Decision details

The West of England Combined Authority Committee RESOLVED:

1. That a further £1m of the £9m allocation for walking and cycling infrastructure delivery is brought forward to support scheme development, with the approval of specific Feasibility and Development Funding Applications delegated to the West of England Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

2. To approve a further £234k of masterplanning funding for the (Bristol) City Centre Development and Delivery Plan so that this is fully funded.

3. To approve the Full Business Case for Hawkfield Business Park - The Bottle Yard Studios and award of £11.82m

4. To approve the Full Business Case for the Bath City Centre High Streets Renewal Project and the award of £1.235m subject to confirmation of the High Streets Catalyst Fund match funding.

5. To approve the Full Business Case for the Bristol City Centre and High Streets Recovery and Renewal Programme and award of £2.725m

6. To approve the Outline Business Case for the Common Connections project.

7. To approve the Feasibility and Development Funding Application for the SEND Careers Information and Guidance Collaboration Pilot and the award of £20k.

8. To approve further development funding of £500k for ISTART, and to delegate approval of the Outline Business Case and award of funding of up to £1.94m to the West of England Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils, with a phased funding approach and/or the opportunity for other match funding to be considered as part of progressing to Full Business Case.

9. To approve the Full Business Case for the Careers Hub and award of £180k.

10. To delegate the approval of development funding applications and business cases for further recovery funding of up to £1m to the West of England Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

11. To award a further £1m to the Small Business Resilience Grant Programme and the Culture and Creative Economy Recovery Fund and to delegate the split of the funding between these programmes to the West of England Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.

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

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

14. To approve the Feasibility and Development Funding application for Thornbury High Street Public Realm and the award of £200k from the Love Our High Streets allocation, with the opportunities for other match funding for the delivery of this project to be fully explored as part of developing the Full Business Case.