Issue - meetings

Key Decision

Executive Lead Members

Councillor Matthew Relf - Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation

Councillor Helen-Ann Smith – Executive Lead Member for Community Safety and Crime Reduction

Councillor David Martin – Executive Lead Member for Finance, Revenues and Benefits

RESOLVED that

a)    the update regarding the Towns Fund and Future High Streets programmes, as presented, be received and noted;

b)    authorisation be given for the acquisition of land required for the North Kirkby and West Kirkby Gateway Towns Fund projects and delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Finance, Revenues and Benefits and the Director for Resources and Business Transformation to finalise the negotiations and agree Heads of Terms with the landlord, and to the Director for Legal and Governance to complete the legal transactions;

c)    delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit a bid for the allocated funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF);

d)    it be confirmed that the Discover Ashfield Board will fulfil the role of Local Partnership Group to develop and implement an Investment Plan in conjunction with the Ashfield Skills Partnership for the UKSPF;

e)    delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit a bid for funding for Hucknall and to the Levelling Up Fund;

f)     the submission of a bid to the Home Office for Safer Streets 4 be noted and delegated authority be granted to the Deputy Leader and Executive Lead Member for Community Safety and Crime Reduction and the Director for Place and Communities (subject to a successful outcome), to accept the funding and deliver the programme;

g)    with regard to the Observatory Scheme project, as part of the Towns Fund Programme, delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit any further bids for funding from available funding streams, as appropriate.

Cabinet was provided with an update regarding a number of government funding streams and was asked to delegate authority to enable officers to seek and submit any further funding bids for the the Planetarium and Science Discovery Centre project, as part of the Towns Fund Programme, as appropriate.

Members considered the alternative option of declining to note the update, support submission of the UKSPF, Levelling Up Fund and Safer Streets bids or approve the land acquisition for the two Towns Fund projects in Kirkby in Ashfield.

RESOLVED that

a)    the update regarding the Towns Fund and Future High Streets programmes, as presented, be received and noted;

b)    authorisation be given for the acquisition of land required for the North Kirkby and West Kirkby Gateway Towns Fund projects and delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Finance, Revenues and Benefits and the Director for Resources and Business Transformation to finalise the negotiations and agree Heads of Terms with the landlord, and to the Director for Legal and Governance to complete the legal transactions;

c)    delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit a bid for the allocated funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF);

d)    it be confirmed that the Discover Ashfield Board will fulfil the role of Local Partnership Group to develop and implement an Investment Plan in conjunction with the Ashfield Skills Partnership for the UKSPF;

e)    delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit a bid for funding for Hucknall to the Levelling Up Fund;

f)      the submission of a bid to the Home Office for Safer Streets 4 be noted and delegated authority be granted to the Deputy Leader and Executive Lead Member for Community Safety and Crime Reduction and the Director for Place and Communities (subject to a successful outcome), to accept the funding and deliver the programme;

g)    with regard to the Planetarium and Science Discovery Centre project, as part of the Towns Fund Programme, delegated authority be granted to the Executive Lead Member for Regeneration and Corporate Transformation and the Director for Place and Communities to submit any further bids for funding from available funding streams, as appropriate.

Reason:

To ensure that Cabinet is kept updated on progress with delivery of the Towns Fund and Future High Streets programmes, support submissions to the UKSPF, Levelling Up Fund and Safer Streets bids to Government and to enable the Council to acquire land to deliver two of the Towns Fund projects in Kirkby.