Detailed designs and tender process completed. Cabinet decision needed on how to proceed in light of the latest cost projections. A decision needs to be taken as soon as practical as any amendment to the scheme requires approval from the funding body and may have other financial implications. Officers need to be in a position to award the contract swiftly to maintain the project timeline as in view of funding deadlines the work needs to be completed and signed off by March 2026.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Financial Threshold;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Poulton Ward;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 24/04/2025
Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt - View reasons
Service(s): Planning & Climate Change;
Decision due: 3 June 2025 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Climate Change
Contact: Elliott Grimshaw, Business Imp & Project Delivery Lead Email: egrimshaw@lancaster.gov.uk Tel: 01524 582833.
Are there any climate change implications?: The decarbonisation of heating systems at Williamson Park, The Storey and City Lab provide a significant reduction to the council's Scope 1 natural gas emissions needed to achieve a net zero 2030 target.