Purpose

To report any adjustments to the in-year
programme

Content

RESOLVED
 
KEY DECISION
 
That the Executive:
 
i)     
Approved the following changes into the capital programme:
 
a.         
The Avenue Infants School SEND Provision –
budget approval for £860k, £727k in 2023/24 and
£133k in 2024/25 which
is to be funded £838k from SEND Capital Grant and £22k
from S106 contributions. 
 
b.         
Great Doddington Primary School mobile
replacement – budget approval for £997k, £897k in
2023/24 and £100k in 2024/25 which is to be funded from Basic
Needs Capital Grant.
 
c.         
Weavers Academy bulge places - budget approval
for £412k, £367k in 2023/24 and £45k in 2024/25
which is to be funded from Basic Needs Capital Grant.  
 
d.         
Schools Minor Works budget uplift - budget
approval for £808k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106
contributions.
 
e.         
Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) grants passported to Maintained
Schools – budget approval for £262k in 2023/24, to be
funded by the DFC grant.
 
f.          
Spinney Road, Weldon Play Area – budget approval of
£35k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106
Contributions.  
 
g.         
Desborough Green Space – budget approval of £20k in
2023/24 to be funded by S106 contributions.
 
h.         
Well Lane Recreation Ground, Rothwell – budget approval of
£12k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106
contributions.
 
i.           
Higham Ferrers Library Provision – budget approval of
£23k in 2023/24 which is to be funded from S106
contributions.
 
j.           
Phase 2 Refugee Resettlement Scheme – approve
a budget of £3.298m for phase 2 of the Refugee Resettlement
Scheme funded through £1.298m from the Local Authority
Housing Grant and a virement of £2m from the Housing and
Homelessness prevention capital programme to the Resettlement
capital programme to meet the match funding requirement for the
grant.
 
 

ii)    
     Recommend to
Council to approve a funding virement of £2m for match
funding in respect of the Phase 2 Refugee Resettlement Scheme as
set out in the report.  This is in
accordance with the Council’s Constitution as the virement
request exceeds £0.5m.
 
Reasons for
Recommendations: These are set out in greater detail within section
5 of the report, but can be summarised as:
 
·      
To support
the statutory delivery of school places and SEND school places
across North Northamptonshire.
 
·      
To meet corporate plan objectives, for instance in
leading in improving the local environment
 
Alternative Options Considered:
 

·    
The funding for the
schemes in this report are in accordance with the requirements of
the grant or S106 agreements, so there are no alternative options
proposed in this report. 

 

·    
Where individual schemes
are over £500k, separate reports are included elsewhere on
this agenda which set out the wider options that were considered
before reaching the proposals put forward.