i)     That the Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing add the Energy Efficiency Programme to the Capital Investment Programme and allocate £13,314 of funding from the one-off climate fund to proceed through procurement up to the Full Business Case (FBC).

ii)    That the Torbay Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) project be progressed as a Tier 3 Capital Project for inclusion into Torbay Council’s Capital Plan, utilising an initial budget of £375,584 to take the project through feasibility to Strategic Outline Case (SOC). The funding allocated will be: £274,000 from the specific Waste Transfer Station reserve (as approved in the 2025/26 revenue budget) and £101,584 from an earmarked Waste Reserve.

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:

• Energy Efficiency Programme
• Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Relocation

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