Agenda item

Report of the Interim Executive Director Environment.

The Sub-Committee received a Gateway 6 Outcome Report of the Interim Executive Director Environment.

The Chairman commented that the photographs in the Officer report did not adequately show the improvements to greening. The Officer stated that a new large tree had been installed as had large planters containing trees. They had been planted in the winter so had not yet had time to develop. The Chairman stated the importance of greening and requested that a visit for Members of the Sub-Committee be arranged to see the improvements to greening.

RESOLVED – That Members of the Sub-Committee

1.        Agree authorisation to revise the current approved budget allocation for the Cursitor Street phase of £371,647(within existing totals), to cover an overspend attributable to additional officer resource required to accommodate some design changes, as reflected in Appendix 4 of the Officer report. Note: Any funds that remain will be reallocated to Breams Buildings and reported as part of the programme of delivery for the Fleet Street Area Healthy Streets Plan;

2.        Approve outstanding actions in Section 13 of the Officer report to be completed, on which final accounts and project closure can commence;

3.        Approve the reprogramming of the Breams Buildings phase of works to be implemented as part of the wider delivery of the Fleet Street Area Healthy Streets Plan approved in November 2023;

4.        Agree authorisation to revise the current approved budget allocation for the Breams Building phase of £109,119 (within existing totals), to cover an overspend attributable to additional officer resource required, as reflected in Appendix 4 of the Officer report; and

5.        Request Officers to arrange a visit to see the improvements to greening.