Agenda item - Transforming Cities Fund Application to Department for Transport

Report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board

1)            That the Board note the content of the Transforming Cities Fund application form, attached as Appendix 1 to this report, which was submitted on its behalf to the DfT .

2)            That the Board expresses its sincere thanks to all those organisations and individuals who participated in the development of the application and/or submitted letters of support.

6.1         The Board considered a report of the Chair, Greater Brighton Officer Programme Board that summarised how the application to the Government’s newly created Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) was co-ordinated and developed prior to its submission to the Department for Transport (DfT) on 8 June 2018.

6.2         Andrew Swayne congratulated officers for developing and submitting the bid at considerable pace and he hoped it would be successful.

6.3         Nick Hibberd noted that the Board should be mindful of the DfT’s interpretation of the city region and the officer response to that. The DfT believed a city region was a continuous urban area and that was felt to be short-sighted in relation to Greater Brighton as there were breaks in urban areas such as the South Downs. Nick Hibberd stated that a case of the complexity of the Region relating to the bid had been made strongly however, the advice received was that there would be continued focus on intra-urban systems.

6.4         RESOLVED-

1)            That the Board note the content of the Transforming Cities Fund application form, attached as Appendix 1 to this report, which was submitted on its behalf to the DfT .

2)            That the Board expresses its sincere thanks to all those organisations and individuals who participated in the development of the application and/or submitted letters of support.