Decision details

Shared Prosperity Funding* - FEB23/CMDN/84

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Council expects to receive funding as part of the Shared Prosperity Fund this decision seeks to allocate the funding to specific projects and delegate authority to the relevant Directors to finalise the details of the individual projects

Decision:

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to:

 

1.    Approves the Council’s intended allocation of Shared Prosperity Funding to support eight

projects as follows:

Youth Zone for Peterborough - £1,255,000

Peterborough Cultural Alliance - £265,000

Peterborough Digital Incubator - £309,000

Local Resilience: Flood and Climate Risks - £100,000

Community Carbon Literacy - £87,000

Lincoln Road Regeneration - £150,000

CPCA Skills - £254,562

CPCA Fly Tipping - £5,000

 

2.    Delegate to the Executive Director of Place and Economy in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance the ability to finalise the details of, and the documents relating to, the individual projects in line with the Council’s normal procurement and governance procedures.

Reasons for the decision:

The projects selected to receive funding from the Shared Prosperity fund have been carefully considered in order to align with the aims and objectives of the scheme and this decision ensures that the necessary governance is in place to commence delivery.

Alternative options considered:

The reasons for the recommendations in this report are to allow the Council to make full use of its allocation of Shared Prosperity Funding to deliver a wide range of projects that will deliver tangible benefits across the city.

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None.

Background Documents:

This link provides information, at a national level about the Shared Prosperity Fund:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus/uk-sharedprosperity-fund-prospectus

 

Publication date: 13/02/2023

Date of decision: 13/02/2023

Decided at meeting: 13/02/2023 - Cabinet

Effective from: 17/02/2023

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