Decision details

LEVELLING UP FUND UPDATE

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Decisions:

The Cabinet was updated with the main projects proposed as part of the Council’s Levelling Up Fund submission to the government in July.

 

The Levelling up Fund was a £4.8 billion initiative from the government with the core purpose of addressing inequalities nationally. It gave the Councils the opportunity to bid for up to £20 million to invest in areas they had identified as being in need of funding. The applications must come under one of the three themes identified: culture and heritage, transport, or regeneration and town centre investment. Prioritisation was still given to partnerships whose projects could deliver in the next three to four years but projects would need to demonstrate they could spend funding in the 2022/23 financial year.

 

 In Kimberley the projects included a Swingate Farm Sports Centre, Cycle Path Network and Town Centre Improvements. Eastwood included a new wellbeing hub at Walker Street, transformation of Durban House and Cycle Path Network.

 

Amion Consulting had been appointed to support the bids submission process. They had been successful with Levelling up Fund bids elsewhere across the Country. Officers and Town Councils were thanked for their work in the process of the Levelling up Fund bids.

 

Councillor M Radulovic MBE requested a recorded vote and this was seconded by two Councillors.

 

For

Against

Abstention

S A Bagshaw

 

 

B C Carr

 

 

S J Carr

 

 

T Hallam

 

 

R D MacRae

 

 

G Marshall

 

 

J W McGrath

 

 

M Radulovic MBE

 

 

H E Skinner

 

 

E Williamson

 

 

 

RESOLVED that the submission of the levelling up bids and generic project areas be approved. With delegation to the Head of Planning and Economic Development for any changes.

 

Reason

 

This would support the Council’s corporate priority of Business growth and the aim of investing in our towns and our people.

 

 

Publication date: 21/06/2022

Date of decision: 21/06/2022

Decided at meeting: 21/06/2022 - Cabinet

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