Decision details

With agreement of the Leader as Chair of the meeting and in accordance with the provision of Section 100(b)4(B) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the Proposed Priority Projects for the UK Community Renewal Fund report was considered as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances.

The Trading Standards & Registrar Service Manager provided Members with a detailed overview of the report, concentrating on the identified projects to be put forward to the scheme for approval by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), subject to Cabinet agreement.

The Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, Well-being & Cultural Services thanked the officers for the work involved within the fund and commented further on the project bids presented before Members.  The Cabinet Member commented that the projects identified were aligned to the Council corporate priorities.  He added that there were many notable projects that had been put recognised, although unfortunately not all could go forward.  He also commented that there was no guarantee that those projects put forward would be approved by the scheme.

It was RESOLVED:

1.    To review the priority projects, summarised at 4.6.1 – 4.6.8 of the report

2.    To approve the same, for submission to UK Government via MHCLG; and

3.    To acknowledge that submitting an application does not infer that the project will receive funding from UK Government.

(N.B It was reported that due to the timescales for submission of the projects to the UK Government the decision would be exempt from Call In, subject to agreement by the Presiding Officer.)