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Gateway Review unlocks £100m

The board noted a successful Gateway Review 2 outcome that unlocks the next five-year tranche of investment fund funding. The authority will receive £100 million in government funding, paid at £20 mil…

“This is a report on the successful outcome of the second Gateway Review, which covered the period from 2020 -21 to 2024 -25. We received confirmation …”

Growth plan approved and launching

The local growth plan was approved by the Board and is due for public launch in early December. It will act as a guiding framework for later delivery work, including priority sectors, opportunity zone…

“It was approved at board on the 22nd of October as we've touched upon a number of times already in the meeting. Next steps for us is to finalise the d…”

Draft Local Growth Plan Approved

The board approved the draft local growth plan for Cambridge and Peterborough, subject to agreed revisions or amendments. Publication was delegated to the Executive Director for Economy and Growth in …

“Report recommendations are A. Approve the draught local plan for Cambridge and Peter versus subject to any revisions or amendments agreed by members. …”

Green Business Grant funds reallocated

The committee approved a change request to cancel the Green Business Grant project and reallocate £250,000 to four other projects already in delivery. Officers said the grant agreement had not been si…

“So this is part of the UK SPF transitional year programme. The Green Misses Grant project was one of 18 in the portfolio being delivered this year. It…”

£585k spatial planning budget released

The committee agreed to recommend Board approval to release £585,000 from the MTFP budget to progress the spatial development strategy. This is direct funding for strategic planning work, covering evi…

“The recommendation is at C on page 19, is to recommend that the Combined Authority Board approves the allocation of 585 ,000 in the MTFP budget for sp…”

Spatial development strategy prep

The committee discussed the new spatial development strategy duty, its timetable, funding, and the need to update the statement of intent before it goes to the board. Officers said the work will requi…

“And so in terms of the decision today it's a recommendation to look at the statement of intent and any comments on that that we will be taking through…”

Spatial development strategy underway

The committee set out the emerging statutory spatial development strategy, intended to sit above local plans and cover strategic issues such as housing distribution, climate adaptation, biodiversity a…

“So there will be the need to develop a draught plan and consult on it. It will be a public examination by the planning spectra and then any modificati…”

Active travel design savings reused

The committee approved a change request for the Active Travel 5 programme to use £229,000 of savings from the Thorpe Road detailed design to fund detailed design work for Amber Road and Bourges Boulev…

“This is a very simple change request as a result of efficiency in being able to do design work for the Thorpe Road detail design that was anticipated.…”

Tiger Pass retained for 2026-27

The Board approved retaining the current Tiger Pass terms and conditions for 2026-27, despite uncertainty about the national bus fare cap beyond March 2027. The decision keeps the concession in place …

“One is to say that I can confirm from the data this morning that we have now over 60 ,000 target householders. There's been a total of over 3 .2 milli…”