Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: July 8, 2025

Purpose: Quarterly report

Content: This report set out the recommended updates to the Council’s Capital Programme for 2025-26 to 2028-29, since the approval of the budget by Full Council in February 2025. The Council’s Capital Programme for 2025/26 to 2028/29 was approved by Full Council in February 2025, totalling £612.517m. Since then, there had been slippage of £38.229m (20.8%) in the previous year, 24-25, which now rolled forward into the 2025-26. New funding had been announced by Government to be added to the Programme. Through the closing of the accounts for 24-25, some projects had now completed with unspent funding, to be removed from the programme. Services had reviewed their profile of expected spend in 25-26 and had reprofiled the programme to align it with their updated delivery plans. The revised Capital Programme for 2025-26 to 2028-29 totalled £672.231m.   RESOLVED that the recommended changes to the approved Capital Programme be approved:   1.1 £38.229m carry forward of unspent budgets from 24/25 Capital Programme set out in section 2 of the report.   1.2 £16.550m of additions to the Capital Programme, which were funded from ringfenced grants and s.106 as set out in section 3 of the report.   1.3 £0.215m of removals due to completion or expected underspend as set out in section 4 of the report.   1.4 The revised £672.231m Capital Programme, with £25.322m reprofiled from 2025/26 into future years as set out in section 5 of the report.   1.5 The release of funding of £5.832m relating to the projects set out in section 6 of the report.