Decision details

The Transforming Cites Fund (TCF) is a national sustainable transport fund administered by the Department for Transport (DfT) for delivery of transformational projects in the period 2020/21 to 2022/23.  Kirklees Council has worked with West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and other partners to develop a TCF Bid for Leeds City Region, which was submitted to government in November 2019.  The Bid expressed all component projects in three funding scenarios – Low, Core and High.  The government announced TCF funding allocations in its March 2020 statement.  The Leeds City Region TCF Bid was awarded £317m.  The base assumption is that promoting districts will deliver the set of projects expressed in the Bid Low scenario, although additional funding to some projects may be identified in future, therefore business cases for all Scenarios will be progressed.

The eight projects in the Kirklees TCF programme are shown in the table below, together with their indicative budgets in the Low Bid scenario.  Through its Town Centres Board, the Council also identified £6m of local match-funding from the Town Centres Action Fund to relevant TCF projects.

The current funding for the Kirklees TCF programme is therefore the sum of the £39.5m TCF budget plus the £6m local match funds, totalling £45.5m.

Cabinet is asked to:

• Note the TCF projects and their current budgets.
• Agree that these projects are entered into the Kirklees Capital Plan for prospective delivery in years 2021/22 and 2022/23.
• Agree to accept appropriate development funds provided by WYCA for use by Kirklees Council and its agents to develop the business cases, public consultation materials and designs for TCF projects.

1)    That the Transforming Cities Fund projects and current budgets be noted.

2)    That approval be given to the projects being entered into the Kirklees Capital Plan.

3)    That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director (Economy and Infrastructure) to negotiate and agree the terms of any agreement with West Yorkshire Combined Authority that is for the purpose of providing funding for the development of business cases for Transforming Cities Fund projects, the carrying out of public consultation and the development and working up of designs for Transforming Cities Fund Projects.

4)    That authority be delegated to the Service Director (Legal, Governance and Commissioning) the authority to enter into any funding agreement with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority as referred to in para. 6.1.3.