Scottish Borders Council

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Meeting: 16/04/2019 - Executive Committee (Item 4)

4 Hawick Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme - Update pdf icon PDF 109 KB

Consider report by Executive Director.  (Copy attached),

Minutes:

With reference to paragraph 4 of the Minute of 6 November 2018, there had been circulated copies of a report by the Executive Director providing an update on the progress of the development of the Hawick Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) and to seek approval for the Council’s revised funding contribution to the proposal.  Ms J. Hogg, Principal Officer Regeneration advised that Council officers presented a report on the Hawick Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) proposal to Elected Members in November 2018.  An application was submitted to Historic Environment Scotland (HES) by the November 2018 deadline.  The initial grant request was for £1,419,300.  Officers from Historic Environment Scotland highlighted that they were supportive of the proposal but that the grant request was considered high given the scale and impact of the proposed scheme.  Following a process of discussion and negotiation with HES, alternative match funding was sought from within the Council and from the South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SoSEP).  The Council’s contribution had been increased to £200,000 over the five year period from within existing revenue budgets.  An application for funding for £60,000 had been submitted to SoSEP.  An updated financial profile was submitted to HES in February 2019 with a revised grant request of £1,314,800.  Historic Environment Scotland had recently confirmed their grant offer of £1,314,800.  SoSEP had advised that the outcome of the grant application was due shortly.  The total programme budget was now £1,935,000, which also included private sector contributions.  Members welcomed the scheme and noted the successful bid to Historic Environment Scotland and agreed to the Council’s contribution of up to £200,000 of revenue funding over the five year programme.

 

DECISION

AGREED:-

 

(a)       to note the successful funding bid to Historic Environment Scotland, with funding of £1,314,800 confirmed;

 

(b)       to note the funding application to the South of Scotland Economic Partnership for £60,000; and

 

(c)       theCouncil’s contribution of up to £200,000 of revenue funding over the five year programme, allocated from existing Economic Development budgets, and up to £50,000 from the existing Town Centre Regeneration block allocation in the Council’s Capital Plan.

 

 


 

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