Decision details

Local Investment in Natural Capital Programme - Grant award to 3Keel Consultants within Resilient Landscapes Yorkshire Community Interest Company

Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Further to Decision Record dated 24 January 2023 (BES 15/23) it is recommended:
i.to authorise the spend of £20,000 of funding from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Local Investment in Natural Capital (LINC) grant to provide capacity support within the Resilient Landscapes Yorkshire Community Interest Company
ii.to delegate authority to the Assistant Director - Environmental Services and Climate Change, in consultation with the Executive Member for Managing our Environment to award grant funds, oversee the implementation of the fund, and to make minor changes to the programme spend under delegated powers.

Reasons for the decision:

To allow the spend of the DEFRA grant money to deliver a series of pilot demonstration projects, which is a required output of the North Yorkshire Local Investment in Natural Capital (LINC) programme.

Alternative options considered:

The only other alternative is not to provide this capacity funding however this would not assist in the development of an Investment Plan in Natural Capital for North Yorkshire which is a requirement of the grant conditions.

Publication date: 17/04/2024

Date of decision: 12/04/2024

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