Issue - meetings

1.   A new one-off revenue budget for the Night Time Enterprise Zone project of £130k, funded by GLA grant funding of £130k (Your Bromley match funding will be directly spent by Your Bromley) be approved, noting that this would be accepted and expended on the interventions included in the funding application, as set out in paragraph 3.9

2.  It be noted that he allocated funding must be spent prior to reimbursement by the Greater London Authority

3.  It be noted that this decision is being put before the Executive in accordance with General Exception Rule 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure rules for the following reasons:

i)  The grant award was confirmed on 15 September 2022, however the GLA did not publicly announce the awards until 17^th November 2022, therefore it could not be published on the Council’s Forward Plan 28 days before the decision is made;

ii)  due to the funding timescales, it would be impracticable to defer the decision until it has been included in the forward plan and to wait for the next Executive meeting.

4.  It be noted that in accordance with Rule 15 (b) the Chairman of the Renewal, Recreation and Housing PDS Committee had sight of the report 5 clear days prior to the decision, fulfilling the requirement of Rule 15 (b).

Report HPR2022/052

The report provided a summary of the successful Night Time Enterprise Zone bid for Bromley Town Centre and sought authority to spend the funding.

The Portfolio Holder for Renewal, Recreation and Housing thanked Officers for their work on putting the bid together noting that a good outcome had been achieved for Bromley.

The report had been circulated to Renewal Recreation and Housing PDS for comment.

RESOLVED: That

1.   A new one-off revenue budget for the Night Time Enterprise Zone project of £130k, funded by GLA grant funding of £130k (Your Bromley match funding will be directly spent by Your Bromley) be approved, noting that this would be accepted and expended on the interventions included in the funding application, as set out in paragraph 3.9

2.  It be noted that he allocated funding must be spent prior to reimbursement by the Greater London Authority

3.  It be noted that this decision is being put before the Executive in accordance with General Exception Rule 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure rules for the following reasons:

i)  The grant award was confirmed on 15 September 2022, however the GLA did not publicly announce the awards until 17^th November 2022, therefore it could not be published on the Council’s Forward Plan 28 days before the decision is made;

ii)  due to the funding timescales, it would be impracticable to defer the decision until it has been included in the forward plan and to wait for the next Executive meeting.

4. It be noted that in accordance with Rule 15 (b) the Chairman of the Renewal, Recreation and Housing PDS Committee had sight of the report 5 clear days prior to the decision, fulfilling the requirement of Rule 15 (b).