RESOLVED that Cabinet –
(a) approves the Freeport East annual business plan for 2024/25;
(b) delegates authority to the Leader of the Council to approve future annual business plans on behalf of Tendring District Council as a Founding Member of Freeport East Ltd.;
(c) approves the appointment of Lee Heley, Corporate Director (Place and Economy), as the Council’s Alternate Director of Freeport East Ltd., as nominated by the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth, Regeneration & Tourism who is the Council’s main Director on the company;
(d) approves Freeport East Ltd.’s Business Rate Relief Strategy (Local Growth and Investment Strategy); and
(e) notes the progress that has been made with the Freeport East programme.