Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its two appendices and to make the proposed recommendation to the Council set out below:

PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

That the New Homes Bonus (Parish Allocations) Policy and the delegations therein be approved.

RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL

That the New Homes Bonus (Parish Allocations) Policy and the delegations therein be approved.

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its two appendices.

The report was presented by Mrs Lintill.

Mr Hyland was in attendance for this item.

Mrs Lintill summarised the report with particular reference to section 3 and para 7.1. The New Homes Bonus (Parish Allocations) Policy was nearing the time for renewal and the Grants and Concessions Panel, which she chaired, strongly supported its continuation for a further four years from 2018. The benefits it brought to Chichester District’s communities, as outlined in section 4 of the report, were self-evident and should continue to be made available.

Mr Hyland did not wish to add to Mrs Lintill’s introduction.

In a short discussion Mr Dignum and Mrs Hardwick spoke in support of the Policy and the recommendation. The projects it had helped to deliver had been well received in the communities. It was essential to protect the funds from government frontline cuts so that they could be dedicated to projects envisaged by the Policy.

Decision

The Cabinet voted unanimously on a show of hands in favour of making the following recommendation to the Council.    

RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL

That the New Homes Bonus (Parish Allocations) Policy and the delegations therein be approved.