Decision details

Authority to Spend: Clean Air Charging Zone grant funding awards and interest free loan scheme

Reference: D48422

Decision Maker: Director of Resources

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

For the Director of Resources and Housing to:

Inject £6,300,978 capital into the programme and provide Authority to Spend for each item in the CAZ Implementation Fund.

Inject £23,085,996 (CAF). This funding is to be issued in two parts: £18,085,996 will be issued upfront with a further £5m available as stretch funding subject to evidence of need capital into the programme and provide Authority to Spend for each item in the Clean Air Fund.

Provide authority to spend for £20,818,800 related to the provision of interest free taxi/private hire loans or transition grants.

Decision:

The Director of Resources and Housing approved the requests to :

•  Inject £6,300,978 capital into the programme and provide Authority to Spend for each item in the CAZ Implementation Fund (CAZIF).

•  Inject £15,821,760 of capital (CAF) and note the revenue (CAF) allocation of £7,264,236. This funding is to be issued in two parts: £18,085,996 will be issued upfront with a further £5m available as stretch funding subject to evidence of need capital into the programme and provide Authority to Spend for each item in the Clean Air Fund.

•  Provide authority to spend for £20,818,800 related to the provision of interest free taxi/private hire loans or transition grants.

•  Waive call-in rules.

Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;

If the decision has not been published in the List of Forthcoming Key Decisions for at least 28 clear days, the reason why it would be impracticable to delay the decision:: This decision is to be taken using the ‘general exemption provisions’ laid out in the Constitution. Any delay to this decision to spend will result in the council being unable to meet the deadlines laid out in the Grant Agreement from Government, which ultimately will mean the Leeds Clean Air Charging Zone is delayed and we will be in breach of the Ministerial Direction to deliver a CAZ in January 2020.

If exempt from Call-In, the reason why Call-In would prejudice the interests of the Council or the public:: The CAZ proposal has been fully debated/consulted on at Executive Board. Executive Board has previously approved this funding for these proposals. This report contains no changes to any of the CAZ proposals, it merely formalises the decision to discharge the grant funding awarded by Government. Any delay to this decision to spend will result in the council being unable to meet the deadlines laid out in the Grant Agreement from Government, which ultimately will mean the Leeds Clean Air Charging Zone is delayed and we will be in breach of the Ministerial Direction to deliver a CAZ in January 2020.

Contact: Polly Cook, Chief Officer Climate, Energy and Green Spaces 07795 577090 Email: polly.cook@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 20/02/2019

Date of decision: 28/02/2019

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