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The Corporate Director (s151) submitted a report (previously circulated) which provided details to Members of the New Homes Bonus (NHB) Scheme and the funding which Ryedale District Council (RDC) would receive in 2011/2012. Options for the use of this funding were also presented.

Councillor Knaggs moved and Councillor Mrs Cowling seconded the following motion:

That the 2011/2012 New Homes Bonus of £214,540 be allocated as follows:

(i)            £12,934 be given direct to the National Park to reflect their contribution towards the grants received (which equates to 50% of the grant received for approvals within the National Park) to be spent on projects within Ryedale;

(ii)          50% of the remainder, £100,803, be distributed through a bid process, on a Geographic basis to those Wards (Pickering and Norton treated as units) in which the development took place (taking account of the allocation of funds to the National Park). Each Ward is able to bid for a maximum of the following amounts in the period to 31 March 2013 and to be spent by 31 March 2014:

(iii)         The remaining funding of £100,803, be distributed to other projects across Ryedale on a bid basis with bids permitted from properly constituted organisations including the District council, National Park, Voluntary Organisations and Community Groups;

(iv)         Decision making on bids to be delegated to a member Panel of six members established by Council applying the rules of political proportionality which derives a constitution of the Panel as:

·        4 members of the Conservative Group

·        1 member of the Liberal Group

·        1 member of the Independent Group

·        The Panel shall appoint its own Chairman.

(v)           Approval of all bids to be made in accordance with criteria approved by the Policy and Resources Committee.

Councillor Clark moved and Councillor Woodward seconded an amendment:

To delete (iii), (iv) and (v) and replace with:

(iii)  The other half of the New Homes Bonus to be retained by Ryedale District Council for the revenue account.

On being put to the vote, this amendment was lost.

Recorded Vote:

For – Councillors Andrews, Mrs Burr, Clark, Maud, Richardson, Mrs Shields, Walker, Ward, Woodward.

Against – Councillors Acomb, Arnold, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Fraser, Mrs Goodrick, Hawkins, Hicks, Hope, Ives, Knaggs, Legard, Raper, Mrs Sanderson, Wainwright.

Abstentions – Councillor Mrs Hopkinson.

Councillor Woodward then moved and Councillor Clark seconded a second amendment:

To delete (iii), (iv) and (v).

(ii) delete from “50% of the remainder…” to “…a bid process” and replace with “the remainder be distributed…”.  Delete the last sentence.

On being put to the vote, this amendment was lost.

Recorded Vote:

For – Councillors Andrews, Mrs Burr, Clark, Mrs Hopkinson, Maud, Richardson, Mrs Shields, Walker, Ward, Woodward.

Against – Councillors Acomb, Arnold, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Fraser, Mrs Goodrick, Hawkins, Hicks, Hope, Ives, Knaggs, Legard,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 86

            Resolved

That Members recommend to Council the following allocations of the 2010/2011 New Homes Bonus:

1.    £100k to restart the small business grants scheme, with a report on the scheme in 12 months time;

2.    £114,540 to establish a Community investment fund with:

a.    Decision making delegated to a member panel of six members, 4 of whom shall be members of the Conservative group, chaired by the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee;

b.    The criteria for funding to be approved by the Policy and Resources Committee, reflecting the need for proposals to be genuinely additional and to bear in mind the geographical distribution of new homes generating the bonus;

c.    An annual report to be presented to the Policy and Resources Committee on the work of the panel.

3.    To inform future decision, the North Yorkshire Moors National Park to be invited to give a presentation on proposals to allocate grant generated by its planning decisions.

The Corporate Director (s151) submitted a report (previously circulated) which provided details of the New Homes Bonus (NHB) Scheme and the funding which Ryedale District Council (RDC) would receive in 2011/2012. Options for the use of this funding were also presented.

Councillor Knaggs moved and Councillor Ives seconded the following motion:

“That Members recommend to Council the following allocations of the 2010/2011 New Homes Bonus:

1.    £100k to restart the small business grants scheme, with a report on the scheme in 12 months time;

2.    £114,540 to establish a Community investment fund with:

a.    Decision making delegated to a member panel of six members, 4 of whom shall be members of the Conservative group, chaired by the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee;

b.    The criteria for funding to be approved by the Policy and Resources Committee, reflecting the need for proposals to be genuinely additional and to bear in mind the geographical distribution of new homes generating the bonus;

c.    An annual report to be presented to the Policy and Resources Committee on the work of the panel.

3.    To inform future decision, the North Yorkshire Moors National Park to be invited to give a presentation on its work.”

Councillor Mrs Burr moved and Councillor Maud seconded an amendment to allocate £50k to the small business grants scheme and £164,540 to the Community investment fund.  On being put to the vote, this amendment was lost.

Councillor Bailey moved and Councillor Legard seconded an amendment to remove the words “its work” from the end of point 3 of the motion and add the words “proposals to allocate grant generated by its planning decisions”.  On being put to the vote, this amendment was carried.

The substantive motion was then put to the vote and carried.

            Resolved

That Members recommend to Council the following allocations of the 2010/2011 New Homes Bonus:

1.    £100k to restart the small business grants scheme, with a report on the scheme in 12 months time;

2.    £114,540 to establish a Community investment fund with:

a.    Decision making delegated to a member panel of six members, 4 of whom shall be members of the Conservative group, chaired by the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee;

b.    The criteria for funding to be approved by the Policy and Resources Committee, reflecting the need for proposals to be genuinely additional and to bear in mind the geographical distribution of new homes generating the bonus;

c.    An annual report to be presented to the Policy and Resources Committee on the work of the panel.

3.    To inform future decision, the North Yorkshire Moors National Park to be invited to give a presentation on proposals to allocate grant generated by its planning decisions.