Decision details

The West of England Combined Authority Committee RESOLVED:

1. To approve the Feasibility and Development Funding Application for the 10 Year Rail Delivery Plan and award of £470k.

2. To approve the Strategic Outline Business Case for the Winterbourne & Frampton Cotterell and Coalpit Heath & Westerleigh Bypasses.

3. To note the submission of the DfT E-Cycles Extension Fund Bid.

4. To approve the Feasibility and Development Funding Application for the North Fringe Public Infrastructure Package and award of £350k.

5. To delegate the approval of Outline Business Cases through the Development Infrastructure Fund that come forward in advance of the next meeting of the WECA Committee to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils, subject to fit with the agreed criteria and headroom being available.

6. To approve the Outline Business Case for Bottle Yard Studios – Hawkfield Business Park subject to the completion of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan with the award of £135k to develop the Full Business Case and an allocation of a further £11.73m

7. To allocate up to £7.56m to Kingswood High Street subject to the award of funding through the Future High Streets programme with the approval of funding delegated to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

8. To approve the Full Business Case for the Innovation for Renewal and Opportunity project and award of £5.716m and to delegate grant giving to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

9. To delegate the approval of the use of the £1m Innovation for Renewal and Opportunity influence fund, to support specific innovation projects which align with the project objectives and outcomes, to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

10. To approve the change requests for schemes within the current programme as set out in Appendix 2.

11. In advance of the next meeting of the WECA Committee, to delegate the approval of changes to funding profile and programme for approved schemes to the WECA Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent Councils.

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