Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Services

Presented by the Business Portfolio Holder

The Business Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members.

He informed Members that the Council had developed a Local Growth Plan to help promote the district for economic growth and regeneration funding opportunities and he highlighted the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s priorities that the Council wished to promote over the next three years. He advised Members that a more detailed resource and delivery plan would then be brought to a future Cabinet once the results of the bids to Government were known.

It was moved by Councillor T Gillard, seconded by Councillor R Blunt and

RESOLVED THAT:

Cabinet -

1.    Endorses in principle Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s Strategic Economic Plan (SEP), delegating the final approvals to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader;

2.      Supports the submission of the City Deal (whilst there are still final minor negotiations underway with Cabinet Office), delegating the final approvals to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader;

3.      Receives an outline of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Strategy

4.      Endorses the North West Leicestershire Local Growth Plan

Reason for decision: To agree which priority investment projects will be incorporated into the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s Strategic Economic Plan