Agenda item

To consider a report on Tatton Vision Phases 1 & 2.

Cabinet considered a report on the Tatton Vision Phases 1 and 2.

The Tatton Vision investment programme had been approved by Cabinet in February 2011 and sought to conserve the estate, improve access, develop sustainable income bases to help reduce the reliance on Council funding and support the Council’s growth strategy for its visitor economy. The report outlined specific projects which would help to achieve these objectives.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet

1.    approves the Tatton Dale Farm ‘Field to Fork’ project as specified in the Detailed Business Case (Appendix A to the report);

2.    gives delegated authority to the Head of Countryside, Culture and Visitor Economy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Tatton Park, to implement the ‘Field to Fork project’ at Tatton Dale Farm including entering into all necessary contractual arrangements (in accordance with the Constitution) including but not limited to procurement of building contractors, external consultants, leases and volunteer support and including the terms of the grant and approved purposes contained in the Heritage Lottery Fund grant award letter of 27/11/15;

3.    gives delegated authority to the Head of Countryside, Culture and Visitor Economy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Tatton Park, to approve the heads of terms for the Deed of Variation in respect of the Lease of Tatton Park dated 15^th February 1961 between the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and the County Council for the Administrative County of the County Palatine of Chester and for the Director of Legal Services to agree and execute the Deed of Variation for Tatton Park in relation to the Farm Field to Fork project;

4.    approves the refreshed phase 2 Tatton Vision programme and objectives;

5.    notes the high level proposals contained within the Tatton Park Phase 2 plan, with its associated £3.8m budget, and give delegated authority to the Head of Countryside, Culture and Visitor Economy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Tatton Park to produce detailed business cases for these (or additional or alternative) proposals, including the procurement of external consultants and other expertise as necessary;

6.    gives delegated authority to the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Tatton Park, in consultation with the Director of Legal Services and the Chief Operating Officer, to authorise the implementation of those business cases providing that they do not have an individual value greater than £1m, as allowed for in the Constitution, such projects to be endorsed and managed in accordance with the Council’s project management regime;

7.    accepts that detailed business cases with a value greater than £1m be returned to Cabinet for further consideration in due course in accordance with the Constitution;

8.    gives delegated authority to the Director of Legal Services (in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer)  to undertake all necessary and consequential action arising from the above recommendations including but not limited to entering into any necessary legal documentation and partnership arrangements; and

9.    gives delegated authority to the Head of Countryside, Culture and Visitor Economy, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Tatton Park, to apply for and accept external funding including but not limited to Heritage Lottery Fund and other grants, donations and bequests in support of any of the proposals mentioned above.