Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration.

The report updates Cabinet on the delivery of a new ambulance station on the site of Hazel Grove Park and Ride which will replace the existing Ambulance Service (NWAS) facility at Travis Brow. The rationale for the relocation of the ambulance station was approved following a report to Cabinet in January 2023.

(NOTE: An appendix to the report contains information ‘not for publication’ which has been circulated to the Cabinet only).

Subject to planning consent being secured, the Cabinet is recommended to:

(1)  Approve use of the MDC Investment Facility to fund the development costs for the replacement ambulance station at Hazel Grove as set out in Appendix 2 using the Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC).

(2) Delegate authority to the Director Development and Regeneration and Deputy Chief Executive to enter into the legal documentation with NWAS to facilitate a ‘land swap’ following completion of the new ambulance station.  

(3) Delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic Governance to do all things necessary or incidental to the implementation of the above resolutions.

Officer contact: Chris Carlisle on 07764 840405 or by email: chris.carlisle@stockport.gov.uk

The Cabinet Member for Economy, Regeneration & Housing (Councillor Colin MacAlister) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the delivery of a new ambulance station on the site of Hazel Grove Park and Ride which will replace the existing Ambulance Service (NWAS) facility at Travis Brow.

(NOTE: An appendix to the report contained information ‘not for publication’ which had been circulated to the Cabinet only).

RESOLVED – That, subject to appropriate planning consent being secured:-

(1)  Approval be given to the use of the Mayoral Development Corporation Investment Facility to fund the development costs for the replacement ambulance station at Hazel Grove as set out in Appendix 2.

(2) Authority be delegated to the Director Development and Regeneration and Deputy Chief Executive to enter into the legal documentation with North West Ambulance Service to facilitate a ‘land swap’ following completion of the new ambulance station. 

(3) Authority be delegated to the Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic Governance to do all things necessary or incidental to the implementation of the above resolutions.