Decision:
As Cabinet Member for the Environment, I agree to:
Give approval for Kent County Council to deliver the Low Carbon Across the South and East (LoCASE) programme by accepting to act as the accountable body for the European Structural Investment Funding (ESIF) administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Specifically, I
i) Accept £14,748,886 European Structural Investment Funding administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
ii) Give approval that KCC act as the Lead Partner (Accountable Body) for the partnership delivering across multiple Local Enterprise Partnership areas.
iii) Delegate authority to Corporate Director of Growth, Environment and Transport to take relevant actions, including but not limited to, entering into contracts and other legal agreements, as necessary to implement decisions to spend the grant.