Agenda item

Report number LDS238 of the Leader of the Council.                   (Enclosure)

Report number LDS238 informed the Cabinet of decisions that had been taken by individual members since the last meeting of the Cabinet was held on 7 September 2017. An additional appendix (Appendix F) to the report was circulated to Cabinet members at the meeting as part of a pack of supplementary papers, as the decision to which it related had been made after the agenda had been published.

Appendix A: Use of Section 106 Agreement Open Space Funds

A question was raised by a non-Cabinet member in relation to the release of funding for enhancement of existing play facilities in Stamford. Confirmation was awaited from Stamford Town Council of match-funding.

The Cabinet asked officers to follow-up the progress of the release of funding.

Appendix B: Agreement of the draft Housing Strategy and Action Plan for wider consultation

An urgent non-key decision was taken to amend the draft Housing Strategy as agreed by the Cabinet on 7 September 2017 prior to its release for public consultation. The changes that had been made to the policy were highlighted in the version of the policy that was appended to the decision.

Appendix C: Armed Forces Community Covenant

An urgent non-key decision was taken to approve the signing of the covenant, which had subsequently taken place.

Appendix D: Discretionary Business Rate Relief Scheme

Following rollout and review of the business rate relief scheme approved by the Cabinet Member for Retail and Visitor Economy following discussion at Cabinet on 13 July 2017, a subsequent decision was made to broaden the scheme’s criteria to optimise usage of the available funding.

Appendix E: Colsterworth and District Neighbourhood Plan – correction of minor error

Colsterworth and District Parish Council had made a minor amendment to correct an error in its Neighbourhood Plan, requiring it to be re-adopted by this Council.

Appendix F: To enter into a 2-year lease of the second floor, The Maltings, Wharf Road, Grantham, NG31 6BH

The lease arrangement had been entered into in support of the St. Peter’s Hill re-development project and would become the base for the Invest SK team as part of the Council’s focus on economic development and regeneration.