Decision details

Operation Watershed Active Communities Fund ECC08 (24/25)

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change (Cllr Deborah Urquhart)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The purpose of Operation Watershed is to support people in their local communities who want to work with the County Council to become more prepared for, or to reduce the risk of, flooding. Local groups are encouraged to apply for funding to finance schemes and projects of all sizes as a way of achieving this.

 

£0.409m is allocated for Operation Watershed in 2024/25 and a further £1.774m in the capital programme 2025/26 to 2027/28 agreed by Full Council in February 2024, including carry forward from previous years (£0.174m).

 

In this period, October 2024, four full applications have been received and evaluated with a total project cost of £215,346.44.

 

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change has approved the applications from the community groups or parish councils as set out in section 2 and Appendix A of the report.

 

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None declared

Publication date: 29/10/2024

Date of decision: 29/10/2024

Date comes into force if not called in: 08/11/2024

Call-in deadline date: 07/11/2024

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