Report No.111/2019

Report No.111/2019 was received from the Chief Executive.

Mrs Briggs, Chief Executive, introduced the report the purpose of which was to provide Cabinet with a progress report on St George’s Barracks project further to the report of March 2018.

During discussions the following points were noted:

·         The report advised Cabinet that the Council’s submission to the Garden Communities Programme had been successful and that £150,000 had been allocated for 2019/20. This funding would be applied to support the design work that was included in the Council’s submission.

·         The terms of the funding had not yet been disclosed but the indications were that they would be the standard section 31 conditions of the Local Government Act 2003 and a fairly light touch. The grant would be accepted under delegated powers however if the terms of acceptance for the bid turned out to be anything other than standard then a further report would be brought back to Cabinet.

·         Acceptance on the programme, even without any funding, gave the Council access to technical support, environmental direction and information and advice from the other garden community projects around the country.

DECISIONS:

Cabinet:

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

2.    SUPPORTEDthe St George’s project joining the MHCLG Garden Communities Programme and AGREED that the acceptance of terms and conditions would be delegated to the Chief Executive, Leader/Portfolio Holder for Finance and the Chief Finance Officer in line with the Financial Procedure Rules as set out in paragraph 12 of the report.

Reason for the decision:

Progress on the project is in line with the programme