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Contact: Wyn Richards, Scrutiny Manager and Head of Democratic Services Email: wyn.richards@powys.gov.uk
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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors J Berriman (Cabinet Member for a Connected Powys) and S Davies (Cabinet Member for Future Generations – on other Council business). |
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Disclosures of Interest To receive any disclosures of interests by Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Minutes: There were no disclosures of interest by Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting |
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Declaration of Party Whips To receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that under Section 78 Members having been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before the Committee.) Minutes: The Committee did not receive any disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011. |
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Shared Prosperity Fund: Submission of a Regional Investment Plan for Mid Wales PDF 187 KB To receive and consider the report of the Portfolio Holder for a Prosperous Powys, County Councillor David Selby. Additional documents: Minutes: Documents Considered: · Report of the Cabinet Member for a Prosperous Powys, County councillor David Selby – Shared Prosperity Fund: Submission of a Regional Investment Plan for Mid Wales.
Issues Discussed: · The £27.4m is split over three years and there are three aspects for the fund to be considered namely communities and place, supported local businesses and people and skills (this has a separate fund identified as Multiply predominantly for an adult numeracy programme). · The funding allocated to local authorities are predominantly revenue funding with a certain element set aside in each year for capital funding and in the first year that is a minimum of 10% increasing each year. · The funding is split £2.7m for 2022-23, but as confirmation of the investment plan is not expected until the Autumn, there will only be a short timescale to allocate this funding. The Multiply element is £4.7m in total. · The funding allocation has been set by UK Government in accordance with a funding methodology. · The Council needs to ensure that for the funding each year, there are sufficient projects identified to spend the allocation in full each year. £40k has been received to develop capacity within the teams to develop the plans as a region. · The Regional Plan will be very high level and strategic and will not identify individual projects. It has to identify which interventions the Council wishes to support and what difference in outcomes the plan intends to make. However, there is no need to identify how much will be spent across each individual project. · A local partnership group needs to be established across Ceredigion and Powys. Ceredigion has been identified as the lead local authority and delivery agreements will need to be finalised, but Powys will have full control of how it allocates its share of the funding. · The plan needs to identify why as a local area and region the interventions that have been selected will address local regional issues and the challenges and why we are choosing the investment opportunities. Key strategic documents have been used for this such as background for the Growth Deal, current well-being assessment reports and other local strategies and reports. · From engagement session which were undertaken the Council has mapped which interventions are coming out as a priority which are listed in the report. Those identified do reflect and capture the need and allow the need across Powys to be addressed. Adjustments to the plan in terms of interventions selected is also possible at a later date. · The split in funding has been set at 40% for communities and place, 40% to support local businesses and 20% for people and skills as well as the Multiply intervention. Ceredigion are considering a similar split for their allocation as ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Working Groups To re-establish the following Working Groups:
County Farms (5 Members previously)
Phosphates (3 Members previously)
Minutes: The Committee was requested to establish the following Working Groups:
County Farms Working Group: The following Members expressed an interest in this Working Group: County Councillors Adrian Jones, Arwel Jones, Gary Mitchell, Karl Lewis, Bryan Davies.
(Cllr Jonathan Wilkinson was nominated as a co-optee for this Working Group)
Phosphates Working Group: The following Members expressed an interest in this Working Group: County Councillors Jeremy Thorp, Tom Colbert, Angela Davies.
To make the work of this working group manageable there is a need to look at the impact on Powys as well as local housing development. A development control paper has been received by the Council from Welsh Government in relation to mitigation. The Working Group needs to prioritise the areas for consideration and draw together the evidence. Whilst there are elements of evidence available they are not coming together. The Working Group might wish to take evidence from others such as the Nutrient Management Group, the Brecon Beacons National Park, the Planning Service.
HOWPS Working Group: The following Members expressed an interest in this Working Group: Danny Bebb, Bryan Davies, Karl Lewis.
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Local Development Plan Working Group - Observer The Committee is asked to nominate 1 Member as an observer on the Local Development Plan Working Group. Minutes: The Committee was requested to nominate one Member as an observer on the Local Development Plan Working Group.
RESOLVED that County Councillor C Walsh be appointed as the Committee’s observer on the LDP Working Group. |
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Scrutiny Work Programme To note that future meetings of the Committee will be held as follows:
Minutes: The Committee noted the schedule of future meetings. |