i)       The Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Finance increase the Combe Pafford Redesignation project budget to £605,000 utilising the Children's Higher Needs Capital allocation 

ii)      That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Finance approve an additional grant allocation of £115,000 to Combe Pafford School to facilitate the delivery of Phase 1b, utilising Children's Higher Needs Capital allocation. This is to be formalised with the school via a Grant Funding Agreement. 

iii)    That the Director of Finance reduce the reserve of Higher Needs Capital Allocation previously allocated to Combe Pafford Phase 2 from £200,000 to £100,000

iv)    That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Finance increase the Sherwell Valley Primary School Salix project budget to a total of £433,071, comprising £311,600 from the Salix Grant allocation, £102,110 from the Children’s Services R&M Budget allocation and £19,361 from the Climate Initiative Fund.  

v)     That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing include the Family Time Relocation project into the Capital Plan as Tier 1 Capital Project and progress with design and procurement up to a Full Business Case (FBC), utilising a initial budget of £16,500 from the Higher Needs Capital Allocations.

vi)    That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing approve an overall budget of £729,560 for the Energy Efficiency and PV Programme, comprising £439,310 from the Climate Initiative Funding allocation, £280,000 from the one-off existing Climate Fund allocation and £10,250 from school contributions. 

vii)   That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing approve delegated authority to the Divisional Director, Pride in Place Strategy to approve financial cases and legal agreements with individual sites in relation to phases 1 and 2 of the Efficiency and PV Programme.

viii)  That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing reprofile the in-phase budget for the Paignton Tec Park Project from £3,225,000 to £2,593,027 to reflect the lower acquisition cost incurred and facilitate the detailed design and procurement activities up to Full Business Case (FBC).

All projects were reviewed and deemed to be strategically advantageous and satisfactorily compliant in terms of their feasibility and levels of risk to enable them to progress.

The projects could be put on hold or cancelled and the grant funding received for them could be returned to central government.

This decision will be implemented immediately.

Updates to the Capital Investment Plan in respect of the following projects:

• Combe Pafford Redesignation project
• Sherwell Valley Primary Salix project
• Family Time Service Relocation
• Energy Efficiency and PV Programme 
• Torbay Tec Park (Westfield)

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