Purpose

To approve the release of Capital Programme budgets for projects that have progressed through the Capital Gateway

Decision

Recommendations:

(1)   To approve the addition to the Capital Programme of £2.62m of s106 developer contributions in 2025/26,  include contributions of £1.53m in Health, £882,000 in Transport and £211,000 in Open Spaces.

(2)   Approve the release of the above £2.62m budget to progress the agreed s106 schemes. 

(3)   To agree to progress the Buckinghamshire Great Ouse Natural Flood Management project and Property Flood Resilience Feasibility Study, including release of £410k existing capital budget, adding an additional £370k of external funding from the Environment Agency for the project and a feasibility study and re-allocate £40k from an unallocated Flood Capital budget as a match funding contribution

(4)    To approve the release of £1.18m of funding from the existing Special School Places funding block to progress proposals for the Chiltern Way Academy Trust

(5)   To approve the release of £135k funding from the existing Special School Places funding block to repurpose the former caretaker’s bungalow at Pebble Brook School for a SEND facility

(6)   To approve the release of £145k from the existing programme to finish the repair of Rowley Farm Barns

(7)   To approve the release of £4,210,555 Better Bus Grant capital funding from the existing programme to deliver the schemes and measures specified in the DfT Delivery Plan

(8)   To approve the release of £1.85m of Capital Contingency towards the Council’s invest-to-save Estate Strategy, as detailed in Confidential Appendix A.