Decision details

The former landfill site at Harewood Whin, owned by the council (but currently leased to Yorwaste Limited (Yorwaste)), has been identified as a potentially suitable site for the development of a Green Energy Park (GEP). This report provides an outline of the proposed GEP project at Harewood Whin and requests approval to initiate a project business case.

The Executive will be asked to:

1. Agree to initiate the Harewood Whin GEP project and the development of a Strategic Outline Case for a preferred way forward.

Reason: To assess the viability and feasibility of the proposed project, reaffirm the strategic context, and determine a preferred way forward for the project that is financially viable.

2. Agree that a Strategic Outline Case will be prepared for the project and presented to the Executive at the conclusion of the first stage of project development (Gateway Review 1).

Reason: To enable the Executive to review the Strategic Outline Case (business case) and determine whether to authorise the project to proceed to the next stage of project development.

3. To initiate the governance to assure the project and delegate financial authority for this stage to the Corporate Director of Place to allow the project to proceed to the next Executive decision.

Reason: To progress the project to this next stage, operating within the £243,500 budget allocated by the MCA.