Purpose

To report any adjustments to the in-year programme.

Decision

RESOLVED

KEY DECISION

That Executive approved the following changes into the capital programme:

a)    Kingsley Special Academy new building to replace mobile classroom, to be moved from the Development Pool into the Capital Programme - £1.432m; £222k in 2023/24, £1.134m in 2024/25 and £72k in 2025/26, which is to be funded from Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Capital grant. 

b)    Corby Town Investment Plan, Project 2 Multi-use building – £1.5m; £0.7875 in 2023/24 and £0.7125m in 2045/45 which is to be funded from the Towns Fund Grant.

c)    Rushden Library Improvements - £50k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106 contributions.

d)    Wellingborough Library Improvements - £29.3k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106 contributions.

e)    Family Hubs – £197k; £130k in 2023/24 and £67k in 2024/25 which is to be funded from the Family Hubs Transformation Grant.  

f)      Potholes Repair Funding - £1.494m in 2023/24 which is to be funded from Department for Transport (DfT) Grant.  

That Executive note the following changes to the capital programme (approved at Council 30th March):

a.    Isham Bypass - £1.573m in 2022/23 which is to be funded from a virement from the Integrated Transport Block Funding (2021/22 £0.742m; 2022/23 £0.558m) and £0.273m additional funding from s.278 contributions.

Reasons for Recommendations: These are set out in greater detail within section 5 of the report, but can be summarised as:

·       To support the statutory delivery of school places and SEND school places across North Northamptonshire.

·       To support the Corby Town Deal

·       To support the provision of library services within North Northamptonshire

·       To support the delivery of the Northamptonshire Transportation Plan

Alternative Options Considered:

·       As all the schemes in this report are grant funded/S106 funded, the use of the funding is in line with the agreements, so there are no alternative option proposed in this report.

·       Where individual schemes are over £500k, individual reports are presented elsewhere on the agenda/ have already been reported through to The Executive that set out the wider options that were considered before reaching the proposed schemes identified for grant funding.