To approve the appointment of Aspinall Verdi Ltd at a cost of £25,270.51 to undertake the viability assessment of the new Local Plan and to the review the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for the Central Lancashire Authorities.
Reasons for recommendation(s):
Need to appoint suitably qualified consultants to support the preparation on the Local Plan.
Alternative options considered and rejected:
None, the skills required to complete this work do not exist within the Central or Home teams, it was always the intension to outsource this work.