Purpose

To consider a Local Plan Grant from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

Decision

That Cabinet:

1. 1.    Endorse the acceptance of the Local Plan grant funding of £227,962.50 Local Plan Grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
2. 2.    Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and s151 Officer to establish the appropriate revenue budgets to enable the Local Plan funding to be allocated in accordance with the grant conditions.

Reasons for the decision

Work needs to be carried out regardless of whether or not the Council uses the funding. By using the funding and not returning it to government, this would lessen the burden on the Council’s own budgets.

Other options considered and rejected

Whilst the Council could return the funds to government, the additional work still needed to be carried out, and this would have placed additional pressures on the Council’s budgets; this option had therefore been discounted.