Decision

i)    
That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Finance and Housing add the Energy Efficiency Programme
to the Capital Investment Programme and allocate £13,314 of
funding from the one-off climate fund to proceed through
procurement up to the Full Business Case (FBC).

 

ii)   
That the Torbay Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) project be
progressed as a Tier 3 Capital Project for inclusion into Torbay
Council’s Capital Plan, utilising an initial budget of
£375,584 to take the project through feasibility to Strategic
Outline Case (SOC). The funding allocated will be: £274,000
from the specific Waste Transfer Station reserve (as approved in
the 2025/26 revenue budget) and £101,584 from an earmarked
Waste Reserve.

Reasons for the decision

All projects were
reviewed and deemed to be strategically advantageous and
satisfactorily compliant in terms of their feasibility and levels
of risk to enable them to progress.

Alternative options considered

The
projects could be put on hold or cancelled and the grant funding
received for them could be returned to central
government.