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Decision details

Restoring the Renishaw Section of the Chesterfield Canal

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Strategic Leadership, Culture, Tourism and Climate Change

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The purpose of this report is to present a Project Proposal for the restoration of an approximate one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw.
The Cabinet Member is recommended to:


a)Approve the delivery of the Project Proposal to restore the one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw in compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and subject to the revised cost estimate to be identified by the Principal Designer being affordable against the project’s overall budget of £0.433m.

b)Approve the appointment of the Chesterfield Canal Trust as the Principal Contractor in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding executed between the Council and the Trust on 14 September 2015.

c)Approve the allocation of a (previously approved) Council budget of £0.233m for the project’s delivery.

d)Approve in principle the Council agreeing a revised partnership Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesterfield Canal Trust to include a commitment from the CCT to contribute £0.200m towards the overall budget for the Project Proposal’s delivery.

e)Delegates authority to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with Executive Director – Place, to agree the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council and then to enter into the agreement.

Decision:

That the Cabinet Member:

 

a)     Approves delivery of the Project Proposal to restore the one-mile section of the Chesterfield Canal at Renishaw in compliance with The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, and subject to the revised cost estimate to be identified by the Principal Designer being affordable against the project’s overall budget of £0.433m made up as detailed in (c) and (d) below

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b)     Approves the appointment of the Chesterfield Canal Trust as the Principal Contractor in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding executed between the Council and the Trust on 14 September 2015.

 

c)     Approves the allocation of a (previously approved) Council budget of £0.233m for the project’s delivery.

 

d)     Approves in principle the Council agreeing a revised partnership Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesterfield Canal Trust to include a commitment from the CCT to contribute £0.200m towards the overall budget for the Project Proposal’s delivery.

 

e)     Delegates authority to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with Executive Director – Place, to agree the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Council and then to enter into the agreement.

 

Reasons for the decision:

To secure approval and direction to allocate Council resources to the delivery of the Project Proposal.

Alternative options considered:

            Do nothing - Given the Council’s desire to enable the CCT to be successful in its regeneration of the canal and the range of benefits that this would provide, the do-nothing option has been rejected. 

 

         Delay - The delivery of this Project Proposal could be delayed, i.e. until this section of canal can be directly connected to the waterfilled canal route, i.e. wait for the section of the canal between Hague Farm (Renishaw) to the river Doe Lea to be completed, which would connect to the waterfilled Staveley Basin. However, this has been rejected due to CCT’s readiness to deliver restoration works and the community expectations that this will take place in the near-term. Funding is also available for the project’s delivery.

 

          The CCT undertakes the restoration works independently of the Council -Given the Council’s landownership, health and safety, and Navigation Authority duties, it is important that the Council works closely with the CCT in the design, delivery and funding of the project. Hence, this option has been rejected.

 

Publication date: 09/03/2023

Date of decision: 08/03/2023

Effective from: 17/03/2023

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