Issue - meetings

This report updates Cabinet on progress with the refurbishment of Picture Palace, 26 Manor Park Road, NW10 as a community facility and seeks approval for £3.3m of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) funding to complete this project.

Cabinet RESOLVED:

(1)      To note the update on the Picture Palace refurbishment project

(2)      To approve the use of £3.3m of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy funding to complete the Picture Palace refurbishment project.

Councillor Tatler (as Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning and Growth) introduced a report outlining progress on the refurbishment of the Picture Palace as a community facility and seeking approval for £3.3m of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) funding to complete the project.  In considering the report Cabinet noted the aspirations behind the refurbishment project with the building expected to become a significant cultural and community anchor driving long lasting and positive change for Harlesden and the surrounding areas.  Members were advised that the use of SCIL funding was being sought as a means of ensuring the scheme could be progressed (working alongside the wider consortium of local organisations already involved) in terms of the necessary design and build works enabling the schemes wider ambitions to be realised.

In support of the approach outlined, Cabinet welcomed the way in which the project had been designed to enable local communities to lead on the development and management of activities within their area supported by a local desire to see the scheme delivered.  Members were also keen to recognise the positive impact being created through the use of SCIL as part of the wider programme of regeneration activity and its associated benefits for local communities across the borough.

In support of the wider benefits identified and ongoing commitment to create long lasting and positive change for local communities in Harlesden and the wider area Cabinet RESOLVED:

(1)    To note the update on the Picture Palace refurbishment project.

(2)    To approve the use of £3.3m of Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy funding to complete the Picture Palace refurbishment project.