Agenda

Delegated planning decisions for the week beginning 3 January 2022 are attached.  Contact for enquiries: Jean McPherson, Group Manager (Development Management) on jean.mcpherson@crawley.gov.uk.

The following documents are attached in relation to Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders:

·        List of Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders.

·        Jordans Crescent, Langley Green (Appendix A).

·        Brighton Road (Appendix B).

·        Kilnmead to The Boulevard, Northgate (Appendix C).

On 10 January 2022 Councillor Lamb, as Leader of the Council took the decision to approve the Council’s Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund Discretionary Relief Guidelines and give delegated authority to designated senior officers to make relief awards within those guidelines.

So the Council can start supporting its businesses as soon as possible this decision has been taken using the Special Urgency Procedures set out in the Constitution and has also been Protected from Call-In by the Chief Executive.

The report (Consideration Report FIN/555 of the Head of Corporate Finance) on which this decision was taken is attached.

On 10 January 2022 Councillor Lamb, as Leader of the Council took the decision to approve the revised Additional Restrictions Grant guidance to take into account the priority areas as a result of the Omicron variant and give delegated authority to the Head of Economy and Planning and the Head of Corporate Finance to make grants within these guidelines.

So the Council can start supporting its businesses as soon as possible this decision has been taken using the Special Urgency Procedures set out in the Constitution and has also been Protected from Call-In by the Chief Executive.

The report (Consideration Report FIN/556 of the Head of Corporate Finance) on which this decision was taken is attached.

Further to report DCE/02 (considered by Cabinet on 8 February 2017) for the approval of the Crawley Town Hall site Redevelopment Scheme the workstreams have been progressing including the provision of furniture, fixtures and equipment.  As a part of the Cat C fit out to the new Town Hall building, an exercise to procure the specialist suppliers of Audio Visual equipment has been undertaken using the RM6225 framework.

As a result of this procurement, on 17 December 2021 the Head of Digital and Transformation awarded the contract to Bidder 2.  A breakdown of the tender evaluations is attached for Councillors only.

The presentation slides from the recent all-Member seminar - Budget Update are attached for Councillors only.

Staff changes for December 2021 are attached for Councillors only.

Press releases are available at www.crawley.gov.uk/news