AGENDA. The next meeting of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership will be held as follows:

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1 AGENDA Dear Member CUMBRIA LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP The next meeting of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership will be held as follows: DATE: Friday, 20 April 2018 TIME: 9.30 am VENUE: Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria Ms Jackie Arnold VICE CHAIR (PRIVATE SECTOR) CUMBRIA LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

2 Board Members Name Vacancy Jackie Arnold Stewart Young Giles Archibald John Coughlan Colin Glover Jim Jackson Rob Johnston Mike McKinley Julie Mennell Alan Smith Nigel Wilkinson Chair Vice Chair (Private Sector) Vice Chair (Public Sector) Public Sector Private Sector Public Sector Private Sector Private Sector Public Sector Public Sector Public Sector Private Sector

3 A G E N D A 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE To receive any apologies for absence Jackie Arnold 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST For members to make any declarations of interest in relation to items on today s agenda. All 3 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING To receive the minutes of the previous meeting held on 15 March 2018 (copy enclosed) Jackie Arnold (Pages 5-18) 4 APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE For the LEP to ratify the decision made by Written Procedure via re the appointment of the Cumbria LEP Chief Executive. Jackie Arnold 5 UPDATE FROM THE LEP VICE CHAIRS To receive an update from the Vice Chairs on any issues Jackie Arnold Stewart Young 6 MATTERS ARISING NOT COVERED ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA To discuss, if needed, any relevant matters not covered elsewhere on the agenda today 7 INVESTMENT PANEL (A) Investment Panel Update To receive an update from the Chair of the Investment Panel (copy enclosed) Jackie Arnold (Pages 19-30)

4 (B) Full Business Case - James Walker Ltd To consider a report from the Chair of the Investment Panel (copy enclosed for members only) Jackie Arnold Not for publication by virtue of Paragraph(s) 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as this report contains exempt information relating to financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) (Pages 31-38) 8 LEP DIRECTOR'S REPORT To consider a report from the LEP Director (copy enclosed) Graham Haywood (Pages 39-40) 9 CUMBRIA LEP FINANCE REPORT - PROVISIONAL OUTTURN 2017/18 To consider a report from the LEP Director and the Senior Manager Economic Development (copy enclosed) Graham Haywood Alison Hatcher (Pages 41-46) 10 LEP COMMUNICATIONS (STANDING ITEM) To decide if there are any communication actions required from today s meeting 11 FORWARD PLANNER (STANDING ITEM) To receive an up to date copy of the Forward Plan (copy enclosed) Jackie Arnold (Pages 47-48) 12 ANY OTHER BUSINESS To discuss any other items of business All 13 DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on 18 May 2018 at 9.30am at Redhills, Penrith

5 Agenda Item 3 Minutes of a meeting of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership held on Friday, 16 March 2018 at Redhills, Penrith at 9.30 am Board Members Present: George Beveridge (Chair), Giles Archibald, Jackie Arnold (Vice-Chair), John Coughlan, Colin Glover, Rob Johnston, Mike McKinley, Julie Mennell, Alan Smith, Nigel Wilkinson and Stewart Young (Vice-Chair) In Attendance: Graham Haywood - LEP Director Alison Hatcher - Cumbria County Council Jackie Currie - Cumbria County Council Sami Falou - BEIS Ben Pledger - BEIS 76 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE An apology for absence was received from Mr J Jackson. 77 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Mr R Johnston declared a pecuniary interest under the LEP Code of Conduct in relation to Agenda Item No 10 Business Support Model, as his organisation was one of the contractors for the Growth Hub. Mr N Wilkinson declared a pecuniary interest under the LEP Code of Conduct in Agenda Item No 13 Proposed 2018/19 LEP Core and Strategic Revenue Budget, in relation to the Lake District China Forum, which linked in to the Marketing Manchester China Campaign and he indicated that if this item was discussed in any detail he would leave the room. 78 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meetings held on 19 January and 28 February be agreed with the following amendments:- 19 January 2018 Minute No 48 Chair, add an additional paragraph at the beginning to say:- Mr G Beveridge was proposed and seconded as Chair, until such time as the new Chairman was appointed. This was then put to a vote. With no members dissenting it was unanimously RESOLVED etc 19 January 2018 Minute No 52 Update from Chair and Vice Chair, second paragraph - change the word now to NOT. 5

6 79 UPDATE FROM THE CHAIR & VICE CHAIRS The Chair updated on the following:- Transport for the North the Chair had attended his last meeting of Transport for the North and had now handed over responsibility for this to Jim Jackson. Business Support Leadership this had been handed over to John Coughlan. National Nuclear Skills there had been an awards event last night for National Nuclear Skills. Cumbria had a very successful evening with awards in many of the categories. The Private Sector Vice Chair updated on:- Recruitment of Chief Executive a long list of candidates had been received from Penna for this role, which had then been shortlisted to 8, 4 of which had been invited for interview. Interviews were currently taking place for this, and the Vice Chair was hopeful an appointment would be made. The Vice Chair proposed that the recommendation of the selection panel would be sent to the Board members by to avoid having to wait until the 20 April to make the appointment. This was AGREED. LEP administration team for Northern Powerhouse Northern Powerhouse Reps were discussing the creation of a small coordination team to be funded by MHGLG Recruitment of Chair the recruitment of a new Chair was proving to be a challenge. Only 1 application had been received and the decision had been made not to interview on this occasion. The Vice Chair asked the Board to consider extending the appointment of the contract with Penna to include the appointment of Chair at a cost of circa 12,500. This was AGREED. The Public Sector Vice Chair updated on:- Carlisle Airport he felt it was worth acknowledging the announcement about flights starting out of Carlisle Airport and the work the LEP had done to enable the development of this. This would have a significant impact on the economy of Cumbria. Nigel Wilkinson and Julie Mennell had attended the press launch and the subsequent media posts following this had all recognised the contribution the LEP had made to this project. This was a positive outcome for the LEP. 80 MATTERS ARISING NOT COVERED ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA There were no matters arising not covered on the agenda today. 2 6

7 81 INVESTMENT PANEL REPORT (A) Investment Panel Update The Chair of the Investment panel presented a report which set out a summary of progress against the existing Growth Deal as well as other LEP Programmes. It also summarised activity at the LEP Investment Panel on 20 February Growth Deal Cumbria LEP had a Growth Deal funding profile of 7,123,593 for 17/18. The profiled spend for the year was 13,645,137, therefore an overspend was expected. This profiled overspend would be partly managed through repayments from the CCC Capital programme from plugging the underspend on the Growth Deal programme in 2015/16 and 2016/17. It was clear that the profiled 2,000,000 against the Lillyhall North project in 2017/18 would not claimed by 31 March There was also the possibility that Carlisle Airport would not have the opportunity to claim its full 4.95m. This would reduce the overspend to around 3,000,000. Any funding not claimed would need to roll forward to 2018/19. A final year end position would be brought to the LEP Board at its meeting on 20 April Growth Deal Cashflow In order to provide greater flexibility in the funding available to the LEP, a formal request was submitted to the County Council asking it to allow the LEP to over programme the Growth Deal within an appropriate and acceptable level. This would allow the LEP to over-profile delivery within the Growth Deal to reduce risk of in-year underperformance, particularly in the latter years of the Programme. It would also release the CIF funding which was currently earmarked to fund planned overprofiling, to bring forward new projects which would unlock economic growth. The County Council had confirmed that over programming would be allowed up to 20% of the annual Growth Deal profile. This was a welcome decision and would allow the Investment Panel to reprofile the CIF Programme and look at the overall Growth Deal programme. New Projects There were six identified Growth Deal projects without contracts in place. The status of each of these projects was outlined to the Board:- Carlisle Airport Port of Workington Ulverston Infrastructure Mark House (Whitehaven Town Centre) Lillyhall Nisi Prius 7 3

8 ERDF Funding calls launched in March 2018 for a number of Priority 3 Business Support activities. These were as follows; 2,000,000 Business Support 500,000 Business Start-Up 500,000 Access to Finance part of a multi-lep area project 215,000 Manufacturing Support - part of a multi-lep area project 500,000 International Trade part of a multi-lep area project The deadline for applications was 20 April The funding call specifications had been developed to align with the new BEIS principles for business support as well as the proposed LEP procurement of business support provision. Following the November funding call, applications were being progressed under Priority 3 to deliver a range of business premises projects. These totalled 3.5m as well as under Priority 4 Low Carbon totalling 6m and Priority 5 Flood Alleviation totalling 4.6m. Full applications were expected to be submitted by the end of May ESF The LEP was in the process of lobbying the DWP to extend the period of the Opt-In arrangements to ensure delivery and spend can continue after the current end date of July Under the existing ESF contracts with the Education and Skills Funding Agency, the LEP was working with the ESFA to extend delivery wherever possible. Final details were not yet available. The Chair of the Investment Panel detailed the proposed changes for the Board. EAFRD Cumbria had an allocation of 9.2m of EAFRD funding aimed at supporting growth in rural areas. EAFRD was split across a number of measures, most of which were not open for calls due to difficulties at the national level in identifying eligible areas of activity. In 2016 Cumbria took the decision to allocate 1.5m of its EAFRD allocation towards projects aimed at rebuilding and creating resilience within rural infrastructure across Cumbria following the devastating floods. The EAFRD programme remained open until 31st May The total amounts available for applications were as follows:- Food processing - 1,750,000 Rural business development - 2,831,

9 Tourism infrastructure - 3,000,000 At the time of writing, the Rural Payments Agency had only managed to successfully contract with 2 projects with a total value of 173,587. The programme traditionally had a high attrition rate, however this appeared to be exacerbated by a lack of resources available to provide development support as well as assessing applications within the RPA. Growth Hub The LEP had received confirmation that the funding available to provide business support would remain at 2017/18 levels for the next two financial years. The LEP was awaiting the final confirmation letter from BEIS. Guidance had now been received which strengthened the principles of delivery including the sharing of data and target audience. This guidance would be incorporated into the forthcoming tender exercise that would be undertaken to procure LEP Growth Hub services. The LEP Director said that he hoped the Board members found the dashboard useful and recognised the improvements of outcomes in many of the projects. A lot of effort had gone into bringing about these changes. The BEIS Deputy Director commented that the Government was pleased with the progress of delivery of the projects and he felt that the dashboard was a very useful tool to show the progress of outcomes. Members felt that a communications plan was needed to advertise the work done by the LEP. both in bringing the projects to fruition and also the funding provided to enable the projects to go ahead. The LEP Director said that the intention had been to bring the Communication Plan to this meeting, but due to the deferred items from the last meeting being added to the agenda it was decided not to bring this today. He AGREED to circulate the report to Board members next week for comment (Action: GH). The Chair confirmed that meetings had been held recently with all Cumbria MP s and the feedback from each of these meetings had been very positive. It had been agreed that regular meetings would be held with them in future to keep them updated on LEP issues. The LEP Director said that the aim was to hold similar meetings in the near future with key business leaders in the county. RESOLVED that, the report be received and noted. (B) Kingmoor Park Application The Chair of the Investment Panel presented a report which outlined a request for grant funding to Kingmoor Park Properties Ltd (KPPL), the private sector owner of 9 5

10 the Kingmoor Park to encourage take up and development of plots at the Enterprise Zone. The full business case for the project had been assessed by KPMG and Due Diligence had been undertaken by Cumbria County Council. The KPMG report was not available at the Investment Panel which was reflected in the project conditions. The project was recommended for approval subject to the Contract Conditions identified at the end of the document. Formerly an MOD site until its acquisition in 1999, Kingmoor Park had been an important economic strategic employment site for Carlisle and Cumbria and was now home to more than 100 businesses and providing more than 2,000 jobs on site. Since gaining its EZ status in 2015, Kingmoor Park was aiming to build on this success, and the remaining land on site had the capacity to more than double the existing development of the site, transforming Kingmoor Park into one of the most important employment sites in Cumbria. CIF investment would help accelerate this potential, encouraging infrastructure investment by KPPL, unlocking a key development site, attracting new business and creating jobs on a large scale. The Chair of the Investment Panel explained that financing of the programme would be undertaken by a combination of KPPL private finance and the proposal for a 1.5m grant facility from Carlisle City Council to KPPL financed via CIF. This would be managed via a grant agreement between the two which would include the principle that the CIF forward funding would be repaid by the City Council from retained business rates generated from new occupiers on the EZ collected and retained by the City Council on behalf of Cumbria LEP, with the intention that this was repaid by the end of the 5-year programme (end of March 2023). The KPMG assessment was not available in time for the Investment Panel and this was reflected in the project conditions. The report had now been received and the LEP Director took members through the details of the report and also detailed the due diligence carried out by KPMG in relation to this.. The Investment Panel met on the 20 February 2018 to consider the project. The risks to the project were discussed, the conditions in the Due Diligence considered and final conditions agreed. The Investment Panel RECOMMENDED to the Board the approval of 1.5m investment in the CIF073 Kingmoor Park project to be delivered by Carlisle City Council and Kingmoor Park Properties Ltd subject to conditions identified in the report. Members asked for clarification on the risk involved with this project and whether this was loan or a grant. The Senior Manager Economic Development confirmed that it was neither a loan nor a grant, but was classed as Forward Funding. She then explained how this funding would work, and confirmed that this project had been assessed as low risk. One of the members asked questions about the due diligence carried out by KPMG. The Senior Manager Economic Development confirmed that KPMG had carried 6 10

11 out due diligence following the Investment Panel meeting, and had confirmed the project met the criteria. RESOLVED that the Board approve the Kingmoor Park project subject to the identified conditions. 82 RESPONSE TO THE S4W INDEPENDENT REVIEW The LEP Director presented a report which asked the Board to agree their response to the S4W report. The BEIS Deputy Director explained that nationally the LEP was part of the Mary Ney Review, commissioned by Melanie Dawes, the Permanent Secretary for DCLG. On publication of the review a series of recommendations were made on how LEP s could improve their governance and transparency processes as well as recommendations to Government on how they could improve their guidance to assist LEPs in implementing these processes. In response to this a deep dive was carried out in Cumbria last week, and a number of issues were raised, including:- Succession planning for the Chair and Chief Executive posts S4W Review Government was keen to see the timing for implementation of this Issues around membership of the board Updated website Register of Interests Availability of LEP minutes Prior to the Ney Review the LEP Board commissioned and paid for the Independent Review of the LEP Organisation and Governance conducted by S4W. The completed report was received in late December and considered informally by the Board on the 19 January The draft response attached to the report was based on the discussions at that meeting and took into account comments from 2 Board members that responded to the circulation of the Draft response to all Board members several weeks ago. The final draft was attached for Board approval or amendment. The Board accepted that it was deficient on private sector membership but would prefer the new Chair to be in place before any further appointments were made. The Deputy Director accepted this but reaffirmed that the Board was not currently compliant with guidance/best practice, and asked for timescales on when this might be achieved. The Board confirmed that this would be done quickly once the new Chair had been appointed. The Board were keen to ensure Cumbria LEP was compliant in all required areas as soon as possible. This was noted by the Deputy Director. 11 7

12 The LEP Director confirmed that the LEP website had now been relaunched and all papers and minutes available for public inspection. The register of interests had all been updated and compliance had now been met on this. The LEP Director then took members through the recommendations contained within the report. Recommendation 1 Strategic Economic Plan - Cumbria LEP should commission a refresh of SEP with a focused and wide engagement of all partners with the objective of identifying clear strategic priorities that can help to drive economic growth and maximise partner buy in. If this is commissioned and delivered in an inclusive way it could help provide a focus for strategic re-set of Cumbria LEP activities and those of partners. It will be important for any refresh to be set in the context of the new Industrial Strategy but given that the latter is likely to be published in October/November this is likely to be consistent with the timescale for commissioning a SEP refresh. Members supported this recommendation. Recommendation 2 Board Structure - Local Government in future have fewer probably 2 Board places allocated, with the task of representing all Local Government perspectives, not just their own. The Leaders board should be given responsibility for making nominations on Board membership for a recommended 2 year term. This would allow space for an additional seat to be filled by e.g. FE, NHS, or Nuclear. The Board should be expanded to allow the private sector to have 2 additional places in order to provide a platform for a stronger private sector voice. An active process of recruitment of these 2 additional private sector seats should be an open one but with an emphasis on actively recruiting the best of all talents of Cumbrian businesses. This was debated in detail and upon conclusion of the discussions it was agreed to increase the Board to 10 private sector and 7 public sector, by adding nuclear to the Public sector representatives and recruiting 4 new private sector Board members. The District Councils again raised their concerns with the number of public sector representatives on the Board, and these concerns were noted. The LEP Board did not agree with the suggestion of 6 seats for all the district councils to have a member as they felt this would make the board unwieldy and ineffective. However, it was AGREED that all 6 districts and other key partners would be invited to all Board Away Days. Members supported this recommendation. Recommendation 3 Stronger Executive Capacity that the LEP Partners review their ability to act as Host employer and provide some degree of continuity to allow a core staff team to be established to be employed beyond the present annual contracting framework, including a new Chief Executive. This could potentially be from Local Government, the Chamber of Commerce, Cumbria University or National 8 12

13 Park Authority. In setting Budget for 2017/18 financial year, the LEP should establish a core staff to cover responsibility for key functions. Members supported this recommendation. Recommendation 4 Transparency of Decision Making Cumbria LEP should ensure that the Assurance Framework was widely disseminated amongst partners and that briefings were actively held to ensure full understanding of their meaning and that any significant issues raised be subject to review. In this context it should provide guidance on areas where it may not be appropriate to hold a vote amongst Board Members and where issues needed to be deferred. Many Board members noted the induction process onto the Board could be significantly strengthened to give them a greater insight to what the LEP does but also the process, rules and obligations on being a Board Member. Many previous (and indeed current) Board Members felt this process was weak. It would also be good practice to debrief all Board Members leaving the Board for their feedback on experiences and any recommendations they may offer Members supported this recommendation. Recommendation 5 Conflicts of Interest it was recommended that Cumbria LEP develop a bespoke and specific Conflicts of Interest Policy for both pecuniary and non-pecuniary conflicts of interest based on best practice. Members supported this recommendation. RESOLVED that the Board approve (1) the final response to the S4W Recommendations, with the amendments highlighted above (2) agree to publish the S4W report and the LEP response on the LEP website (3) circulate and publicise the LEP response to partners and stakeholders 83 SCRUTINY REVIEW The Chair felt that due to the implications of this report it would be better to defer this item until such time as the deep dive report was received. This was AGREED. RESOLVED that this item be deferred pending the receipt of the deep dive report. 84 PRESENTATION FROM THE GROWTH HUB The LEP received a presentation from the Deputy Chief Executive of Cumbria Chamber of Commerce. The presentation covered the following areas:- 13 9

14 Cumbria Business Growth Hub Topline statistics for Cumbria Chamber initiatives Partner initiatives LEP Business Support L:EP clients Collaborative working Making it Happen Challenges delivering ERDF The Chair thanked the Deputy Chief Executive for her informative presentation. 85 BUSINESS SUPPORT MODEL Mr R Johnston left the meeting. Mr R Johnston declared a pecuniary interest under the LEP Code of Conduct in relation to Agenda Item No 10 Business Support Model, as his organisation was one of the current contractors for the Growth Hub The LEP Director presented a report which updated the Board on the discussions held with BEIS and other partners across the North and locally on a new model for business support as part of the Government s Industrial Strategy. Funding from BEIS to LEP for delivery of business support activity had been confirmed for the period April 2018 to March The report provided some background on the current business support activity and proposed a way forward for deployment of the LEP business support funding. The LEP Director took members through the detail of the current contract. The final year of the contract required the Chamber to engage with the BEIS-funded National Support Business Helpline which would provide further value-for-money via the provision of an additional referral service. Despite protracted negotiations between BEIS, the LEP/Accountable Body and the Chamber (with the Chamber requesting numerous changes to the Data Sharing Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding), it was not possible to reach an agreement due to the Chamber s trademarking issues. The crux of this matter rested in the BEIS use of the trademarked terms Cumbria Growth Hub, Growth Hub and The Hub. BEIS used the term Growth Hub to refer to business support services they funded through LEPs. The Chamber of Commerce had raised a number of concerns with the LEP and the Accountable Body, who had then referred it on to BEIS. Unfortunately BEIS had been unable to resolve the concerns. Whilst the forming of the relationship was a contractual obligation the Accountable Body did not penalise the Chamber as clearly the issue of trademarking and data sharing required further thought and effort to resolve

15 Given the issues relating to ownership of the term it was prudent that the LEP now procured business support services under a generic, trademark free term. This would prevent issues of ownership during the LEP procurement but BEIS would still require use of their standard Data sharing agreement, which was used nationally and the LEP would need to require all bidders to be aware that this was the form of agreement they would have to sign. Following consultations over the last 12 months with the BEIS Growth Hub teams, both at national LEP Growth Hub meetings, on an individual BEIS to LEP basis and as part of the Northern Powerhouse Growth Hub group (comprising BEIS, DCLG, 11 LEP s and two providers), Cumbria LEP had created a draft business support delivery model for a post-march 2018 support programme. This draft model had also been discussed at the September 2017 and January 2018 Cumbria LEP Business Support Group meetings with agreement from the group that the delivery should be face-to-face, one-to-one delivery with the ability to refer to local, national and international support which could be publicly or private sector funded. The LEP Business Support group also expressed the view that supporting non-erdf sectors was a continuing priority and most appropriate use of the BEIS funding whilst ERDF funding was still available. One of the Board members asked whether it would be possible to add a request for innovative ideas to come forward from the bidders. The LEP Director said he would be happy to include this in the specification. This was AGREED. Board members asked if one of the conditions of receiving the money for this was that more than one supplier had to be invited to bid. The LEP Director confirmed this was open to contract procedure rules and had to be open and transparent, with a number of companies invited to bid. This was part of the contract procedure regulations. RESOLVED that, (1) the Board agrees to the procurement of a package of business support utilising the funding allocation to Cumbria LEP from BEIS for the period 2018/19 to 2019/20. The procurement will be undertaken by the Accountable Body on behalf of the LEP (2) that delegated authority is given to the LEP Director to finalise the tender specification in consultation with BEIS and the S151 Officer to ensure compliance with BEIS funding requirements and the funding principles outlined at para 5.1 and in Appendix 1 and following the open event described at 6.2; (3) that a Panel comprising Lead Private Sector Member for Business Support (John Coughlan), LEP Director and representation from the Accountable Body is assembled to evaluate bids; (4) the Board agrees to make the final decision on the award of contract, following presentation of the tender assessment report by the LEP Director; (5) the Board note the data of current performance at Appendix 3 of the report; 15 11

16 (6) the LEP thanks the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce and its staff for the delivery of the business support over the last 3 years, and would extend that thanks to the bank of self-employed local and regional advisors involved in this delivery. 86 TRANSPORT CONSULTATIONS - RESPONSE TO DFT'S MAJOR ROAD NETWORK AND TRANSPORT FOR THE NORTH'S STRATEGIC TRANSPORT PLAN Mr R Johnston returned to the room at this point. The LEP Director presented a report which sought LEP Board approval to a joint LEP and Cumbria County Council response to two strategic transport consultations. The draft responses at Appendix 1 and 2 related to: a) DfT s consultation on the creation of a Major Road Network b) Transport for the North s consultation on the draft Strategic Transport Plan. There were two major consultations currently being undertaken. The first concerns DfTs proposals for the creation of a Major Road Network and Transport for the North s draft Strategic Transport Plan. These strategic transport consultations were important and it was proposed to submit a joint LEP and County Council response to these consultations. The draft responses were considered at the meeting of the Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Group on 2d February 2018, and the Transport and Infrastructure Advisory Group RECOMMENDED that the draft responses be approved by the LEP Board. The Leader of Cumbria County Council said the final response would be agreed at the County Council's Cabinet on 22 March. The LEP Director had received comments from a couple of Board members. He asked all board members to contact him in the next few days if they had any further comments to be included. RESOLVED that the LEP board agrees: (1) the proposed response to the DfT consultation on proposals to create a Major Road Network attached at Appendix 1 of the report; (2) the proposed response to the Transport for the North consultation on the draft Strategic Transport Plan attached at Appendix 2 of the report. 87 LEP CORE AND STRATEGIC REVENUE BUDGET UPDATE ON 2017/18 BUDGET 12 16

17 The LEP Director presented a report which provided the Board with an update on the 2017/18 budget position on the LEP s core and strategic funding spend for 2017/18 as at 31 January The outturn position for the LEP core funding as at 31 January was an underspend of 0.096m and a potential underspend of 0.051m for the strategic funding. RESOLVED that the report be received and noted. 88 PROPOSED 2018/19 LEP CORE AND STRATEGIC REVENUE BUDGET Mr N Wilkinson declared a possible pecuniary interest under the LEP Code of Conduct in this item in relation to the Lake District China Forum, which linked in to the Marketing Manchester China Campaign and he indicated that if this item was discussed in any detail he would leave the room. The LEP Director presented a report which provided details of the proposed 18/19 LEP core and strategic budget. The LEP had yet to receive confirmation for the core and strategic funding for 2018/19 from Government. This had been requested from BEIS, alongside the funding conditions that would be attached to the grant. The draft budget had been set on the assumption that the LEP would receive the same funding as in previous years and it would be paid as a S31 grant payment to the County Council who acted as the Accountable Body. The LEP had received the annual letter from Government confirming LEP Core Funding for the next two years (2018/19 and 2019/20). The multiyear letter was in response to LEP requests across the country for more certainty over funding to allow LEPs to capitalise on opportunities they may experience. The letter identified support for 0.500m per annum for the next two financial years. As with previous years this must be match funded locally to a minimum of 0.250m. Funding would be provided at the start of the financial year. This would be contingent on compliance with the LEP National Assurance Framework being met and confirmation that the relevant recommendations of the Mary Ney review had been implemented. The Accountable Body s Section 151 Officer was required to confirm in writing that compliance with the above had taken place, and this letter had now been sent to Government. Members asked that when contracts were renewed for that they include a one month notice period to enable the new Chair and new Chief Executive to have flexibility to review current arrangements.. This was AGREED. The Leader of Cumbria County Council raised the issue of the agreement currently in place for the use of the LEP building. He would take this back to the County Council for clarification (Action: SY)

18 RESOLVED that the Board approve the proposed 2018/19 core and strategic LEP budget. 89 FORWARD PLANNER (STANDING ITEM) It was AGREED that the following items be added to the Forward Planner:- Friday 18 May 2018 (Ordinary Meeting) LEP Communications Plan LEP and the Accountable Body Relationship 90 ANY OTHER BUSINESS Cumbria LEP Chair George Beveridge announced that he would be stepping down from the role of Chair at the end of March. He had originally agreed to stay on until such time as the new Chair was appointed, but this had taken longer than expected and was unlikely to have been completed by the end of March. Although the last few months had been difficult he had enjoyed 7 years as the Chair of the LEP and was very proud of everything that had been achieved in that time. The Private Sector Vice Chair had agreed to take over the role of Chair for LEP meetings in the meantime, until such time as the new Chair was appointed. All the Board members thanked George for what he had achieved during his time in office. They wished him well for the future. 91 DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Friday 20 April 2018 at Redhills, Penrith at 9.30am. The meeting ended at 1.10 pm 14 18

19 LEP Board Agenda Item 7a Title: LEP Investment Panel Update Item No. Date: 20 th April 2018 PURPOSE OF REPORT This report sets out a summary of progress against the existing Growth Deal as well as other LEP Programmes. It also summarises activity at the LEP Investment Panel on 28 th March The attached spreadsheets provide greater detail on the overall position of the Growth Deal. 1. Growth Deal 1. Performance Update 1.1 Cumbria LEP has a Growth Deal funding profile of 7,123,593 for 2017/18. Total claims forecast to be received by the end of the financial year will be 8,826,688, therefore an overspend is expected. This overspend will be managed through repayments from the CCC Capital programme from plugging the underspend on the Growth Deal programme in 15/16 and 16/ The overspend is considerably less than had originally been anticipated mainly as a result of the delay in agreeing a contract with Carlisle Airport. As a result, the full 4.95m allocated to the Airport will need to be drawn down in 2018/ Once the payment to the Airport is taken into consideration, there is now an anticipated Growth Deal spend in 2018/19 of 12,585,980 against an offer letter of 6,057, The County Council has agreed to allow the Investment Panel to overprogramme the Growth Deal to reduce the risk of in-year under-performance, particularly in the latter years of the programme. This commitment equates to up to 20% of the annual Growth Deal offer letter. This action should remove the need to utilise the Cumbria Infrastructure Fund (CIF) to cashflow the Growth Deal. It must be noted that the current anticipated spend in 2018/19 is more than the 20% tolerance agreed to by the County Council. 1.5 As a result of this commitment, as well considering forecasted performance against live projects, the Investment Panel will propose to the LEP Board a reprofile of the Growth Deal at its June 2018 meeting. 1.6 In order to ensure regular monitoring against Programme targets, each Growth Deal project completes a detailed progress report at least every quarter. A summary of the status of each project, including those in development is outlined in the table below. 1.7 Overall Growth Deal Programme performance is outlined within the attached Dashboard attached at Appendix 1. The Dashboard contains data up to the end of Quarter 3. 19

20 LEP Board Project Optimising Connectivity Barrow Waterfront Growth Deal Allocation ( m) Growth Deal First Claim Growth Deal Final Claim Growth Deal Spend 17/18 ( m) Growth Deal Spend 17/18 to date ( m) Total Growth Deal Spend to date ( m) Summary 2 15/16 17/ Highway improvement schemes in key tourist hotspots within Grasmere and Windermere. The project has also included cycleway improvements on Dunmail Raise /16 17/ Remediation of port land to create new employment sites that will attract manufacturing and other supply chain businesses wishing to co-locate with BAE. Durranhill 2 15/16 15/ Revitalisation of a 1950 s industrial estate through improvements to site infrastructure to improve access and increase attractiveness to potential tenants. Barrow /16 15/ Development of an Advanced Manufacturing facility Advanced incorporating workshops and a prototype and Manufacturing development laboratory. Centre 20 Connecting Cumbria Kendal Transport Infrastructure /18 18/ Phase 2 of Connecting Cumbria project, putting in place broadband infrastructure where there is no existing commercial or publicly funded provision /16 18/ Implementation of highway and sustainable transport improvements in Kendal. Progress All works now financially complete ahead of schedule. The project is now in the monitoring phase and a profile of benefit realisation is being developed. The programme has the potential to deliver additional activity if funding becomes available. Detailed design of Marina Village Junction completed. Esh Border Construction have been appointed the preferred contractor and commenced works on site in February Site enabling works have been completed. Reptile trapping has been completed. Significant utility diversions are currently underway. Project is anticipated to be financially complete this financial year. All phases of project complete. The project is now in the monitoring phase and a profile of benefit realisation is being developed. Project successfully completed with 1514m2 of new learning floorspace created and new learners started at the college in September Benefits realisation plan is being developed as part of the monitoring outputs phase. The profile of expenditure for 2017/18 is down from 872k to 232k. The remaining expenditure will fall in 18/17. The project is however exceeding on its output delivery and anticipating over-achieving over the lifetime of the project. Ten schemes have been complete to date including signal improvements, pedestrian crossings and footways and surfacing works. Due to the pressures on the Growth Deal Programme profile, expenditure for the remaining elements of the scheme have been put on hold unto 18/19. The scheme could be accelerated if funding becomes available and meetings have been held with the applicant to discuss this possibility.

21 South Ulverston /16 17/ Transport infrastructure improvements, reducing congestion, enhancing access and opening up development land and employment sites. Quebec Street junction with A590 Construction works completed. RAG Rating Green 21 Devolved Majors /16 17/ Local Transport Body schemes comprising a new bridge at Currock Bridge and Workington and Maryport Transport Hubs Dalton Gate Works nearly complete but could be minor slippage into 2018/19. Positive progress made with likely developer to bring a range of large stores to the site. RAG Rating Green North Lonsdale Terrace junction with A590 Further investigative work underway to try and reach a compromise with local landowners. Discussions underway with CCC regarding the viability of the scheme. Update expected at May 2018 Investment Panel. Rag Rating Red Overall RAG Rating Amber Currock Bridge opened and additional erosion works complete. Scheme won Institute of Civil Engineering Community award for North West Region. Rag Rating Green Workington Station Hub has now been completed. RAG Rating Green Work on the Maryport Hub complete. Pedestrian and cycle improvements to Workington and Maryport Station hub due for construction 18/19. RAG Rating Green Overall Rating Green 3

22 Skills Capital 2 15/16 17/ Capital funding programme to upgrade or create new learning space linked to economic priority areas. Four projects have been supported through the scheme 1) Enhancement activity for the Advanced Manufacturing Centre at Furness College 2) Arts, Digital Media and Heritage Centre Modernisation at Kendal College 3) Support for the STEM labs at the University of Cumbria 4) Sheep Husbandry at Newton Rigg 5) Support for student accommodation for the Overhead Linesman Academy at Newton Rigg Advanced Manufacturing Centre- Carlisle Port of Workington 22 Growing our Potential /17 16/ Development and equipping of a new advanced manufacturing centre at Carlisle College. 2 18/19 18/ Replacement road-over-rail bridge to facilitate enhanced, fit for purpose access to the Port to enable its growth and support for key economic sectors and infrastructure projects /21 20/ Extension to the Growing our Potential programme approved as part of the Growth Deal 2 programme. The project will provide capital grants to growing SMEs who are unable to gain sufficient access to finance to grow their business. Monitoring programme for Skills Capital currently underway. Furness College Rag Rating Green Kendal College RAG Rating Green University of Cumbria RAG Rating Green Newton Rigg Sheep Husbandry- RAG Rating Green Newton Rigg Linesman- RAG Rating Green Overall rating Green The project is now financially complete. Claims are still being submitted for the schemes to evidence leverage. The project is now in the monitoring phase and a profile of benefit realisation is being developed. Network Rail now the applicant and full payment of 2m was made in 2017/18. Development of full business case will be finalised once the 2018/19 LEP Growth Hub contract is in place. Ulverston Infrastructure /21 20/ Part of a programme of 18.5m of flood risk investment to reduce the risk of flooding to over 114 existing businesses, road infrastructure and 412 residential properties in South Ulverston. Carlisle Airport /18 17/ Infrastructure improvement including major rehabilitation of the runway, taxiways and a passenger terminal facility. Flood Recovery 1 16/17 16/ Support for immediate Flood Recovery activity after the 2015 Floods Monthly meetings have been scheduled with EA, CCC and LEP to monitor progress on the scheme development. EA have been asked to produce a business case for the Investment Panel to consider at its meeting in May. The Investment Panel will need to consider if the project can be delivered within the Growth Deal programme timescales. Contracting discussions advanced between CCC and Stobarts. All funding will now need to be drawn down in 2018/19. Financially complete and no outputs associated with the project. Project now closed 4

23 Flood Recovery 1 16/17 16/ Support for immediate Flood Recovery activity after the 2015 Floods Lilyhall North 5 17/18 18/ This project focuses on preparatory works at the strategic Lillyhall North site to enable its development; securing an anchor tenant at the site by providing a 200,000sqm facility for long-term lease on commercial terms. Carlisle Nisi Prius 1 20/21 20/ To develop a number of lettable business units within the historic Nisi Prius building. Mark House /20 19/ To create new office accommodation on the old Development Mark House site in Whitehaven aimed at attracting (Whitehaven) businesses within the nuclear supply chain. Skills Capital /21 20/ To deliver a skills capital development programme which will provide funding support to projects that enable delivery of the Cumbria Skills Investment Plan and the Strategic Economic Plan. 23 Financially complete and no outputs associated with the project. Project now closed Following the LEP Board it was agreed that; The LEP would invite an application to deliver flood relief measures around a key employment site in Allerdale. This was considered at the March IP. Allerdale would have the opportunity to submit a revised FBC for Lillyhall North. This will be considered at the May Investment Panel. Full Business Case in development. Application to ERDF unsuccessful and needs further discussion at next IP. Full business case approved in November Contractual discussions currently underway between CCC and BEC. Work on full business case has not commenced as programme not due to start until 2019/20. Programme could be brought forward in line with recommendation from the IP should funding become available. 5

24 2. Mid-Programme Review 2.1 At its last meeting, the Investment Panel concluded that as we have reached the mid-point in the Growth Deal it is an opportune time to look at the Programme in its entirety and evaluate whether a number of those projects that have a commitment against them, will be in a position to deliver either an element of, or the whole of their project(s). As part of this process, the Panel will also consider if any other projects could be incorporated into the Growth Deal. 2.2 At its May meeting, the Investment Panel will receive updates from all projects with a Growth Deal allocation that do not yet have a contract in place. The update provided, will enable the Panel to consider the viability of each project. 2.3 The Panel has also received a number of new Strategic Outline Business Cases which it has agreed fit strategically with the aims of the SEP and as such have been added to the LEP Pipeline. 2.4 In order to consider the status of all projects on the Pipeline, updated information has been requested from project leads. This exercise is important as some Strategic Outline Business Cases were received two years ago. Currently, there are seventeen projects on the Pipeline. 2.5 With CIF funding no longer planned to be used to cashflow the Growth Deal, the Investment Panel will also be in a position to consider how it could utilise CIF funding available in future years. 2.6 Following deliberations, any recommendations on changes to the Growth Deal will be brought to the LEP Board at its June meeting. 3. Cumbria Infrastructure Fund 6.1 The Cumbria Infrastructure Fund was established to promote the delivery of key infrastructure needed to unlock developments that help generate jobs and homes. 6,162,467million of funding was made available to support activity in this area. 6.2 The fund is split into two areas, the Big CIF and the Small Business Development Loan. The Small Business Development Loan is closed for new applications and projects are in a repayment and monitoring phase. 6.3 Repayments totalling 2,432,636 have been repaid to the fund thus far. The CIF is in the process of being reprofiled as it is no longer required to cashflow the Growth Deal. An update will be available following the May Investment Panel. 24 6

25 GROWTH DEAL PROGRAMME DASHBOARD Funding 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 Annual 70,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 40,000,000 30,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 Cumulative / / / / / /21 Offer Letter 9,070,000 19,556,536 7,123,593 6,057,068 6,818,265 11,694,598 Current Profile 8,068,392 14,558,513 14,795,191 7,732,374 5,500,000 9,666,000 Current Forecast 8,068,392 14,558,513 13,645,137 8,882,428 5,500,000 9,666,000 Actual 8,068,392 14,558,513 5,867, / / / / / /21 Offer Letter 9,070,000 28,626,536 35,750,129 41,807,197 48,625,462 60,320,060 Current Profile 8,068,392 22,626,905 37,422,096 45,154,470 50,654,470 60,320,470 Current Forecast 8,068,392 22,626,905 36,272,042 45,154,470 50,654,470 60,320,470 Actual 8,068,392 22,626,905 28,494,527 28,494,527 28,494,527 28,494,527 Outputs ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 Jobs Created Offer Letter 4,000 Contracted 7,398 Actual 10 Current Forecast 7, ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Learning Opportunities Offer Letter 1,700 Contracted 4,576 Actual 1,368 Current Forecast 6, ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 New Homes Created Offer Letter 3,000 Contracted 4,722 Actual 0 Current Forecast 4, SqM Premises Created/Refurbished (000's) Offer Letter 62.0 Contracted Actual 4.7 Current Forecast Public/Private Investment ( m) Offer Letter 100 Contracted 66.9 Actual 8.6 Current Forecast ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Premises with access to Superfast Broadband Offer Letter 5,000 Contracted 5,925 Actual 4,686 Current Forecast 5,925

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27 Cumbria Growth Deal - Project Details Approved Outputs Project Ref LTB Project Title Project Applicant Project Details Project Status Area SEP Priority SEP Driver Date of approval Date of Contract Date of latest contract amendment (if applicable) Start Date (Contract) Actual / Forecast Start Date End Date (Contract) Actual / Forecast End Date Total Project Cost ( ) Funding New Jobs Amount Created Approved ( ) New Homes Created Private Public Sector Sector Leverage ( ) Leverage ( ) Combined Private/Public Leverage ( ) Follow-on Investment ( ) Premises Created (Sqm) Premises Refurbished (Sqm) Serviced Employment Land (Ha) Learning opportunities Premises with access to New Roads Superfast Constructed Broadband (Km) Roads Improved (Km) Homes / Cycle Businesses Infrastructure Protected Created (Km) from Flooding GD001 LTB Optimising Connectivity Cumbria County Council GD002 Non-LTB Barrow Waterfront Cumbria County Council The project comprises three transport schemes aimed at improving the experience of visitors accessing three key tourism destinations along or in close proximity to the A591 corridor in the Lake District ; - Glebe Road, Bowness Bay, Bowness on Windermere: this scheme will improve the pedestrian connectivity between the Glebe and Bowness Bay with the removal of onstreet parking and enhancement of the public realm. - Lake District National Park Visitor Centre, Brockhole : this scheme will improve the access arrangements to the Visitor Centre on the A591 in particular for public transport and coaches. - Town End (Dove Cottage), Grasmere: this scheme will enhance pedestrian linkages between Wordsworth s Dove Cottage and Grasmere Live South Lakeland CCC will deliver the site preparation and servicing of Waterfront Business Park with individual serviced plots will be sold to private sector owners and developers. Demand for the site will largely be from the supply chain of BAE and other large companies in the area. Live Barrow Vibrant Rural and Visitor Economy Infrastructure 01/06/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/08/14 N/A 31/03/18 2,100,000 2,000, , ,000 Advanced Manufacturing Infrastructure 17/02/15 N/A N/A 01/08/14 01/08/14 31/07/17 31/03/18 8,178,470 7,178,470 1, ,000,000 1,000,000 37, The Project comprises a package of sustainable transport and highway improvements across the town of Kendal which will support the delivery of housing and employment land allocated in the South Lakeland Local Plan. The proposed improvements include highway infrastructure Improvements, walking and cycling infrastructure, travel planning measures, Cycling infrastructure for Local Plan developments and marketing and communication to increase the use of sustainable GD003 LTB Kendal Transport Infrastructure Cumbria County Council modes of transport. The project is designed to deliver 20 junction improvements in Kendal. Live South Lakeland M6 Corridor Infrastructure 01/06/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/08/14 N/A 31/03/19 2,300,000 2,300, , This project will provide necessary workshop space for the increased number of apprentices and staff with higher level skills needed to deliver the Astute and Successor submarine programmes by BAE Systems Maritime Submarines for the MoD. In addition, GSK, Siemens Subsea, Centrica and a growing number of supply chain companies will also require specialist resource to deliver increased demand for highly skilled jobs needed to deliver the plans of local employers. The College has GD004 Non-LTB Barrow Advanced Manufacturing Centre Furness College already invested heavily in engineering and both its physical and human resources needed to expand to meet future needs in both training and development. Live Barrow Advanced Manufacturing Skills 13/03/15 26/05/15 N/A 01/08/14 01/08/14 31/01/17 31/03/17 3,380,000 1,126, ,504, ,000 2,254,000 1, South Ulverston GD005 Non-LTB Infrastructure Improvements Cumbria County Council The Ulverston Access Improvements Project is a scheme to deliver short term infrastructure improvements along the A590 to support the development of the South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) adopted Land Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD). The DPD promotes economic growth in Ulverston which will unlock future employment and housing land around the town and through supporting the future investment plans of key businesses. Live South Lakeland Advanced Manufacturing Infrastructure 01/06/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/08/14 N/A 31/03/19 4,500,000 4,500,000 1, GD007 Non-LTB Durranhill Carlisle City Council The project seeks to reinvigorate Durranhill Industrial Estate. The estates road infrastructure is unsuitable and unattractive to modern day industrial estate users and some issues with current layout are serving as a barrier to redevelopment. Growth Deal Funding will help reinvigorate the estate through an initial package of measures designed to support identified redevelopment opportunities, through targeted investment in site infrastructure, including road and junction improvements. These improvements will make the estate more attractive for development and support growth of existing future occupiers. Live Carlisle M6 Corridor Infrastructure 13/03/15 28/08/15 N/A 01/08/14 01/08/14 31/01/17 31/03/17 2,000,000 2,000, ,000,000 6, GD008 LTB Devolved Majors Cumbria County Council CURROCK BRIDGE - A new bridge over the Cumbria Coast railway to link Currock and Denton Holme to provide a continuous cycle link from Currock to the city centre, replacing a life-expired and substandard existing structure. MARYPORT STATION HUB - The proposed scheme is to provide improved infrastructure constituting a car park for 78 cars and 4 motor cycles with new access,, new and improved pedestrian links, and blue badge parking. WORKINGTON STATION HUB - The proposed scheme is to provide improved streetside infrastructure constituting a 143 space car park, covered cycle parking, enlarge pick up and drop off facilities, designated blue badge parking, enhanced public realm, pedestrian and cycle links. Live Carlisle & Allerdale All Infrastructure 01/06/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/08/14 N/A 31/03/18 7,800,000 7,800,000 - GD011 Non-LTB Connecting Cumbria Cumbria County Council This project is a second phase of the existing Connecting Cumbria project. This Growth Deal Funding is to match BDUK s funding and allow the delivery of the extension of fibre broadband infrastructure typically capable of delivering superfast broadband of more than 24 Mbps to at least 5,925 premises in Cumbria, with the aspiration that 95% of Cumbrian properties be able to access such services. The infrastructure for Phase 2 will be delivered to premises within the approved final intervention area. The intervention area is an area, assured by BDUK, where no commercial or publically funded superfast broadband infrastructure is currently supplied or expected to be supplied in the next 3 years (i.e. the area in which state aid can be provided). The infrastructure for this project is being deployed by an approved telecommunications supplier. Live Cumbria All Business Support / Infrastructure 15/12/15 19/05/16 N/A 01/04/16 01/04/16 30/09/19 30/09/19 6,460,000 3,600,000 2,860,000 2,860,000 5,925 GD012 Non-LTB Growing Our Potential Cumbria LEP / Cumbria County Council The Growing our Potential Programme is a funding programme to provide grant aid to help Cumbrian businesses deliver capital projects which will help them grow and create and/or safeguard sustainable private sector jobs. There remains a significant demand from SME s to access grant aid support to encourage them to invest in projects which will help them to grow. Live Cumbria All Business Support 15/12/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/04/20 N/A 31/03/21 6,024,000 1,306, ,918,000 3,918,000 To deliver a skills capital development programme which will provide funding support to projects that have a value of less than 1m. The projects supported will directly contribute towards achieving the aims and objectives of the SEP and will primarily deliver the following objectives; - To develop new learning space and facilities in Cumbria. To upgrade existing space, bringing facilities out of Category C standard to categories A and/or B. - To enable delivery of new curriculum offer which meets the needs of employers and contributes towards economic growth. GD013 Non-LTB Cumbria Skills and Capital Programme Cumbria LEP / Cumbria County Council - To ensure buildings and facilities achieve BREEAM standards, contributing towards the sustainability agenda. Live Carlisle, Eden, South Lakes and Barrow All Skills 15/12/15 N/A N/A N/A 01/04/15 N/A 31/03/18 5,263,427 2,000,000 3,253,427 10,000 3,263, , ,426 The project will create an Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) with state of the art industry standard advanced manufacturing equipment, delivering employer led curriculum at all levels in the engineering, manufacturing and processing sectors. The AMC offer will have three distinct areas: - Manufacturing & Fabrication - State of the art welding simulation equipment - Industry standard lathes/general equipment - Laser cutters/guillotine - Process & Control - Industry standard rig for higher level fault diagnostics designed by industry/members of the College s Manufacturing Steering Group - Control, maintenance and installation of advanced manufacturing production lines - Design & Prototyping GD014 Non-LTB Advanced Manufacturing Centre Carlisle College - A suite of new Computer Aided Manufacturing equipment - 3D scanning and printing Live Carlisle Advanced Manufacturing Skills 15/12/15 11/07/16 N/A 01/04/15 01/04/15 31/03/17 31/03/17 992, ,000 92,720 92, Port of Workington is a key strategic asset for Cumbria, providing multi-modal import and export facilities, leaving it strongly-placed to support and exploit unprecedented levels of investment in industry in West Cumbria. This project will deliver a replacement road-over rail bridge serving the Port of Workington s only road access and demolition of the existing deteriorating masonry arch bridge. The replacement bridge will provide road access to the Port to modern standards and GD015 Non-LTB Port of Workington- Road Access Port of Workington enable proposed improvements to rail access infrastructure, which the existing (Cumbria County Council) bridge would prevent. Contracting Allerdale Advanced Manufacturing Infrastructure 15/12/15 Not yet contracted N/A TBC 01/04/18 TBC 31/03/19 4,040,000 2,000, ,040,000 2,040,000 58,400 The project is seeking Growth Deal grant to address the risk of flooding to over 114 existing businesses, numerous roads and 412 homes in South Ulverston. The project will safeguard and enable the expansion of a number of high end industrial sector employers in the area and attract investment to the exciting regeneration opportunities offered by South Lakeland District Council s Local Plan allocations of GD017 Non-LTB Ulverston Infrastructure Programme Environment Agency Canal Head, Lightburn Road totalling 5.9ha. It will further enable the sustainable delivery of 1322 allocated dwellings and pave the way for 6.22ha of employment land development opportunities for the next plan period. Approved South Lakeland Advanced Manufacturing Infrastructure / Environment and sustainability 15/12/15 Not yet contracted N/A TBC 01/04/20 TBC 31/03/21 18,500,000 5,000,000 2,633 1,322 13,500,000 13,500, Project Details