Agenda item

The following recommendations have been made by Cabinet to Full Council:

Cabinet 31^st March 2025:

1.     Cabinet Agenda Item 7: Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3 - Funding for Temporary Accommodation

Recommended to Full Council –

To allocate £0.9m of the additional income from the Second Homes Premium (both from the County Council and District Council elements) as match funding for the LAHF grant.

2.     Cabinet Agenda Item 8:  Coastal Management - Budget for reactive coastal works

Recommendation to Full Council:

The establishment of a dedicated cliff works budget (£125k), administered by the Coastal Management Team.

3.     Cabinet Agenda Item 9: Coast Protection Works at Overstrand

Recommended that Full Council

Approves the required works to the Overstrand sea wall (option 4 of this report at paragraph 3.9) and that £1.280m be added to the Capital Programme for 2025/26 for this scheme and that this be funded by £0.245m of capital receipts, £0.386m of grant funding if able to obtain grant funding and the balance from borrowing.

Approves that the scheme be funded by up to a maximum of £1.035m of borrowing. It should be noted that the Council may be able to access grant funding (c. £0.386m) for this scheme and if successful it is proposed that the level of borrowing be reduced to £0.649m.

Cabinet 08 September 2025

The following recommendations were made to Full Council:

4.     Cabinet Agenda Item 8 Budget Monitoring Period 4 2025/26

It was recommended that Full Council:

a) To decrease the 2025/26 capital budget for the Mundesley Coastal Defence scheme to £1,139,806 to reflect the apportionment of £250k from external contributions to the Cromer Scheme.

b) To increase the 2025/26 capital budget for the Cromer Coastal Defences scheme to £1,096,067 to reflect the apportionment of £250k from external contributions from the Mundesley Scheme.

c) To note the contents of the Q1 Treasury Management update report, appendix F.

Please note that the Overview & Scrutiny Committee considered this item at the meeting on 17^th September which was after the Full Council agenda was published. The Chair will provide a verbal update on any recommendations at the meeting.