Decision details

Consideration of the final spend for 2023/24 for the Local Growth Fund, Getting Building Fund and Growing Places programmes and the amount of funds re-profiled into the East Sussex County Council Capital Programme and consideration of the confirmed scheme spend profiles for the Local Growth Fund, Getting Building Fund and Growing Places programmes for the 2024/25 financial year.

21.1     The Leader and Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.

DECISIONS

21.2     The Leader and Lead Member RESOLVED to:

(1) Note the final 2023/24 spend for the Local Growth Fund programme;

(2) Note that no spend took place for the Getting Building Fund programme for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years;

(3) Note the final 2023/24 spend for the Growing Places Fund programme;

(4) Agree the confirmed scheme spend profiles for the Local Growth Fund

programme for the 2024/25 financial year; and

(5) Agree the confirmed scheme spend profiles for the Growing Places Fund programme for the 2024/25 financial year.

REASONS

21.3     Taking into consideration the ongoing challenges to the delivery of capital infrastructure programmes, East Sussex County Council has continued to be successful in securing over £127m of funding across the Local Growth Fund, Getting Building Fund and Growing Places Fund projects by the end of the 2023/24 financial year.