Purpose

To receive a Q1 Capital Budget update

Decision

Resolved:

Cabinet is asked to approve:

1. Budget movements as follows:

1. 1. The virement of £0.075m from the Schools Modernisation capital scheme line to the Stonehenge School Replacement of Lower Block capital scheme line;
   2. the virement of £0.075m from the Early Years Buildings capital scheme line to the Early Years and Childcare capital scheme line;
   3. the virement of £3.637m from the SEND High Needs capital scheme line to the High Needs Provision Capital Scheme Allowance capital scheme line;
   4. the virement of £2.385m from the Integrated Transport capital scheme line to a new capital scheme line Local Transport Grant;
   5. the virement of £32.975m from the Structural Maintenance and Bridges capital scheme line to a new capital scheme line Highways Maintenance Block;
2. the repurposing of the capital budget approved for a short term depot at Royal Wootton Bassett to be utilised to develop proposals for a permanent Household Recycling Centre in the north of the county;
3. the additional capital budgets of £14.903m funded by grants, developer contributions, other contributions and earmarked reserves revenue contribution to capital added to the programme under Chief Finance Officer delegated powers;
4. the grant income applied for and/or received as set out in Appendix C and Appendix D.

Cabinet is asked to note:

1. the budgets brought forward from future years into the 2026/27 programme totalling £6.107m to support the delivery of accelerated projects under Chief Finance Officer delegated powers;
2. the budgets reprogrammed from 2026/27 into future years totalling £73.024m to align with forecast delivery under Chief Finance Officer delegated powers;
3. the removal of £1.043m grant funding/ear marked reserves from the 2026/27 programme as outlined in the report under Chief Finance Officer delegated powers;

a)    £0.045m from the Devolved Formula Grant

b)    £0.031m from Porton Science Park

c)    £0.964m from Wiltshire Ultrafast Broadband

d)    £0.003m from Warm Homes Grant

1. the revised 2026/27 Capital Programme forecast as at quarter one of £218.506m;
2. the capital spend as of 30 June 2026 of £38.164m
3. the addition of CIL funding to the 2026/27 budget (and future years where relevant) as approved by Cabinet at its meeting on 15 July 2026:

a)    up to £1.0m to support the delivery of the A350 Chippenham Bypass Improvements (Phases 4 and 5);

b)    £0.500m to support an Active Travel infrastructure improvements programme;

c)    £0.500m to support the Local Highway and Footway Improvement Groups (LHFIG) programme;

d)    £0.250m to support locally identified infrastructure projects;

e)    £1.0m towards eligible first phase infrastructure elements of the Stage the Future programme to renovate and modernise Salisbury Playhouse;

f)     to provide an underwriting commitment of up to £3 million in support of the organisation’s fundraising campaign associated with phase 1 of the Stage the Future programme;

1. 11.the addition of £1.700m to the capital programme to support the purchase of the former Trowbridge Hospital Site as approved by Full Council in October 2025.

Reason for Decisions:

To inform effective decision making and ensure sound financial management as part of the Councils overall control environment.

To inform Cabinet on the financial position of the Council on the 2026/27 capital programme as at quarter one (30 June 2026).