth and Regeneration) in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for Dewsbury Town Centre, the ability to vary the amount of grant in line with the conditions set out (paragraph 1.6 of appendix 6 of the report refers) and to be subject to the funds being found from within the existing Dewsbury Town Centre Action Plan programme resources.