Issue - meetings

            The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which provided an update on the expenditure of the Environmental Fund. Planning permission for the Runcorn Energy from Waste (EfW) Plant was granted in September 2008. The Plant was subject to a legal agreement entered into under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The legal agreement contained a provision that the owner of the Plant agreed to pay the Council an annual lump sum payment for every tonne of fuel received and processed.

            The fund had been in operation since 2015 and over that period had generated £3,471,740. Consequently, a number of projects had been funded and implemented and these were set out in Appendix 1.

            Arising from the discussion it was agreed that a breakdown of the Environmental Fund spend for each Ward would be provided to Board Members. It was also suggested that where the Fund had been used to support local projects, appropriate signage could be used to advise that the improvements had been supported by the Fund. It was agreed that this would be looked into.

            RESOLVED: That the wide range of projects that had benefitted from the fund as set out in Appendix 1 be noted.