Council and Democracy

Issue details

Local Restrictions Discretionary Grant

To approve a Local Authority Discretionary Grant scheme to enable business support to be provided to businesses affected by the closures as a result of the national lockdown which commenced on 5th November.

Decision type: Key

Decision status: For Determination

Notice of proposed decision first published: 09/11/2020

Special urgency notice

This item is subject to the Special Urgency procedure. It is proposed to take a key decision on the decision date shown below. It would be impracticable to defer the decision until it has been included on the next Forward Plan and it is not possible to proceed under the General Exception procedure by virtue of the date by which it is proposed to take this decision. The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission has agreed to the use of the Special Urgency procedure in this case.

Reason for urgency:
In order to approve a scheme to provide financial support to businesses affected by the closures due to the national lockdown which began on 5th November.

Department: Cabinet Member for Business Transformation and Customers

Key decision No.: 992