Decision details

(KEY DECISION)

1.    That the following changes into the capital programme totalling £2.295m be approved: -

a)    A43/A6116 Steel Road Roundabout – increase in budget of £1.020m to £3.973m funded from external grant;

b)    Isebrook SEND College – Connected offer expansion of the school – approval for additional £482k funded from Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Capital Grant, taking the total of the scheme to £0.532m;

c)    Improvement of Facilities at Montsaye Academy, Rothwell – Council contribution of £0.606m to school improvements funded through S106 external contributions;

d)    Chester House Estate restoration - £187k funded from external contributions.

2.    That the following changes to the capital programme totalling £10.105m be noted: - That items e) and f) have been approved by the Executive Director of Finance in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance under delegation from the Shadow Authority as part of the budget report to Council on 25 February 2021, and follows confirmation of grant funding after the budget was set, and item g) was approved as part of a separate report on the Heritage Action Zone to Executive on 5th August 2021:

e)    Allocation of Department for Transport Capital Maintenance Funding 2021/22 - £8.404m funded from external grant;

f)     LTP Integrated Transport Block Funding 2021/22 - £1.551m funded from external grant;

g)    Kettering High Street Heritage Action Zone - £0.150m approved budget increase as a result of additional Historic England funding.

(Reasons for Decisions –

·         The local authority has a legal obligation to deliver S106 related works in accordance with the signed S106 agreement;

·         Utilisation of government grant to support the Council’s Highways infrastructure and transport network;

·         Utilisation of grant and other external funding to improve and expand Education provision and facilities;

·         Utilisation of grant for specific key projects to support of the North Northamptonshire economy and housing developments.)