Getting About in Thornbury

September 17, 2026 Executive Director of Transport (Officer) Key decision Approved View on council website

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Summary

The Executive Director of Transport approved the Getting About in Thornbury Full Business Case and the drawdown of £2,172,490 of CRSTS capital funding to South Gloucestershire Council. The Chief Executive Officer approved the drawdown of £500,000 of EDF funding.

The Director of Finance, Investments and Commercial accepted a grant award of £26,174,059 for the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas 2 scheme and approved entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department for Transport.

The West of England Combined Authority Committee delegated authority to the Director of Place to approve the Full Business Case for the Distribution Hub, allocated £5m of Investment Fund capital to create a Nature Recovery Fund, and noted the intended receipt of £868,500 of Funding for Local Remediation Acceleration Plans revenue grant. The Committee also noted the intended receipt of £200k of revenue funding from Homes England and delegated finalisation of its allocation and use to the Director of Homes and Regeneration. Authority was delegated to the Executive Director of Transport to enter into a grant funding agreement with First Bus through the Zero Emission Buses Regional Areas award, and oversight of ZTEC funding was delegated to the Executive Director of Transport.

The West of England Combined Authority Committee approved change requests for schemes within the Investment Fund programme and agreed to allow the West of England Combined Authority, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council to move CRSTS risk budgets between CRSTS projects.

The Director of Operations approved final allocations to Adult Skills Fund providers for 2026/27 totaling £15,738,633 and awarded a further £248,421 to City of Bristol College as part of the Construction Skills Package.

The Director of Bus Operations awarded a contract to Atkins Realis for up to £52,000 to undertake a review of Bus Information in the West of England region.

The Director of Finance, Investments and Commercial signed a new grant funding agreement for Further Education Teacher Industry Exchange Phase 2 grant funding of £152,039.35.

Full council record

Decision

That the Executive Director of Transport:

1)     Approved the Getting About in Thornbury Full Business Case

2)     Approved the drawdown of £2,172,490 of City Regions Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) capital funding to South Gloucestershire Council to deliver the Getting About in Thornbury scheme with the profile set out below:

That the Chief Executive Officer:

3)     Approves the drawdown of £500,000 Economic Development Fund (EDF) funding with the profile set out below:

Up to 2026/27

2027/28

Post Project completion

Total

CRSTS Development

£458,000

CRSTS Delivery

£578,261

£ 1,569,229

£25,000

£ 2,630,490

EDF

£500,000

£ 500,000

Total

£1,036,261

£2,069,229

£25,000

£ 3,130,490

Supporting Documents

Zero Emission Bus Regional Area ZEBRA2 Award Acceptance and Memorandum of Understanding.pdf
Item 09 - Investment Fund Programme.pdf
Item 14 - Established Mayoral Strategic Authority Status.pdf
Item 16 - Brabazon and the West Innovation Arc New Town.pdf
Item 15 - Expansion of WECA.pdf
Item 15a - Appendix 1 ns_consultation_full_findings_report_v1.0.pdf
Item 18 - Hicks Gate Masterplan.pdf
Item 18a - Appendix Hicks Gate Framework Masterplan.pdf
Item 21 - OS Annual Report.pdf
Item 21A - Appendix 1 ANNUAL REPORT OS Committee.pdf
Bus Information Review.pdf
118 ODN Contract Award Data Transformation Commercialisation.pdf
Bath City Centre Phase 2.pdf
Item 10 - Delivery Assurance.pdf
128 ODN for Mayoral Transport Fund 2026 27 Grant Determination.pdf
117 Bristol Temple Quarter_June 2026_ODN.pdf
Youth Guarantee Data Project Grant Funding - UA Delivery.pdf
ODN - Small Sites Aggregator LDO Legal Advisor.pdf
Adult Skills Fund - Final Allocations for 2026-27.pdf
Mass Transit - Strategic Programme Delivery Partner Task Order.pdf
ODN_FE TIE Phase 2 grant acceptance July 2026.pdf
Award of Contract to supply project manager secondment.pdf
ODN - Small Sites Aggregator Financial and Commercial Advisor.pdf
Item 15b - Appendix 2 North Somerset Expansion Proposal_v2.pdf
Somer Valley Links Programme_Phase 3_Bear Flat_July 2026_Executive Director of Transport 002.pdf
ODN - SSA Planning Manager.pdf
Visit West Implementation Plan 2026-2027.pdf
Made Smarter Southwest 2026-27 grant award approval Round 2.pdf
Getting About in Thornbury.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date17 Sep 2026