Decision

[Joint Committee item]

The West of England Joint Committee:

1)         Noted the Revenue Forecast as set out in Appendix 1 and the Capital Forecast as set out in Appendix 3;

2)         Approved the award of £2m from the Economic Development Fund (EDF2) to Bristol City Council for Bristol Temple Quarter Limited Liability Partnership Resources;

3)         Delegated the approval of development funding applications, Early Works Fund applications, business cases or change requests for transport schemes in the City Regions Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), Transport for City Regions, Investment Fund and Active Travel Fund programmes, drawing on the Economic Development Fund, to the West of England Combined Authority’s Executive Director of Transport in consultation with the Directors of Infrastructure from the  West of England Unitary Authorities, subject to fit within agreed EDF allocations and there being no additional strain on the EDF;

4)         Approved the change request for Invest Bristol and Bath and the award of £1m from the Revolving Infrastructure Fund to extend the service until March 2028;

5)         Noted the receipt of £17.2m of social housing fund wave 3 funding and agreed that for all funds received by WECA for the purposes of social housing retrofit, for support and advice to community energy projects, or similar environmental purposes, to be delivered on a geography wider than WECA, a delegation to the Director of Delivery and Operations, in consultation with the MCA s73 officer, is granted covering the allocation of funding to activities, the making of grants and any associated changes. For Key Decisions, the Director of Delivery and Operations will also consult with any relevant regional programme boards;

6)         Approved the change requests for schemes in the Economic Development Fund (EDF) and Revolving Infrastructure Fund (RIF) programmes as set out in Appendix 4.