Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Place to present a report which provides an update on the progress of the Haxby Station project, and seeks authority to undertake a number of steps to ensure that the project remains on target to meet its delivery timescales.

Resolved: 

(i)      That the additional £1.1m funding allocated to the project from government be noted.

                   (ii)      That the results of the public consultation undertaken earlier in 2022 be noted.

                   (iii)     That the recent application to Round 2 of the government’s Levelling Up Fund be noted.

                   (iv)    That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport, to submit a planning application for the anticipated future construction of the new station.

                   (v)     That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport and the Director of Governance (or his delegated Officers), to:

a)      Undertake such steps as are necessary to commission Network Rail, as the council’s delivery partners, to progress the next stage of development (GRIP 4 & 5 stages), up to the point of delivery, noting that a further report will be brought to Executive to report on the actual build costs and to seek approval to proceed with construction.

b)      Carry out a procurement to engage a consultant to undertake the required design services to deliver all Highways aspects of the project which are outside the station site and to take such steps as are necessary to award and enter into the resulting contract.

c)      Carry out a procurement to engage a construction contractor to undertake the required construction works to deliver all Highways aspects of the project which are outside the station site, noting that a further report will be brought to Executive to report on the actual build costs and to seek approval to proceed with construction.

Reason:     To afford City of York Council the best possible opportunity to progress this project in a timely fashion and enable the full delivery of a new rail station at Haxby by early 2024, as mandated by government.

The Corporate Director of Place presented a report which provided an update on the progress of the Haxby Station project and sought delegated authority for a number of actions to take the project forward.

The Executive welcomed the report, noting that local residents had long supported the project. It was confirmed that the public consultation on the principle of a new railway station in Haxby had received 81% of respondents in support.

Costs associated with the project were discussed with some funding being provided by the Department for Transport it was confirmed. As things stood officers confirmed that the Department for Transport funding would remain in place as long as construction on the project started before the end of 2024.

Resolved:  (i)      That the additional £1.1m funding allocated to the project from government be noted.

                   (ii)      That the results of the public consultation undertaken earlier in 2022 be noted.

                   (iii)     That the recent application to Round 2 of the government’s Levelling Up Fund be noted.

                   (iv)    That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport, to submit a planning application for the anticipated future construction of the new station.

                   (v)     That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport and the Director of Governance (or his delegated Officers), to:

a)      Undertake such steps as are necessary to commission Network Rail, as the council’s delivery partners, to progress the next stage of development (GRIP 4 & 5 stages), up to the point of delivery, noting that a further report will be brought to Executive to report on the actual build costs and to seek approval to proceed with construction.

b)      Carry out a procurement to engage a consultant to undertake the required design services to deliver all Highways aspects of the project which are outside the station site and to take such steps as are necessary to award and enter into the resulting contract.

c)      Carry out a procurement to engage a construction contractor to undertake the required construction works to deliver all Highways aspects of the project which are outside the station site, noting that a further report will be brought to Executive to report on the actual build costs and to seek approval to proceed with construction.

Reason:     To afford City of York Council the best possible opportunity to progress this project in a timely fashion and enable the full delivery of a new rail station at Haxby by early 2024, as mandated by government.