Purpose

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

Content

The
Leader:
 
(1)    
APPROVED 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)    
APPROVED the release of the above £2.62m
budget to progress the agreed s106 schemes.

 
(3)    
AGREED 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)    
APPROVED 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)    
APPROVED 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)    
APPROVED the release of £145k from the
existing programme to finish the repair of Rowley Farm
Barns

 
(7)    
APPROVED 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)    
APPROVED the release of £1.85m of Capital
Contingency towards the Council’s invest-to-save Estate
Strategy, as detailed in Confidential Appendix A.