Pursuant to the Cabinet decision on 14 November 2025 (Minute 76 refers) and further to the Clacton Town Board’s adoption on 26 November 2025 of its 10-year Vision and 4-year Investment Plan as part of the UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme:

(a)   that, following consultation with the Council’s Statutory Officers, to determine the Council’s ‘in principle’ support for the measures set out in the Clacton Town’s Board’s Vision and Investment Plan;

(b)   notes that a Memorandum of Understanding will be developed between the Board and the Council to ensure good governance and risk management is in place for the Pride in Place Programme and individual projects to be pursued within that Programme.

(c)   notes that specific projects, under the Pride in Place Programme, will be submitted to this Council and in turn will be subject to the Council’s own governance arrangements as part of their delivery.

To ensure that the Council takes an active decision to secure the £20M over 10-Years that is available through the Pride in Place Programme and commits to working with the Clacton Town Board to ensure that the funds are deployed in an efficient, economical and effective way with a view to achieving the improvements referenced in the Board’s Vision and Investment Plan.

By email, the Head of Paid Service, the Section 151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer all confirmed they had been consulted on this matter and were in agreement to the decision being made.

Not taking this decision was considered.  It was discounted due to the opportunity the Pride in Place Programme provides to enhance and take forward a range of activities that complement the existing work of the Council in the area and related UK Government funding.