Purpose

With the recent award to
Ramsgate of £20m of funding and support through the
government's Long Term Plan for Towns Funding, as the Accountable
Body, Thanet District Council is required to set up appropriate
governance arrangements to facilitate delivery of the
programme.
 
As part of the programme
requirements set by the Government, the Council needed to approve
the intention to adapt the existing Thanet Regeneration Partnership
to include the governance arrangements for the Long Term Plan for
Towns programme for Ramsgate.
 
Using existing governance
arrangements is being proposed in order to be able to facilitate
the delivery of the development of a ten year vision.

Decision

Cabinet agreed to:
 
1. 
Revise the membership of the existing Thanet Regeneration
Partnership Board so that it is compliant with Department for
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities guidance, enabling it to
deliver the governance requirements of the Long Term Plan for Towns
programme as a Ramsgate Board;
 
2. 
The proposed governance arrangements to be submitted to the
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities;
 
3. 
Acknowledge that with these arrangements, the current Chair for the
Thanet Regeneration Partnership Board will have responsibility in
ensuring that the existing governance arrangements fulfil the
requirements of the Long Term Plan for Towns Programme as set out
by central government;
 
4. 
The suggested changes to the boundary as set out in Appendix 3 of
this report, to include all green and blue spaces not included in
the built up areas data set map of Ramsgate;
 
5. 
Authorise the Head of Regeneration and Growth in consultation with
the Leader of the Council and Chair of the Board to update the
Terms of Reference and Code of Conduct for the Regeneration
Partnership Board to reflect the guidance;
 
6. 
Authorise the Head of Regeneration and Growth in consultation with
the Leader of the Council to work with the Chair of the Board to
develop a mechanism to add relevant representative organisations to
the Board, and to amend its membership accordingly.