Issue - meetings

It had been announced that the region would have a £90M allocation for 2006/08 for which Rotherham would receive £18.2M plus some crosscutting activity particularly the Swinton/Mexborough Canal Corridor.

Under the new arrangements, the projects would be approved at ADF level.  Work was also taking place on twin axis arrangements and monthly meetings set up with Sheffield and with partners in Doncaster to look at developing cross boundary projects. 

The HMR Team was to review the programme originally submitted and prioritise projects.  These would be reported to the ADF steering groups for discussion and agreement on the priorities.  There were existing commitments in the next Programme that totalled approximately £9.6M, the majority of which was for the Westgate Demonstrator project.

In terms of the Programme, it was becoming clearer how much the Housing Corporation and Regional Housing Board would be investing in the next 2 year period and the amount of likely capital receipts on cleared sites that would enable a programme to be put together not just looking at HMRP but also other funding.

The need for the new terms of reference for the ADF steering groups to be agreed as soon as possible was very important

Agreed:-  That the report be noted.