Purpose

To fully approve £50k provisional capital budget to support the final stage of delivery of the Keynsham High Street Heritage Action Zone programme. This funding forms B&NES match funding to this external £1.1m grant funded programme but can now be fully approved following allocation of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) for 2023/24. The funding supports the delivery of the Heritage Action Zone programme projects as set out in the Grant Fund Agreement agreed by Cabinet in September 2020.

Decision

To fully approve capital budget of £50K funded from Community Infrastructure Levy.

Alternative options considered

Failure to progress this approval, would leave parts of the HAZ programme undeliverable and would mean that the Council does not meet the match funding requirements for the external grant.