Purpose

To consider a Local Plan Grant from the
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
(MHCLG).

Decision

Decision
 
That Cabinet:
 

1.   
Endorse the acceptance of the Local Plan grant funding of
£227,962.50 Local Plan Grant from the Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government.

 

2.   
Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and s151
Officer to establish the appropriate revenue budgets to enable the
Local Plan funding to be allocated in accordance with the grant
conditions.
 
Reasons for the decision
 
Work needs to be carried out regardless of
whether or not the Council uses the funding. By using the funding
and not returning it to government, this would lessen the burden on
the Council’s own budgets.
 
Other options considered and rejected
 
Whilst the Council could return the funds to
government, the additional work still needed to be carried out, and
this would have placed additional pressures on the Council’s
budgets; this option had therefore been discounted.