Decision details

The West of England Combined Authority Committee RESOLVED:

1. To approve use of the Investment Fund headroom as set out in paragraph 7 and 8, and the Development Infrastructure Fund criteria set out in Appendix 2.

2. To allocate £2m to the Housing and Regeneration Enabling Fund and to delegate the approval of the criteria and Feasibility and Development Funding Applications for specific proposals to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

3. To allocate a further £2m to strategic masterplanning and to delegate the approval of Feasibility and Development Funding Applications for specific proposals to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

4. To approve the Outline Business Case for Hengrove Park Enabling Works and allocate funding of £12m in the current programme, and earmark a further £7.8m post 2022/23 to be confirmed at Full Business Case.

5. To approve the Strategic Outline Business Case for Charfield Station and to delegate the approval of the Outline Business Case to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils subject to this remaining within the agreed budget.

6. To approve the revision to the Local Growth Assurance Framework set out in paragraph 15 and the approval of the £3.655m Future Transport Zones match funding.

7. To allocate £500k to match fund the Housing Enabling Fund bid through One Public Estate 8 and, should the bid be successful, to delegate the approval of the Feasibility and Development Funding application to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

8. To approve the award of an additional £2.5m for the development of the Spatial Development Strategy/Local Transport Plan Evidence Base.

9. To approve the Full Business Case for the Chew Valley Lake Recreational Trail subject to resolution of land issues and planning conditions, the supply of a detailed programme and the confirmation of the final costs.

10. To approve the award of £179k to the 5G Logistics project subject to securing Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport funding.

11. To delegate the detailed use of the Adult Education Budget Covid-19 Skills Recovery Package to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

12. Approve the change requests for schemes within the current programme as set out in Appendix 3.

13. To amend the approved capital programme for individual project approvals agreed at the October Committee and within this report.