Decision details

Resolved:-

1.1                  Approve the Regeneration Strategy for Sandwell and the associated appendices, the Regeneration Pipeline (appendix A) and the Inclusive Recovery Action Plan for Business (appendix B), which taken together set out the corporate regeneration priorities for the period 2022 to 2027. The Regeneration Pipeline comprising the following number of schemes in each category:

·      Transport - 23

·      Housing - 15

·      Education & Skills - 10

·      Sustainability - 5

·      Heritage Regeneration - 4 

·      Employment - 3

·      Town Centre – 2 

·      Health - 2

·      HRA New build programme – 1

·      Digital Connectivity Programme – 1

1.2                  That the Inclusive Economy Deal (March 2020) is rescinded and the Regeneration Strategy for Sandwell, the Regeneration Pipeline and Inclusive Recovery Action Plan for Business, taken together become the up to date, strategic documents outlining the corporate Regeneration priorities for the period 2022 to 2027.

1.3                  That authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration and Growth to make any non-material amendments to the Regeneration Strategy, the Regeneration Pipeline and the Inclusive Recovery Action Plan.

1.4                  That approval be given to create a reserve for the projected underspend of £85,000 for 2021/22 of New Burdens funding and that it be used in 2022/23 to support the delivery of the Regeneration Strategy and its appendices particularly focusing on initiatives to support business recovery.