Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: November 14, 2025

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED that Cabinet -    (a)     approves the reallocation of funding within the programme as set out below, for the purposes of contingency; the opportunity to add quality and value to the schemes; deliver within tight programme deadlines; and manage organisational capacity:            i.    to no longer pursue the Ten_13 Town Centre Building project, reallocatingthe £5m capital funding set out within the MOU elsewhere within the programme;         ii.    reallocate £1.5m of the capital funding allocated to the Ten_05 Tudor Fieldsproject within the programme, and for this Council to progress the delivery of a       iii.    walking and cycling route only with the remaining £1m allocation, and for a Project Initiation Document to be presented to the Portfolio Holders for       iv.    Leisure & Public Realm and Housing & Planning for their approval;        v.    reallocate £100,000 the capital funding allocated to the Ten_06 JaywickHealthy Buildings project within the programme, and to rescope the project to include works to the Enterprise Centre to support the team’s operations, with a Project Initiation Document to be presented to the Portfolio Holders for Assets & Community Safety and Housing & Planning for their approval;       vi.    allocate an additional £50,000 Capital to the Ten_04 Sunspot Solar Panelsproject, raising the total project budget to £200,000;      vii.    allocate an additional £2.5m Capital to the Ten_07 Clacton Town CentrePublic Realm project, raising the total project budget to £3.8m;    viii.    allocate an additional £200,000 Capital to the Ten_08 Jaywick and ClactonShopfront Improvements project, raising the total project budget to       ix.    £700,000, with a sum of £150,000 ringfenced for grants in Jaywick Sands;        x.    allocate an additional £1.2m Capital to the Ten_09 Jaywick Sands OpenSpaces project, raising the total project budget to £3.2m;       xi.    allocate an additional £400,000 Capital to the Ten_10 Seafront Micro Venueproject, raising the total project budget to £900,000;      xii.    allocate an additional £1.5m Capital to the Ten_11 Martello Tower E project,raising the total project budget to £3.5m; and    xiii.    allocate an additional £750,000 Capital to the Ten_12 Active WellbeingCentre Phase 1 project, raising the total project budget to £3.75m.   (b)     allocates £200,000 of revenue funding to the Ten_06 Jaywick Healthy Buildingsproject to progress an approach to achieve the intended outputs & outcomes through enforcement;   (c)     requires the £200,000 funding to be delivered via the capitalisingof project management time of the Project Delivery Unit across the various CRP2 projects through existing delegations and / or financial performance reports as necessary;   (d)     authorises the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration andTourism, in consultation with the supporting Portfolio Holder for each project, to approve Change Control Notices setting out the detailed implications and implementation of the above; and   (e)     notes the requirement from MHCLG that a substantial start and commitment toprojects within the Community Regeneration Partnership (CRP2) programme can be demonstrated by March 2026.