Issue - decisions

Recommendations

That the Cabinet Member for Finance and Smart City has:

Noted the outcome of the soft market testing exercise and the updated feasibility work which will be undertaken in advance of a recommendation on the preferred delivery route.

Noted that soft market testing corroborated the view raised by the Cabinet Member in Autumn of 2021 that ‘the Casino should be withdrawn from future proposals’. Consequently, a casino offering has been removed from future feasibility appraisals.

Reasons for Decision

The soft market testing exercise was approved in July 2021 to inform the preferred delivery route.  This report notes the outcome of that exercise and the next stage of the project, namely, to update the work to consider the best delivery route taking account of market feedback.