On 6 October 2023 Cabinet considered a report titled ‘Levelling Up Fund and Capital Regeneration Projects - Progressing the Projects to Planning Permission’. As part of that report, Cabinet delegated authority to the Corporate Director Place and Economy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism to procure appropriate resources and commission a project team to carry out the associated work including for the design briefs.
This appointment allows the ecology services aspect of the design briefs to be progressed.

To enter into a contract with Place Services, a traded service of Essex County Council for the Carnarvon Terrace project which is being delivered as part of the wider Clacton Civic Quarter Levelling Up Fund scheme, and for the Homes in Dovercourt project, which is being delivered as part of the Dovercourt Town Centre Improvement Corridor scheme, for the provision of Ecology services for both projects mentioned.

The services have a total cost of £2,940 plus VAT.

Option 1 -
Not appointing a consultant. Taking this approach would mean the works did not progress.