Contact: Anne Hibbert (01962) 847533, [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

1 That the capital programme for 2007/08 to 2010/11 as set out in Appendix 1 be approved for submission to the Cabinet

2 That the proposal to increase the annual capital programme guideline for locally resourced schemes by £500,000, met by an equivalent increase in capital receipts as set out in paragraph 3.2 be approved for submission to the Cabinet.

2 Reasons

2.1 Cabinet has requested that executive members prepare proposals for:

· a locally-resourced capital programme for the four-year period from 2007/08 to 2010/11 within the guidelines of the current capital programme adjusted for inflation

· capital schemes supported by Government grants or supported borrowing in 2007/08 and those expected to be supported in 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11, subject to limits restricting the take-up of Government supported borrowing allocations.

2.2 Decisions on the capital programme will support the County Council's corporate priorities, as indicated in the detailed capital programme attached at Appendix 1.

3 Other options considered and rejected - not applicable

4 Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other executive member consulted - not applicable

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - not applicable

6 Reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent - not applicable

Approved by: (signature) Date: (date of decision)

Councillor TK Thornber

Executive member for Policy and Resources