Resolved – that,

(1) the Director of Regeneration and Place be authorised to

(a) accept grant funding of up to £2,674,629 to support the development of the Birkenhead Central Gateway Programme allocated to the Council by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; and

(b) commence the necessary pre-development work to achieve the outputs set out in Table 1of this report.

(2) Recommend to the Policy and Resources Committee that the Capital Programme be amended so that the £2,674,629 grant funding allocated to Wirral Council by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority be allocated to the development of the Birkenhead Central Gateway Programme.