Decision details

To approve the Local Restrictions Supports Grants (Open) Scheme (LRSG-O) for Fareham Borough Council.

The Council has been allocated funding by the government to be used to implement a Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open) Scheme.  This scheme will support local businesses severely impacted when the Borough is placed in Tier 2 or Tier 3 restrictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The local authority has some discretion on how these funds are used.

The report therefore seeks approval for the proposed LRSG-O scheme for this Borough.

RESOLVED that:

(a)  the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open) Scheme, attached as Appendix B to the report, is approved for adoption in Fareham; and

(b)  authority is delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, following consultation with the Executive Member for Policy and Resources, to approve and implement any further Covid-19 support schemes for businesses, which the government requests the Council to deliver, but which have a discretionary element as to who are the recipients of that support, and what support they receive.

Where the Deputy Chief Executive Officer considers it in the best interests of the local economy to deviate significantly from the government guidance on their preferences as to who are the recipients of that support, and what support they receive, the proposed scheme will first be reported to the Executive Committee for decision.