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Decision details

Newhaven Town Deal

Decision Maker: Leader of Lewes District Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To provide an update on the bid to the Towns Fund for Newhaven and delegate authority to sign the Heads of Terms.

Decision:

(1) To note the Town Deal offer of £19.3million from Government.

 

(2) To delegate authority to the Chief Executive to agree, on behalf of Lewes District Council, the Heads of Terms with Government, as set out in Appendix 1, to enable the Newhaven Town Deal to be progressed.

 

In accordance with section 17 of the Council’s Policy and Performance Advisory Committee Procedure Rules, the call-in procedure shall not apply to this decision given its urgency. A decision is urgent if, in the view of the decision maker, any delay likely to be caused by the call-in process would, for example, seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interests.

 

In accordance with this section, it is the opinion of the decision maker that this decision is an urgent one and therefore exempt from call-in.

Reasons for the decision:

(1)  The Council has received a provisional offer of £19.3million for the Newhaven Town Deal.

 

(2)  The Council must agree Heads of Terms for the Town Deal before 5 August 2021 to enable the bid to progress to the next stage.

 

(3)  Newhaven remains a regeneration priority for the Council, building upon Enterprise Zone designation and investment from a range of partners, and the formation of the Newhaven Town Deal Board.

Alternative options considered:

N/A – the projects included within the Town Investment Plan have been agreed through a process undertake with the Newhaven Town Deal Board, comprising a range of stakeholders.

Urgent item?: Yes

Publication date: 26/07/2021

Date of decision: 26/07/2021

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