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Green Homes Grant Funding Bid for Chopwell

Meeting: 15/12/2020 - Cabinet (Item 58)

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Report of the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to the action taken by the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth, in submitting an application for £5.89m grant from the Local Authority Delivery Round 1B element of the Green Homes Grant to deliver energy efficiency improvements to homes in Chopwell, in an effort to reduce fuel poverty, cut carbon emissions and support housing market renewal and to providing delegated authority to submit a further bid for £1.2m grant from round 2 of this grant scheme.

 

 

 

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the action taken by the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth under Part 3, Schedule 5, Part 2 4 (e) of the Constitution, in submitting the £5.89m grant application on 4 December 2020 to the Local Authority Delivery Round 1B element of the Green Homes Grant to meet application deadlines and to deliver energy efficiency improvements to homes in Chopwell be noted.

 

 

 

 

(ii)

That the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth be authorised to agree the submission of a further circa £1.2m grant application to Round 2 of the Local Authority Delivery element of the Green Homes Grant, following consultation with the Strategic Director, Resources and Digital.

 

 

 

 

(iii)

That the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth be authorised to agree and approve the terms of the grant awards, if successful, following consultation with the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance and the Strategic Director, Resources and Digital.

 

 

 

 

(iv)

That the Strategic Director, Economy, Innovation and Growth be authorised to agree and approve the scope and terms of design / preconstruction contract at £140k with Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd, following consultation with the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance and the Strategic Director, Resources and Digital.

 

 

 

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

 

 

 

 

(A)

To support the Thrive agenda.

 

 

 

 

(B)

To support the Council’s Climate Emergency and targets of net zero emissions by 2030.

 


 

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