Minute 44 of 25 July 2025’s meeting of Cabinet authorised as follows:

“the Corporate Director (Place and Wellbeing) be authorised to approve variations of the Plan for Neighbourhoods (including Long Term Plan for Towns) capacity payments, upon receipt of minuted approval by the Clacton Town Board, and following consultation with the Council’s Section 151 Officer.”

The programme referred to in the above decision is now entitled ‘Pride in Place’. The programme though is exactly the same.

The Section 151 Officer has been consulted on this proposed decision as recorded by his approval in the attachment.

To support the delivery of the Clacton Town Board’s 10-Year Vision and 4-Year Investment Plan in pursuance of the published decision of the Leader on 3 December 2025 to support ‘in principle’ the measures set out in that Vision and that Investment Plan.

The decisions in (2) and (3) above are within the “allocation of £450,000. as proposed by the Clacton Town Board” that was approved by Cabinet at Minute 44 of the meeting held on 25 July 2025.