THAT:

(a)           the refurbishment and conversion of the redundant “Shell Store” building into 2,137 sqm of commercial and research floor space on the “Skylon North” site within the Hereford enterprise zone as identified in appendix 1, and at a cost of no more that £6.498m be approved; and

 (b)      the programme director growth be authorised to take all operational decisions necessary to implement the above recommendation including  planning and funding applications, procurement and contractual steps within the approved budget.