Approval is sought to deliver these projects for the following reasons:

1.    They help contribute to the delivery of the Pocket Parks Programme which seeks to deliver improvements to small green spaces by transforming underutilised or neglected areas of land into viable pocket parks for community use.

2.    They will improve the outlook of the borough and transform under used green spaces into attractive areas for residents and workers to use.

3.    They will improve the health and wellbeing of residents and workers.

DECISION

1.    To approve the capital allocation of £3,780,580.42S106 and CIL funding to the projects set out in Table 1 of the report and profiled in the Project Initiation Documents attached at Appendices A to E and as set out below:

a)    Idea Store Interactive Learning Project: £232,342

b)    Mile End Pavilion Air Conditioning: £30,000

c)    Idea Stores Technology Refresh: £249,238.42

d)    Pocket Parks Programme: £150,000

e)    Wellington Way Health Centre: £3,119,000

2.    To approve the adoption of a capital budget in respect of the projects set out in four of the PIDs, equating to an amounts as follows:

a)    Idea Store Interactive Learning Project: £232,342

b)    Mile End Pavilion Air Conditioning: £30,000

c)    Idea Stores Technology Refresh: £249,238.42

d)    Pocket Parks Programme: £150,000

3.    To approve the referral of a proposed grant allocation of £30,000 to Poplar HARCA for improvements to open space in the vicinity of the A12 Highway as part of the Pocket Parks Programme through the Commissioners’ decision making process as required.

4.    To approve the referral of a proposed grant allocation of £3,119,000 for the development of a new dedicated GP surgery facility at Wellington Way (including enabling works at Mile End Hospital to facilitate the relocation of the existing health facility at Wellington Way) to the Commissioners for formal confirmation whether Commissioners’ approval is required and approve the allocation to proceed through the Commissioners’ decision making process if required.

Action by:

CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITIES LOCALITIES AND CULTURE (W. TUCKLEY)

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, ADULTS SERVICES (D RADLEY)

(Head of Idea Store (J. St John)

(Head of Arts and Events (S. Murray)

(Service Head, Culture, Learning and Leisure (S. Hussain)

(Director of Public Health (S. Banerjee)

(Service Head, Planning and Building Control (O. Whalley)