Issue - meetings

The Executive Member is asked to note that an Expression of Interest has been submitted to the Future High Street Fund, a central government funding opportunity to tackle the challenges facing town and city centres. The Expression of Interest does not commit the council to proceeding with a full bid or to any funding as successful applicants will be invited to submit a full business case at a later date. This is an information only paper and requires no decision.

Resolved : That the Expression of Interest submission to the Future High Streets Fund be noted.

Reason:     In order to be updated on the progress of the submission to the Future High Streets Fund.

Executive Member considered an update on the submission of an Expression of Interest to the Future High Street Fund, a central government funding opportunity to tackle the challenges facing town and city centres. The Expression of Interest did not commit the council to proceeding with a full bid or to any funding as successful applicants would be invited to submit a full business case at a later date. The Head of Economic Growth outlined the update and clarified the different rounds of bidding for the fund. It was:

Resolved : That the Expression of Interest submission to the Future High Streets Fund be noted.

Reason:     In order to be updated on the progress of the submission to the Future High Streets Fund.