Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
The operator will manage an ambitious new pan-london LGBTQ+ cultural centre located on the Lowline at Bankside Yards. This is a Council Delivery Plan commitment.
RESOLVED:
1. That the panel’s selection of the tenant, Chroma, to deliver and operate a LGBTQ+ cultural space at the Bankside Yards development, shown edged red on the accompanying plan (Appendix 1 of the report) be endorsed.
2. That the commencement of expenditure of monies for services and works relating to delivering the LGBTQ+ cultural space, from strategic community infrastructure levy (CIL) grant funding allocated under a separate decision (ref. background papers) be agreed.
3. That the provisions for council’s on-going review of the service-level outputs of the LGBTQ+ cultural space for the life of the tenancy, as set out in the report, be noted.
4. That authority be delegated to the director of planning and growth to finalise the terms of the grant agreement and service level agreement, substantially in the form of the terms set out in the appendices to the report and in the closed report.
Report author: Stephen Platts
Publication date: 12/03/2025
Date of decision: 11/03/2025
Decided at meeting: 11/03/2025 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/03/2025
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