Decision details

RESOLVED

KEY DECISION

That the Executive:

i)               Approved the following changes into the capital programme:

a.    Earls Barton School Expansion – additional budget approval of £762k in 2025/26 to be funded from Basic Needs capital grant.

b.    Swanspool Tennis Courts refurbishment – budget approval of £70k in 2024/25, to be funded £50k from external grant and £20k from capital receipts.

c.     West Glebe Park, astroturf resurfacing – budget approval for £55k in 2025/26, to be funded £25k from external grant and £30k virement from the Leisure minor works budget.  

Reasons for Recommendations: These are set out in greater detail within section 5 of the report, but can be summarised as helping to meet the Council’s corporate plan objectives:

-       Green sustainable environment

-       Better, brighter futures

-       Safe and thriving places

-       Connected communities

-       Active, fulfilled lives

Alternative Options Considered:

·       For those schemes which are grant funded or from Section 106 contributions, they are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the grant conditions/ legal agreement and, therefore, there is no alternative option proposed in this report.

·       Where individual schemes are over £0.5m, separate reports are included elsewhere on this agenda, and these set out the wider options that were considered before reaching the proposals put forward.