Decision details

To seek approval

1.      To carry out each project identified in the Dewsbury Towns Fund Advanced Funding 2020/21 project list attached to this notice

2.      To delegate to the Strategic Director for Growth & Regeneration the authority to negotiate and agree with Kirklees Theatre Trust, or another organisation supported by the Arts Council, to create a Creative Hub at 15, Union street, Dewsbury.

3.      For the Council to enter into a grant agreement with another party, where necessary, to help deliver the Better Spaces Programme in Dewsbury Town Centre.

4.      To implement the works within the Getting Building grant approval for the Arcade in Dewsbury and George Hotel in Huddersfield Town centre totalling £1,965,000

1)    That the success in receiving the £750,000 Towns Fund Accelerated Grant, and the in-principle approval from Government of £1.965m from the Getting Building Fund, be noted.

2)    That approval be given to the projects as detailed within section 2 of the considered report.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Growth and Regeneration) to negotiate and agree with Kirklees Theatre Trust, or another organisation, supported by the Arts Council, agreements to create a Creative Hub at 15 Union Street, Dewsbury, including a grant award of up to a maximum of £200,000.

4)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Growth and Regeneration) to negotiate and agree with Kirklees College, agreements to enhance open space to the west of Pioneer House as part of the Better Spaces Programme, including a grant agreement for a grant award of up to a maximum of £150,000.