The Director of Regeneration and Place has agreed:

1.  To submit the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot Investment Plan to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on 27 October 2023 as set out in Appendix 1 of this report;

2.  The principles of the governance of the Simplification Pilot as set out in paragraph 3.15 of this report; and

3.  That the above decisions are not subject to removal of delegation and reconsideration as any delay likely to be caused by the process for removal of delegation and reconsideration would seriously prejudice the Council’s interests by given that such process would render the Council unable to comply with DLUHC’s deadline for the submission of the Investment Plan.