Delegated decisions linked to this meeting

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• Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy

  Recommendations Approved

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• Capital Programme Update 2024/25

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to update the 2024/25 capital programme by approving additional budgets for the Earls Barton School expansion, Swanspool Tennis Courts refurbishment, and West Glebe Park astroturf resurfacing, funded through a combination of grants, capital receipts, and budget virements.

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• Earls Barton Primary School Expansion - Additional Funding

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve £761.3k of additional funding from DFE Basic Needs Funding for the Earls Barton Primary School Expansion and delegate project delivery to the Executive Director of Children’s Services in consultation with the Executive Member of Children, Families, Education.

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• Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve a revised Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy that includes increasing the Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant (Top-Up) to £20,000, removing means testing for equipment cases up to £10,000, not means testing parents for children’s applications regarding the Discretionary DFG Grant (Top-Up), waiving land charges in specific circumstances, introducing a "Fast Tracking" process for urgent cases, covering dementia grants for specific adaptations, introducing Motor Neurone Disease (MND) grants with disregarded earnings, establishing an independent panel for discretionary grants exceeding limits, covering extended warranties and call-out fees for equipment, expediting grant applications for private and social tenants, reviewing non-mandatory work proposals, maintaining the HomeMove Grant conditions, and replacing several grants with one Home Repair Grant.

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• Active Communities Strategic Framework

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to adopt the Active Communities Strategy, the Leisure Facilities Strategy, and the Playing Pitch Strategy, while also delegating authority for developing detailed action and investment plans to support their delivery.

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• Knights Farm, Rushden – Overage Agreement

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to ensure the continuation of the overage agreement for Knights Farm in Rushden, they agreed to extend the Planning Longstop date in the Promotion Agreement to April 2026 and delegated authority for further extensions if needed.

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• Green Hill Solar Farm

  Recommendations approved

  ...to endorse a draft consultation response regarding the proposed Green Hill Solar Farm and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place and Economy to respond to consultations during the Development Consent Order stages and to deal with post-decision matters if development consent is granted.

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• Post-Financial Settlement Budget Update

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to update the Draft Budget 2025/26 and Medium-Term Financial Plan following the Government’s Financial Settlement, noting funding changes and approving a reduction in the waste management inflationary increase.

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Attendees

Councillor Jason Smithers  Leader of the Council •  Conservative Party •  Oundle

Councillor Helen Howell Conservative Party • Raunds

Councillor Matt Binley  Independent •  Brickhill and Queensway

Councillor David Brackenbury Conservative Party • Thrapston

Councillor Lloyd Bunday  Conservative Party •  Ise

Councillor Scott Edwards  Conservative Party •  Wicksteed

Councillor David Howes Conservative Party • Desborough

Councillor Gill Mercer  Executive •  Conservative Party •  Rushden Pemberton West

Councillor Mark Rowley  Conservative Party •  Ise

Councillor Helen Harrison Conservative Party • Oundle

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