Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Climate Change Delivery & Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/250

Contact: Sarah Gilbert, Head of Climate Action, sarah.gilbert@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CA12).

Cabinet to delegate authority to Strategic Director Environment and Place to agree any grant funding allocated under Home Upgrade Grant.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

(a)                    Note the submission of a £6.4m funding bid to support retrofit of homes in fuel poverty.

(b)                   Delegate authority to the Corporate Director Environment and Place in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance to review terms and conditions and conclude legal agreements on the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) 2 funding should the bid be successful.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report regarding a funding application to the Home Upgrade Grant fund to retrofit homes in fuel poverty. This supported the council’s climate action and healthy place shaping agendas.

In the absence of Councillor Pete Sudbury, Councillor Mark Lygo, Cabinet member for Public Health and Equalities, introduced the report.

Cabinet members made the following comments:-

-        There should be an equitable distribution of the funds, as far as possible, across the County

-        310 homes was a small number to benefit from the scheme and the Council should continue to bid for further funding to help meet climate and emissions targets across the County

Councillor Lygo moved and Councillor Enright seconded the recommendations and they were agreed.

RESOLVED to:-

(a)            note the submission of a £6.4m funding bid to support retrofit of homes in fuel poverty.

(b)            delegate authority to the Corporate Director Environment and Place in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance to review terms and conditions and conclude legal agreements on the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) 2 funding should the bid be successful.