Decisions

This report seeks approval for £15,000 from the Cleaner Safer Greener Reserve to be used for a further round of the Prison Me No Way programme across our secondary schools.

The Portfolio Holder for Strategy, Performance and Finance approves the use of £15,000 from the Cleaner Safer Greener Reserve to enable the delivery of the Prison Me No Way Programme.

That Cabinet approve the Good Neighbourhood Management Policy.

That Cabinet:

a)       note the successes to date and the income generated from the Careline Service; and

b)       approve a proposed budget for marketing of 10% of the income generated in year 24/25.

That Cabinet approve:

a)       the proposed consultation responses as set out in Appendix 1 to the report;

b)       the proposed final Methodology Document as set out at Appendix 2 to the report; and

c)      a ‘Call of Sites’ exercise to be undertaken in the Summer 2025.

That:

a)      the proposed consultation response at Appendix B be approved; and 

b)      the Portfolio Holder for Climate and the Environment, in consultation with the Planning Policy Board, be given delegated authority to comment at the next stage as set out in paragraph 2.7 of the report.

That:

a)       the 2035 carbon net neutral target within the current scope is retained; and

b)       Members note the potential to set a 2050 target for housing, but that this is not progressed pending a review by the new local authority entity covering Newark & Sherwood following Local Government Reorganisation in 2028.

That Cabinet approve:

a)         the addition of £267,369 within the 2025-2026 capital programme, funded by incoming Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) grant, as detailed in paragraph 1.3 of the report; and 

b)         the proposed approach to managing the REPF and UKSPF grant schemes in 2025-2026, including the application, appraisal and award process as detailed in paragraph 1.9 of the report (Table 1), with delegated authority being given to the S151 Officer to approve individual grant allocations.

That Cabinet approve:

a)      a Capital budget of £1,304,750 financed by the £1,093,049 Capital Grant received in 2024/25 and the remaining £211,701 Revenue Contribution to Capital from the Revenue Grant received for the purchase of 8 food waste collection vehicles and 55,071 bins;

b)      the allocation of the remaining Revenue Grant of £1,215,299 (of the £1,427,000) to the Residential Food Waste Reserve in the event of additional costs; and

c)       the Revenue Budget increase from 2027/28 where possible, funded from Food Waste Reserve, in anticipation of an increase in the establishment by 18 new employees from 2027/28.

Agreed that Cabinet:

a)         note the report, including the announcement of the Plan for Neighbourhoods programme, and the award of up to £19.5m to Newark over a 10-year period, in accordance with paragraph 1.2 of the report, subject to the development of a Local Regeneration Plan, and subsequent Government approvals;

b)         approve the addition of a £200,000 revenue budget in 2025-26 funded by programme capacity grant, to be allocated by Newark Town Executive Board, in accordance with paragraph 1.10 of the report; and

c)          note that a future update report will be presented to Cabinet regarding local programme plans, prior to submission of the Regeneration Plan in 2025, in accordance with paragraph 1.11 of the report.

That Cabinet approve:

a)      the Council’s responses within the Consultation responses document at Appendix A to the report; and

b)      the adoption of the Solar Energy SPD as attached at Appendix B to the report.