Purpose

Delegation to the Executive Director for Climate and Place to commit spend up to £9.6m and to reallocate funding as necessary between the mitigation projects. This is to ensure the entirety of the funding is committed by the end of this financial year.

Decision

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive resolved to:

a)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director Community, Place and Economy, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer, to commit spend up to £9.6m from the Local Nutrient Mitigation Capital Funding to deliver nutrient mitigation schemes in line with grant conditions in the financial year 2024/25.

b)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director Community, Place and Economy, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer, to reallocate funding as necessary between the projects listed in Table 2 to ensure that the entirety of the £9.6m funding is committed by 31st March 2025, as required by MHCLG.