Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Leader of the Council.

This report provides an update on the commercial terms which have been completed with Manchester Airport Group for the new lease on Airport City South and commercial arrangements proposed for the land which will form part of Airport City North currently held in Trust by Manchester City Council for all the Greater Manchester Authorities.  The details of this are provided in the Exempt Appendix to this report as agreed by Manchester City Council.

The report also seeks authority to amend the Trust Deed for the land to strengthen the consultative arrangements by Manchester City Council with the District Councils on property decisions that are needed to be made in the future.

(Note: the report includes information ‘not for publication’ within its appendix that has been circulated to executive councillors only)

The Executive is asked to delegate to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader authority to: 

·         approve arrangements for varying the consultation arrangements of the Trust Deed between Manchester City Council and the other 9 Greater Manchester Authorities as identified in this report.

·         approve the commercial terms as identified in Confidential Appendix 1.

Officer contact: Barry Khan, 0161 474 3202, barry.khan@stockport.gov.uk

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform & Finance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider proposed commercial terms that had been completed with the Manchester Airport Group for the new lease on Airport City South and commercial arrangements for the land which would form part of Airport City North, currently held in Trust by Manchester City Council (MCC). The report also sought authority to amend the Trust Deed for the land to strengthen the consultative arrangements by MCC with the other Greater Manchester Authorities on property decisions that needed to be made in the future.

(Note: the report contained information ‘not for publication’ contained within its appendix that had been circulated to executive councillors only).

RESOLVED – That the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council (Police, Reform & Finance), be authorised to

·         approve arrangements for varying consultation arrangements of the Trust Deed between Manchester City Council and the other nine Greater Manchester Authorities in relation to land connected to Airport Cities North and South, as identified in the report;

·         approve the commercial terms for the land assembly required to facilitate Airport Cities North and South as set out in the Exempt Appendix to the report.