Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Supporting Places)

This report provides an update on progress with the Stockport town centre interchange and the ongoing discussions with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) regarding the redevelopment of the site which is owned by Stockport Council.

The Executive is recommended to:

•        Approve in principle the drafting of a development agreement with TfGM for the development of the new interchange and any associated commercial development and highway improvements;

•        Approve in principle the granting of a new lease to TfGM of the Interchange, the lease to be granted under the terms of a development agreement between the Council and TfGM once construction of the new Interchange and related works have been completed to the satisfaction of the Council, the terms to be approved by the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Borough Treasurer;

•        Assist TfGM in securing vacant possession of the site of the Interchange, the premises required for the proposed new bridge link to Heaton Lane and others deemed necessary;

•        Authorise the stopping up or diversion, either temporarily or permanently, of public highways and rights of way deemed necessary to permit construction and operation of the Interchange and associated public realm improvements;

•        Authorise the entering into of agreements with landowners and others to secure the land required for highway and other improvements necessary for the construction and operation of the Interchange, and to improve access between the Interchange and Stockport Railway Station;

•        Authorise Council officers to undertake the design and/or carry out the works in relation to 1.4 and 1.5 above;

•        Agree in principle, to the making of a compulsory purchase order to support the Interchange development and to delegate to  the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration in consultation with the Executive Member Supporting Places, the final decision on whether to authorise an order to be made and submitted to the Secretary of State for Transport (or other appropriate Secretary of State) for the purpose of confirming such order under the relevant statutory powers to acquire all outstanding land and interests required for the Interchange development;

•        Authorise the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration to take all necessary steps to bring the order into operation, provided that the order is confirmed by the appropriate Secretary of State;

•        Agree that if the order is confirmed, the acquisition of the land and rights the subject of the order be approved, subject to there being no material change in circumstances that would mean that the Council could not properly make and pursue the order;

•        Authorise the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Borough Treasurer (1) to take all necessary steps to implement these resolutions and (2) to approve agreements with landowners setting out the terms of withdrawals of objections to the order once made, including where appropriate, the exclusion of land from the order, to make deletions from, and/or minor amendments, and modifications to the order and associated order map and plans, to agree to refrain from vesting any land/rights included within the order should this be in their opinion appropriate, and to negotiate terms for the acquisition by agreement of any outstanding interests/rights in the land within the order prior to its confirmation;

•        Give delegated authority to the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Borough Treasurer in consultation with the  Executive Member Supporting Places and the Executive Member Support and Governance  to take such other steps as are appropriate and necessary to secure the development of the Interchange and related works;

•        Approve the adoption of the proposed new bridge and any new public highway created as part of the scheme;

•        Approve the above recommendations subject to TfGM reimbursing the Council’s reasonable costs and any compensation payable.

Officer contact: Sue Stevenson, 0161 474 4351, sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing the Executive with an update on progress with the Stockport town centre interchange and the ongoing discussions with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) regarding the redevelopment of the site which was owned by the Council.

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Stockport transport interchange

·                approval in principle be given to the drafting of a development agreement with TfGM for the development of the new interchange and any associated commercial development and highway improvements;

·                approval in principle be given to the granting of a new lease to TfGM of the Interchange, the lease to be granted under the terms of a development agreement between the Council and TfGM once construction of the new Interchange and related works have been completed to the satisfaction of the Council, the terms to be approved by the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Deputy Chief Executive;

·                officers assist TfGM in securing vacant possession of the site of the Interchange, the premises required for the proposed new bridge link to Heaton Lane and others deemed necessary;

·                authorisation be given to the stopping up or diversion, either temporarily or permanently, of public highways and rights of way deemed necessary to permit construction and operation of the Interchange and associated public realm improvements;

·                authorisation be given to the entering into of agreements with landowners and others to secure the land required for highway and other improvements necessary for the construction and operation of the Interchange, and to improve access between the Interchange and Stockport Railway Station;

·                officers be authorised to undertake the design and/or carry out the works in relation to bullet points 4 and 5 above;

·                agreement in principle be given to the making of a compulsory purchase order to support the Interchange development and to delegate to  the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration in consultation with the Executive Member Supporting Places, the final decision on whether to authorise an order to be made and submitted to the Secretary of State for Transport (or other appropriate Secretary of State) for the purpose of confirming such order under the relevant statutory powers to acquire all outstanding land and interests required for the Interchange development;

·                the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration be authorised to take all necessary steps to bring the order into operation, provided that the order is confirmed by the appropriate Secretary of State;

·                if the order is confirmed, agreement be given to the acquisition of the land and rights the subject of the order be approved, subject to there being no material change in circumstances that would mean that the Council could not properly make and pursue the order;

·                the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Borough Treasurer be authorised (1) to take all necessary steps to implement these resolutions and (2) to approve agreements with landowners setting out the terms of withdrawals of objections to the order once made, including where appropriate, the exclusion of land from the order, to make deletions from, and/or minor amendments, and modifications to the order and associated order map and plans, to agree to refrain from vesting any land/rights included within the order should this be in their opinion appropriate, and to negotiate terms for the acquisition by agreement of any outstanding interests/rights in the land within the order prior to its confirmation;

·                the Corporate Director Place Management and Regeneration and Borough Treasurer in consultation with the  Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) and the Executive Councillor (Support & Governance) be authorised to take such other steps as are appropriate and necessary to secure the development of the Interchange and related works;

·                the adoption of the proposed new bridge and any new public highway created as part of the scheme be approved; and

·                the above resolutions be adopted subject to TfGM reimbursing the Council’s reasonable costs and any compensation payable.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report provides an update on progress with the Stockport Town Centre Transport Interchange and the ongoing discussions with Transport for Greater Manchester regarding the redevelopment of the site.

The Scrutiny Committee is requested to comment on the report, prior to its consideration by the Executive Meeting.

Officer Contact: Sue Stevenson on 0161 474 4351 or email: sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on progress with the Stockport Town Centre Transport Interchange and the ongoing discussions with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) regarding the redevelopment of the site. The report would be submitted to the Executive at its meeting on 26 April 2016.

The Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) (Councillor Martin Candler) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

In response to a Member’s question, it was confirmed that the hydro scheme in the River Mersey which had originally been proposed by TfGM as part of the scheme had now been deleted from the proposals.

RESOLVED – That the Executive Meeting be advised that this Scrutiny Committee supports the detailed recommendations which the Executive will be requested to approve.