Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Communities and Environment on the work undertaken to secure Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funding for Leeds. The report also seeks approval to enter into contracts with the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver CLLD.

The Director of Communities and Environment submitted a report regarding the work which had been undertaken to secure Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funding for Leeds. The report also sought approval to enter into contracts with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in order to deliver the CLLD programme.

Members welcomed the content of the submitted report, highlighted the need to ensure that the Leeds City Region continued to benefit from the receipt of similar funding following Brexit, and noted the clear funding criteria and framework which had been used in this process.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That Council expenditure for the three CLLD Programmesof £1,093k, be authorised;

(b)  That the necessary authority be delegated to the Director of Communities and Environment in order to enter intocontracts with DCLG and DWP for the CLLD Programmes in the Inner East,Inner South and Inner West areas.