Council and councillors

Report No. 161/2018 was received from the Chief Executive.

Mr O Hemsley, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, the purpose of which was to provide Cabinet with a progress report on the St George’s Barracks project further to the report of March 2018.

During discussion the following points were raised:

i.      Mr Hemsley confirmed that should the bid for support from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) be successful there would be a further report for Cabinet approval of the terms and conditions of the funding; and

ii.     Mr Wilby asked if the bid for HIF funding could be affected by the issues being experienced due to the reorganisation of the Greater Peterborough/Greater Cambridgeshire Local Enterprise Partnership.  Mr Hemsley confirmed that this had been communicated to the HIF and they would be kept updated on any developments.

DECISIONS

1)    Cabinet NOTED the progress update in respect of the St George’s Barracks Project.

2)    That Cabinet SUPPORTED the submission of an expression of interest in the Garden Communities programme in response to the MHCLG prospectus for the St George’s Site in order that the development is appropriate for Rutland.

Reason for Decisions

Progress on the project is in line with the programme.