1.    that governance arrangements for the Torquay Place Leadership Board, as set out at Appendix 1 to this report and as submitted to the Ministry for Housing, Communities, Local Government (MHCLG), be ratified by Torbay Council;

2.    that the Director of Finance be given delegated authority, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place Development and Economic Growth, to ratify the Torquay Place Leadership Board’s decisions on approved grant allocation business cases and to approve the draw down of the Grant Funding from the MHCLG Grant Pot for those grant allocations; and

3.    that the Council’s thanks be placed on record to the members of the Torbay Place Leadership Board in improving outcomes for residents in Torbay and its continued work alongside the newly established Torquay Place Leadership Board.