Decision details

1.    To approve the four-year General Fund Capital Programme budget at £143.6m for the period 2024/25-2027/28 (presented in Table 2 and Appendix 1).

2.    To approve the continuation of rolling programmes for 2024/25 funded from the Council’s mainstream resources. For financial modelling purposes, these programmes are assumed to continue at the same level until 2027/28:

3.    To delegate approval of the detailed programmes for use of the rolling programmes, in recommendation 2, to the relevant SLT Director in consultation with the Strategic Director of Finance and relevant Lead Cabinet Member.

4.    To approve the four-year Housing (HRA) Capital Programme at £432.9m for the period 2024/25-2027/28 as set out in Table 6 and Appendix 1.

5.    To delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Finance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Reform to approve the potential use of up to £3.6m of capital receipts under the Government’s Flexible Use of Capital Receipts provisions for funding of Invest to Save schemes in 2024/25 (as identified in Appendix 2) and potential match-funding opportunities.

6.    To approve the Capital Strategy 2024/25, as set out in the report.

7.    To approve the annual Minimum Revenue Provision policy statement for 2024/25, as set out in Appendix 3.