Issue - meetings

Report No:   CAB/SE/17/036

Portfolio Holder: Alaric Pugh           Lead Officer: Peter Gudde

RESOLVED:

That following the continued success of the Council’s policy to invest and support sustainable energy solutions under the West Suffolk Community Energy Plan, Cabinet approves that the existing delegations are extended, so that the Service Manager (Environmental Health), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, is allowed to authorise the current nominated capital allocation to be spent on any energy-related investment opportunities where they are in line with the Council’s agreed financial returns and strategic objectives.

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/17/036, which sought approval for extending the scope to enable the Council to invest in a wider range of sustainable energy opportunities using already approved capital.

A minor amendment was sought to the recommendation, which should have stated:

‘….., so that the Service Manager (Environmental Health), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth Regulatory Services …..’

Councillor Alaric Pugh, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet, including the scope of technologies currently approved and the opportunities now open to the Council to invest in further energy-saving and generating technologies, as detailed in Section 2 of the report.

The Cabinet acknowledged that it needed to build upon the successes of its policy of encouraging sustainable energy solutions as part of the West Suffolk Community Energy Plan and therefore supported the proposal to extend the existing approved delegations to authorise the current nominated capital allocation to be spent on any energy-related investment opportunities where they were in line with the Council’s agreed financial returns and strategic objectives.  This would, therefore, allow investment in new technologies as they became commercially attractive.

RESOLVED:

That following the continued success of the Council’s policy to invest and support sustainable energy solutions under the West Suffolk Community Energy Plan, Cabinet approves that the existing delegations are extended, so that the Service Manager (Environmental Health), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, is allowed to authorise the current nominated capital allocation to be spent on any energy-related investment opportunities where they are in line with the Council’s agreed financial returns and strategic objectives.