OPDC Decisions

• Date signed: 30/10/24
• Date published: 19/12/24
• Reference code: DD194

This decision seeks approval for £25,000 which will allow OPDC to renew its membership and continue as a key partner of Opportunity London, along with the GLA and a number of other key development opportunities in London, to maximise the potential to promote OPDC to a local, national and international audience and support the mayor’s aims of positioning London as a global city.

• Date signed: 04/11/24
• Date published: 19/12/24
• Reference code: DD193

The Director of Communications, Engagement and Strategy approves the total additional expenditure of £13,000 to extend our contract for a year for the use of venue space at Oaklands Rise.

• Date signed: 21/08/24
• Date published: 05/11/24
• Reference code: DD191

Approval is sought for expenditure of up to £30,000 on further strategic modelling additional to the modelling approved in Mayoral Decision 2971. The total costs for the further modelling work are £60,000, which would be split 50/50 between OPDC and Transport for London (TfL).

• Date signed: 10/07/24
• Date published: 05/11/24
• Reference code: DD189

As our organisation reaches the next level of maturity, it is necessary for us to ensure we are fit for the future and that we have the right capacity and capability across the organisation, including our Board and Committees. Good governance requires that Public Bodies should regularly conduct a full external Board Review, to focus on the way that the Board and its Committees currently conduct their business. As well as look at how the Board should evolve to ensure the right mechanisms, structure, skills, experience and processes are in place for our developing role as lead delivery agency for the major Old Oak regeneration project.

• Date signed: 23/04/24
• Date published: 02/08/24
• Reference code: DD186

This Decision seeks approval for expenditure of up to £35,000 to procure this bespoke data solution for a further three years via the Transport for London Reseller and Associated Service Framework Agreement.

• Date signed: 09/07/24
• Date published: 01/08/24
• Reference code: DD190

To approve expenditure of £25,000 for OPDC to be represented at the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) from 20th to 22nd May 2025.

• Date signed: 01/07/24
• Date published: 26/07/24
• Reference code: DD188

DD188 To appoint Anagram as our external graphic designer

• Date signed: 07/06/24
• Date published: 26/07/24
• Reference code: DD187

DD187 Funding for Harlesden Canalside Activation

• Date signed: 03/04/24
• Date published: 26/07/24
• Reference code: DD185

DD185

• Date signed: 31/01/24
• Date published: 02/05/24
• Reference code: CD201

To build on and continue our Social Value and Community Partnerships work to provide local funding in the form of Small Grants to drive community capacity and cohesion by funding a range of community-led projects and initiatives at the request of £140,000 total for a rolling 2-year programme of £70,000 per year in FY 23/24 and FY 24/25.

• Date signed: 24/01/24
• Date published: 01/05/24
• Reference code: DD180

This decision seeks to approve expenditure of £14,000 for OPDC to be represented at the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) from 21st to 23rd May 2024.

• Date signed: 21/11/23
• Date published: 24/04/24
• Reference code: CD195

Following approval of CD186, OPDC commenced work on the Harlesden Canalside Project, forming part of planned improvements to the Grand Union Canal. This project forms part of a series of public realm improvements around Willesden Junction Station,
and along the Grand Union Canal funded through the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund.

• Date signed: 07/11/23
• Date published: 30/01/24
• Reference code: DD179

This decision seeks approval for £20,000 which will allow OPDC to renew its membership and continue as a key partner of Opportunity London, along with the GLA and a number of other key development opportunities in London, to maximise the potential to promote OPDC to a local, national and international audience and support the mayor’s aims of positioning London as a global city.

• Date signed: 20/10/23
• Date published: 17/01/24
• Reference code: DD178

This Director’s Decision seeks approval of expenditure of up to £50,000 for the development of a feasibility study to identify solutions to address current barriers created by the A40/North Acton Gyratory, and to understand the benefits and dis-benefits of the options identified, their impact/deliverability and business case for future investment to the gyratory.

• Date signed: 17/10/23
• Date published: 17/01/24
• Reference code: DD177

To approve expenditure of £13,000 for the continued use of venue space at Oaklands Rise until August 2024 to facilitate site visits, meetings and community engagement events.

• Date signed: 05/10/23
• Date published: 12/01/24
• Reference code: CD196

In March 2023, OPDC approved a delegation to the Chief Executive Officer to approve expenditure of up to £2.3m on the commercialisation phase of the Heat Network project. This proposal seeks funding to support studies investigating proposed pipework routes for a District Heating Network, which will result in improvements to the wider Heat Network project design. This funding will enable OPDC to conduct Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Topographical surveys in West London.

• Date signed: 10/01/23
• Date published: 12/01/24
• Reference code: DD167

As the Old Oak West scheme develops there is a need to produce high-quality, compelling and engaging materials to effectively communicate the opportunity at Old Oak West with impact. OPDC has a requirement to build tangible support from key stakeholders and decision makers. Over the next 12-months OPDC is engaging with senior ministers, developers, investors, wider industry and the public. To support these important engagements, including site visits, ministerial meetings and industry events, OPDC requires supporting communications materials.

• Date signed: 14/09/23
• Date published: 12/01/24
• Reference code: DD174

OPDC will procure a combined independent evaluator. They will be responsible for assessing the business plans for loan applications over £50,000 as well as providing an independent evaluation of the loan fund pilot. Combining these roles provides OPDC with the best value for money and ensures that the programme evaluation will benefit from the insights gleaned from individual applications.

• Date signed: 07/09/23
• Date published: 05/01/24
• Reference code: DD176

This decision seeks approval for the licence renewal and maintenance of the existing ‘APAS’ planning software by Agile Applications in the financial year 2023/24 to ensure that the statutory functions of the Development Management service are maintained.

• Date signed: 25/08/23
• Date published: 31/10/23
• Reference code: DD175

OPDC is currently delivering a series of public realm improvements to Harlesden Canalside, from capital funding secured through the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund. This Decision requests approval to pay a refundable deposit and bond plus fees to Brent Council to allow them to grant a S278 Licence, which will enable improvement works to Steel Road, an integral element to the project, to go ahead.