Decision details

To update Cabinet on progress since the November 2023 report and seeks approval for the step necessary to progress the relevant sites.

(a)       That Council’s commitment and ambition to achieve the outcomes set out within the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DHLUC), be confirmed.

(b)       That ‘A Vision for Weymouth Harbour and Peninsula’ be used to guide progress of the Council’s activities in regenerating Weymouth, be agreed.

(c)        That the development and commencement of a procurement process to obtain a development partner for North Quay in compliance with the relevant applicable public procurement regulations, be approved.

(d)       That the Harbour Advisory Committee be invited to consider and make recommendations regarding how the Levelling Up Fund commitments for the Peninsula site could be delivered in a manner compatible with the Council’s duties as statutory harbour authority and securing the success and future viability of the harbour, including consideration of the potential approach to a new Harbour Revision Order.

(e)       That authority to seek a development partner for Weymouth Bowl in the most appropriate way, be granted.

(f)         That the procurement of the necessary engineering, materials and consultancy services, and a construction contractor for walls F and G on the Peninsula be authorised and that authority be delegated to the Executive Lead for Place in consultation with the Executive Director Corporate Development and the Portfolio Holder for Highways Travel and Environment to award necessary contracts subject to the appropriate budget being identified and allocated.