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(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor Gaynar Owen)

Councillor Gaynar Owen introduced the report of the Corporate Director of Place and Community, which set out the consultation feedback on the draft CIL Funding Programme for 2022/23, and proposed final recommendations for the CIL Funding Programme in 2022/23.

The minute of the Executive Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on 13 January 2022 had been circulated prior to the meeting.

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the details set out in the report before it and the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED:   A.   That the consultation feedback report provided at Appendix A to the report, be noted.

B.     That CIL monies be allocated to the delivery of the following projects in 2022/23:

· £31,555 – Dial-a-Ride service (Year 2)

· £37,650 – Creation of an active hub, Skelmersdale  

  Ecumenical Centre.

C.    That Skelmersdale Neighbourhood CIL monies be allocated to the delivery of the following project in 2022/23

· £12,760 – Track and trim-trail at St James' Primary School, Ashurst.

D.    That Ormskirk Neighbourhood CIL monies be allocated to the delivery of the following project in 2022/23:

· £60,000 – Improvements to Whittle Drive changing facilities.

E.     That the underspend (c.£6835) from the previously approved Burscough towpath improvement scheme be transferred to the previously approved Parbold towpath scheme to increase the available funding for that project.

F.     That delegated authority be granted to the Director of Place and Community, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, to consider and authorise any reasonable changes to the details of the Cabinet approved schemes contained within the report, including minor changes to CIL funding or delivery timescales, that may be necessary to facilitate the subsequent delivery of an approved project, and that this delegation level is updated in the Council Constitution.