Decision details

The Portfolio Holder for Contracts, Service Delivery & Improvement, Cllr R Balcombe, presented a private report regarding the construction of the Epping Forest Operations Hub.

Cllr R Balcombe stated that this had been considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 18 March 2024, and Barnes Construction had been appointed for the design and build of the Operations Hub at North Weald Airfield. Unfortunately, the allocation within the Capital Programme for the construction of the Hub would have to be increased and, as this was an amendment to an existing budgetary approval, the Council was requested to approve the additional monies within the Capital Programme for the construction of the Hub.

            Resolved:

(1)        That the inclusion of a maximum additional allocation within the Capital Programme in the sum of £1,733,000 be approved for the construction of the Operations Hub at North Weald Airfield.