On 10th February 2026, a Service Level Agreement was entered with Public Practice to facilitate the recruitment of two new Public Practice Associates, to provide improved resourcing on the Local Regeneration Fund projects in the next stages of delivery.
As part of this recruitment, the Council has reached agreement with Public Practice to access funding from MHCLG, administered by IDeA, which will provide a part contribution to the cost of one of the project manager posts covered by the earlier decision. At present resource for the LRF projects is being capitalised, therefore external funding for this resource will ensure additional funding can be utilised for the construction budget.