Issue - decisions

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change, for the Halewick Lane, Sompting, Battery Storage Project, has –

1)    Approved a re-procurement process increasing the system size to 24MW with the specification of first life batteries as set out in section 2 of the report

2)    Approved the increase of £12.063m to give a total budget of £23.600m, funded from the Your Energy Sussex – Solar Farms and Battery Storage line in the approved capital programme as set out in section 5 of the report; and

3)    Delegated authority to the Assistant Director (Environment and Public Protection) to, at the conclusion of the procurement process, award the pre-construction contract, and design and build contract for the scheme provided that the scheme can be delivered within the budget as outlined in the Business Case.