This makes very interesting reading, some student could use it as a thesis of how not to plan a city centre transport hub.
http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s17066/Cabinet%2027%20July%202017%20Bus%20station.pdf
Highlights:
The developer gets cold feet and the Council picks up the tab?
Knock down a car park, only to have to rebuild it into the new building one floor up??
You can have planning for 100 Brothels, we just want this nightmare to end.
http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s17066/Cabinet%2027%20July%202017%20Bus%20station.pdf
Highlights:
The developer has incurred further costs
relating to design, planning and site preparation at risk and the Council is
now required to settle these costs
The developer gets cold feet and the Council picks up the tab?
In addition to the specific costs outlined above, the Wood St NCP Car
Park was also the subject of existing parking leases that needed to be
resolved in order to enable demolition of the building. This has meant that
the development proposal for the new Interchange building also needs to
incorporate 225 car parking spaces.
The financial implications of incorporating the car park in the development
are highlighted in the report in terms of reducing the commercial value
from the site and the additional expenditure from the engineering solution
required to incorporate the car park on the first floor
Knock down a car park, only to have to rebuild it into the new building one floor up??
Council’s aspirations for the building has
effectively created constraints on the developer that have prevented the
pursuit of high yielding opportunities involving student accommodation and
budget hotels. In order to expedite the development it is recommended
that Cabinet reverts to the original approach and allows the developer to
pursue market driven opportunities.
You can have planning for 100 Brothels, we just want this nightmare to end.