New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee

Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)

28 January 2019, Telephone Meeting (rescheduled

from 24 January 2019)

Present:

Committee Members

Lindsey Rix (LR)

Aviva

Dominic Keen (DK)

High Growth Robotics

Cllr David Ellesmere (DE)

Ipswich Borough Council

Sandy Ruddock

Scarlet and Mustard

In Attendance

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)

New Anglia LEP

Chris Dashper (CD)

New Anglia LEP

Welcome from the Chair

Lindsey Rix (LR) welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies

Apologies were received from Tim Whitley, Alan Waters and John Griffiths.

Declarations of Interest

Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board/.

Declarations relevant to this meeting: None

Minutes of previous meeting

No previous minutes.

Matters arising from previous meeting: None

Items for discussion

Bridging loan request - Confidential

(The meeting was rescheduled from the original date of 24 January 2018)

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New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee

Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)

30 January 2019, Ipswich Waterfront Innovation

Centre

Present:

Committee Members

Lindsey Rix (LR)

Aviva

Dominic Keen (DK)

High Growth Robotics

Cllr David Ellesmere (DE)

Ipswich Borough Council

Alan Waters (AW)

Norwich City Council

In Attendance

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)

New Anglia LEP

Chris Dashper (CD)

New Anglia LEP

Iain Dunnett

New Anglia LEP

Welcome from the Chair

Lindsey Rix (LR) welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies

Apologies were received from Tim Whitley, Sandy Ruddock and John Griffiths.

Declarations of Interest

Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board/.

Declarations relevant to this meeting: None

Minutes of previous meeting

The committee agreed the minutes of the previous meetings held on 13 November 2018 (telephone) and

21 November 2018 were a true account of the meetings held.

Matters arising from previous meeting: None

Reporting- Growing Places Fund

Growing Places Fund Performance Report

The quarterly Growing Places Fund performance report was presented to the committee. The

report was accepted as presented, with the following comments:

AW: Could the report include the type and value of jobs created and the numbers of affordable

houses built.

DE: Mapping of the delivery, showing the location of outputs across the region would be of benefit

to determining the impact of the programme.

Growing Places Fund RAG Rating (Confidential)

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Growing Places Fund Horizon Paper (Confidential)

Growing Places Fund Historical projects (Confidential)

An updated list of all projects supported to date was presented to the committee.

Reporting - Growing Business Fund

Growing Business Fund Performance Report

The Growing Business Fund monthly programme performance report was presented.

CD explained that the programme has continued to perform above expectations and remains

popular with SME’s. The actual spend for the year has now exceeded the initial budget for the

programme by approximately £200k, with the potential to reach around £1m overspend by the end

of the current financial year. However, the overspend is positive in the context of the wider Growth

Deal spend for the year, since it helps to reduce the funding rollover carried forward from 2017/18.

The overspend in the programme itself can be managed by bringing forward funding from future

years of the Growth Deal.

Growing Business Fund and Small Grant Scheme - approvals

The committee was presented with a complete list of the grant approvals for both the Growing

Business Fund and the Small Grant Scheme awarded during the 2018/19 financial year.

DK: GBF is still producing a good range of applications for funding and should continue to be

supported to have funds available for applicants.

Items for discussion

VCSE Challenge Fund

ID presented a paper requesting a further 2 years of funding for the successful VCSE challenge

fund. It was noted that changes to the programme included a requirement for match funding by the

projects this time. Comments on the proposal included:

DE: There should be an expectation that projects are able to deliver, if there is any suggestion that

projects cannot be delivered, funding should not be offered.

AW: Is there any link to national delivery bodies? ID: The project is targeted at a more local level,

national bodies don’t require our funding. AW: lots of funding is locked into national delivery

partners. At a local level, efforts to get people work ready would benefit from accessing more

funding. Could more qualitative data be supplied on the outputs and what the projects are

achieving. DE: Our programme is more what we wanted to support, a local initiative rather than a

national one.

DK: is there a focus on areas with structural issues? ID: Areas where there are known deprivation

issues have benefitted and would be expected to continue to benefit from the fund in the future.

LR: Met with Clare Cullens before Christmas. The LEP Board would benefit from the Norfolk and

Suffolk Community Foundations presenting at a future board meeting. Also, the project would

benefit from a few more KPI’s on the individual projects coming forward.

The IAC agreed to a further commitment of £500k grant funding from the Growing Places

Fund for the VCSE Challenge Fund, allowing a challenge fund of £250k per year. The IAC

also agreed that two LEP Board members are requested to sit on the VCSE appraisal panel.

Other

Any Other Business

 None

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New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee

Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)

Weds 27^th Feb 2019, NUA Norwich

Present:

Committee Members

Sandy Ruddock (SR)

Scarlett and Mustard

Cllr David Ellesmere (DE)

Ipswich Borough Council

Alan Waters (AW)

Norwich City Council

In Attendance

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)

New Anglia LEP

Chris Dashper (CD)

New Anglia LEP

Jonathan Rudd (JR)

New Anglia LEP

Iain Dunnett (ID)

New Anglia LEP

Chris Starkie (CS)

New Anglia LEP

Welcome from the Chair

David Ellesmere (DE) assumed chairing role and welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies

Apologies were received from Tim Whitley, Lindsey Rix, John Griffiths and Dominic Keen.

Declarations of Interest

Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board/.

Declarations relevant to this meeting: David Ellesmere and Alan Waters both outlined interest in Growth

bids coming from Norwich and Ipswich.

Minutes of previous meeting

The committee agreed the minutes of the previous meeting held on 30^th January 2019 were a true

account of the meeting held. Minutes will be recirculated with the agenda for the March meeting.

Matters arising from previous meeting: None

Reporting- Growing Places Fund

Growing Places Fund Horizon Paper (Confidential)

The committee was presented with an updated Horizon report on current and potential investments

including forecast loan repayments and a further report on current and potential grants.

Two forthcoming loan applications were deemed not appropriate by the LEP Exec at the current

stage of development by these businesses.

Potentially two further applications may come to the March Committee meeting or a later meeting

subject to due diligence.

Reporting - Growing Business Fund

Growing Business Fund Performance Report - Noted

Growing Business Fund and Small Grant Scheme - approvals. Noted

Items for discussion

Capital Growth Programme project call paper (Confidential)

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New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee

Meeting Minutes (Unconfirmed)

Weds 6^th March 2019, Teleconference

Present:

Committee Members

Lindsey Rix (LR)

Avivia

Cllr David Ellesmere (DE)

Ipswich Borough Council

Alan Waters (AW)

Norwich City Council

Dominic Keen (DK)

High Growth Robotics

In Attendance

Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)

New Anglia LEP

Chris Dashper (CD)

New Anglia LEP

Jonathan Rudd (JR)

New Anglia LEP

Welcome from the Chair

Lindsey Rix (DE) welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Apologies

Apologies were received from Tim Whitley, Sandy Ruddock and John Griffiths.

Declarations of Interest

Full declarations of interest can be found at http://www.newanglia.co.uk/about-us/the-board/.

Declarations relevant to this meeting: David Ellesmere and Alan Waters both outlined interest in Growth

bids coming from Norwich and Ipswich.

Minutes of previous meeting

The committee were provided with notes of the previous meeting held on 27 February 2019 which had

not been quorate.

Matters arising from previous meeting: None

Items for discussion

Capital Growth Programme project call paper (Confidential)

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Jonathan Rudd presented a paper on the Growth Deal Norfolk County Council NATS scheme, to

transfer £415,000 from the NATS A11 Corridor Package (underspend on A11 Daniels Road

Junction) to the NATS City Centre Package to balance an overspend on the Dereham-Guardian

Road Junction and Roundhouse Way Transport Interchange. The paper also requested approval of

the reuse of £395k underspend from A11 Daniels Road to the Wymondham to Hethersett cycle link

and £100k from A11 Daniels Road to the extension to the Wymondham to Hethersett cycle link as

part of the Transforming Cities Fund.

Recommendation

The committee agreed to recommend to the LEP Board that the transfer of £415k from NATS

A11 Corridor to NATS City Centre package should be approved.

Approval

In addition, within its delegation from the LEP Board the committee agreed to approve the

reallocation of Growth Deal funding within the NATS A11 Corridor Package;

a. utilising a £395,000 underspend from the A11 Daniels Road Junction Improvement

and Scheme Development toward the Wymondham to Hethersett Cycle Link.

b. a further £100,000 from the A11 Daniels Road Junction for an extension to the

Wymondham to Hethersett Cycle link, part of a bid toward the Transforming Cities

Fund.

Other

Any Other Business

CD: Minutes for meetings held on 28 January 2019, 30 January 2019, 27 February 2019 and 6

March 2019 will be re-circulated with the agenda for the 27 March meeting.

Date and time of next monthly IAC meeting: Wednesday 27 March 2019. 9am-9:45am

Venue: Birketts Solicitors, Providence House, 141-145 Princes St., Ipswich, IP1 1QJ

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Agenda item 6: Growing Business Fund Performance Report

Programme Overview - What is the Growing Business Fund?

Launched in April 2013, the Growing Business Fund provides grants for businesses to enable growth, increased productivity and job creation

Capital grants between £25,000 and £500,000 are provided at up to 20% of project costs for SMEs and up to 30% for Small Businesses located in an Assisted Area

Funding for the Growing Business Fund is provided on an annual basis by the LEP's Growth Deal

The fund is accessed through the New Anglia Growth Hub with Due Diligence undertaken by Finance East

What is the overall Programme Status?

Finance

Green

All the funding for 2018/19 has been allocated with the fund on course to spend the full allocation

Outputs

Green

Based on applications approved to date, the fund will over perform against the targets set

Delivery

Green

A steady pipeline of high quality applications is coming through, ensuring the fund is performing well overall

What are our key updates?

Membership of the Approval Panel was widened at the end of 2018, to ensure the panel has the knowledge required to operate effectively

The pipeline of applications showed a slight decilin in Autum 2018, but this has now picked up, with a good number of high quality applications coming forward for support

The LEP has been working with Suffolk County Council and the Growth Hub to tweak the programme guidance, to enusre there is a greater focus on higher value applications

The GBF Grants Panel did not meet in January, therefore there have been no grant approvals since the last report in December 2018

What is our financial position?

Financials (£ million)

Year

2013 to 2016

2016/2017

2017/2018

2018/2019

2019/2020

2020/2021

2021/22

Total

Profile Spend

£12.000

£3.536

£3.050

£4.096

£3.000

£0.000

£28.682

Actual Spend

£11.999

£3.001

£3.049

£4.29

£22.337

Remaining Spend

£0.001

£0.535

£0.001

-£0.192

£3.000

£0.000

£6.345

2018/2019 Expenditure Profile

-1

Q1-18/19

Q2-18/19

Q3-18/19

Q4-18/19

Quarterly Forecast

£1.024

Quarterly Spend

£0.420

£1.742

£2.086

£0.040

Variance

£0.604

-£0.718

-£1.062

£0.984

What is our contribution to the Economic Strategy?

Actual to end

Outputs April 2018 to March 2019

Target

of January

Monthly Change

Shortfall

Notes

2019

Value of grants approved

£3,540,000

£3,224,436

£0

£315,564

On track to meet target

Value of private sector match approved

£14,160,000

£62,820,623

£0

-£48,660,623

Target exceed during July 2018

Number of New Jobs to be Created

354

301

On track to meet target

Value of grants claimed

£3,540,000

£4,291,911

£39,994

-£751,911

Target met

Private sector match funding drawn down

£14,160,000

£27,475,293

£159,976

-£13,315,293

Target met

Number of New Jobs Created

354

271

On track to meet target

What is the project status?

The following table shows grants approved by sector since the start of the programme in 2013/14

Number of

Projects

Grants

Private

Total Project

Sector

Approved

Match

Costs

Jobs to be Created

A - Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

£180,000

£794,946

£974,946

B - Mining and Quarrying

£100,000

£1,654,600

£1,754,600

C - Manufacturing

109

£13,056,080

£86,580,217

£99,636,297

1450

E - Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

£230,000

£998,000

£1,228,000

F - Construction

£1,086,486

£5,231,673

£6,318,159

142

G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

£2,280,502

£49,699,325

£51,979,827

342

H - Transportation and Storage

£588,614

£2,962,444

£3,551,058

I - Accommodation and Food Service Activities

£262,000

£1,052,138

£1,314,138

34.5

J - Information and Communication

£685,700

£3,409,616

£4,095,316

K - Financial and Insurance Activities

£30,000

£79,425

£109,425

M - Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities

£1,631,372

£11,466,472

£13,097,844

180.6

N - Administrative and Support Service Activities

£1,848,771

£10,067,136

£11,915,907

224

P - Education

£20,000

£102,191

£122,191

Q - Human Health and Social Work Activities

£31,580

£126,320

£157,900

3.5

R - Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

£432,439

£2,868,045

£3,300,484

47.5

S - Other Service Activities

£320,000

£4,737,413

£5,057,413

Total

219

£22,783,544

£181,829,961

£204,613,505

2697.1

What are the next steps?

Revision of guidance and support provided by the Growth Hub is almost complete, with a greater focus on high value activity, both terms of jobs and business growth

The 'Scale-Up' Programme has been launched, which will target 1,300 SMEs that are most likely to benefit from grant support, to unlock business growth and increase productivity

Agenda item 7: Growing Business Fund Approvals (April 2018 - January 2019)

Grant

Match

Total

Jobs

Broadway Colours Ltd (2)

£40,000

£160,700

£200,700

4.0

Panel Graphics (2)

£64,414

£290,872

£355,286

4.0

Computer Service Centre

£265,800

£1,446,200

£1,712,000

25.0

Renvale Limited

£184,552

£1,510,977

£1,695,529

10.0

Warren Services Ltd. (4)

£32,000

£176,000

£208,000

2.5

Food Forensic Limited

£36,980

£219,220

£256,200

6.0

Omega Ingredients Ltd (3)

£40,000

£160,000

£200,000

2.0

Advanced Engineering (UK) Ltd

£98,600

£394,400

£493,000

6.0

Pecksniff's Bespoke Fragrances and Cosmetics Ltd

£202,500

£1,822,500

£2,025,000

14.0

Gnaw Chocolate Limited

£25,330

£101,319

£126,649

2.0

Ponders End Investments PLC

£179,239

£928,354

£1,107,593

36.0

BCMZ PrecisionEngineering Ltd

£74,500

£298,000

£372,500

4.0

Netmatters Limited

£37,500

£337,500

£375,000

4.0

Glowcroft Ltd

£38,742

£161,716

£200,458

3.0

LDH La Doria

£500,000

£41,100,000

£41,600,000

99.0

Mirus Aircraft Seating Ltd (2)

£140,000

£596,400

£736,400

7.0

Vanilla Electronics (2)

£39,994

£159,976

£199,970

2.0

TBI Manufacturing Ltd (2)

£69,500

£278,807

£348,307

4.0

DB Sheet Metals

£60,000

£328,750

£388,750

3.0

Zedbox UK Ltd

£120,000

£485,000

£605,000

6.0

Westover Vets Ltd

£126,000

£1,317,000

£1,443,000

12.6

Optima Stainless Ltd.

£264,900

£1,133,600

£1,398,500

14.0

Condimentum Limited

£391,350

£8,643,193

£9,034,543

25.0

Spectra Packaging Ltd

£74,486

£297,944

£372,430

4.0

Stephen Walters and Sons Ltd

£118,049

£472,195

£590,244

2.0

£3,224,436

£62,820,623

£66,045,059

301.1

Agenda item 7: Small Grant Scheme Approvals (April 2018 - January 2019)

Grant

Match

Total

Jobs

Clerkin Civils Ltd.

£20,630

£82,521

£103,151

Mitra Innovation

£3,301

£29,714

£33,015

Alpha Inclusion Ltd.

£5,150

£20,600

£25,750

Polstead Joinery (2)

£6,090

£24,360

£30,450

Prosynth ltd.

£5,920

£23,680

£29,600

Niagri Engineering Ltd.

£14,793

£59,174

£73,967

Captain Fawcett Ltd.

£5,249

£21,000

£26,249

OpenContact Direct Marketing Ltd.

£3,861

£15,449

£19,310

WeType Ltd.

£2,000

£8,000

£10,000

3 Norfolk Square Ltd.

£5,544

£12,937

£18,481

Purple Line Ltd.

£21,600

£86,400

£108,000

Storacall Technology Ltd. t/a X-on

£24,958

£99,833

£124,791

Attwells Solicitors LLP

£7,020

£16,380

£23,400

Insight Ecology Ltd.

£3,083

£12,335

£15,418

Needham Fabrications Ltd.

£20,422

£81,688

£102,110

Joseph Read Lighting Ltd.

£11,215

£56,349

£67,564

Agricultural & Mechanical Services Ltd t/a Agrimech

£6,100

£24,400

£30,500

Pump Street Chocolate Ltd.

£25,000

£100,000

£125,000

R&B Plastering (2)

£2,171

£8,685

£10,856

Edmund & Sedgwick Ltd.

£1,815

£7,260

£9,075

My Sofa Covers Ltd.

£2,000

£8,320

£10,320

Abate Ltd (2)

£13,975

£55,898

£69,873

Richard Western Ltd.

£2,372

£21,348

£23,720

R&S Budds Ltd.

£9,468

£37,876

£47,344

Global Plant Genetics Ltd

£1,705

£3,979

£5,684

TSI Structures Ltd

£23,100

£92,400

£115,500

Asams Ltd (2)

£14,461

£33,743

£48,204

Screenworks Ltd

£11,489

£45,955

£57,444

Cargo Secure Ltd

£25,000

£125,000

£150,000

Canham Consulting Ltd

£2,388

£9,555

£11,943

Lark Technology Group Ltd

£6,464

£25,856

£32,320

Prosynth Ltd (2)

£1,597

£6,388

£7,985

BD&H (4)

£22,900

£91,600

£114,500

Griffith Elder & Co Ltd

£24,600

£98,400

£123,000

Dodman Ltd

£3,680

£14,720

£18,400

EV Driver

£3,284

£13,158

£16,442

Jordan Leisure Systems

£3,200

£12,800

£16,000

Norwich Gas Electric Oil & Water Ltd

£8,452

£33,808

£42,260

Sharing Parenting

£1,086

£4,346

£5,432

Real Bodies Health & Fitness Ltd

£9,088

£36,353

£45,441

Exo Environmental (2)

£1,123

£4,492

£5,615

Torros Ltd

£11,010

£44,040

£55,050

Dunhams Washrooms Systems

£24,072

£96,289

£120,361

TTV Industrial Ltd

£25,000

£152,756

£177,756

Padgate Consulting Ltd.

£2,911

£11,644

£14,555

Bevan Davidson International Ltd

£7,300

£29,200

£36,500

Developing Experts

£25,000

£105,000

£130,000

Food Innovation Solutions

£13,538

£54,152

£67,690

Indigo Swan Ltd

£7,073

£28,296

£35,369

RKE Engineering Ltd

£7,750

£31,000

£38,750

Cornelius Group

£6,302

£25,208

£31,510

3 in One Services

£13,550

£54,200

£67,750

Agenda item 7: Small Grant Scheme Approvals (April 2018 - January 2019)

Grant

Match

Total

Jobs

Keronite Group Ltd

£19,882

£79,529

£99,411

RD Castings Ltd

£5,642

£22,572

£28,214

CW Logistics Ltd

£20,048

£80,193

£100,241

Black Shuck Ltd

£4,705

£18,820

£23,525

Liquid 11 Ltd

£10,053

£23,458

£33,511

Coffee House No 5

£11,156

£44,627

£55,783

Merxin Ltd

£14,901

£59,607

£74,508

Plandesci Ltd

£4,295

£17,180

£21,475

Diamond Garage LTd

£24,300

£56,700

£81,000

Smart Refinish Ltd

£9,000

£21,000

£30,000

Libra Scale Ltd

£25,000

£124,500

£149,500

Crafted Media Ltd

£4,652

£18,610

£23,262

Import Export Support LTd

£4,900

£19,600

£24,500

Diss Coverings (Mary Gibson)

£2,679

£10,717

£13,396

MD Controls Ltd

£4,229

£16,918

£21,147

Excite Solutions Ltd

£6,258

£25,032

£31,290

MacRefresh Ltd

£11,500

£46,000

£57,500

B&B Skip Hire Ltd (2)

£24,573

£98,295

£122,868

Dhotel Patisserie Ltd

£3,763

£15,052

£18,815

Cox's Boatyard Ltd

£6,000

£24,000

£30,000

STR Service Centre

£24,559

£100,000

£124,559

KVT Business Case

£2,230

£8,920

£11,150

Alex Stanlake Animation & Design

£1,483

£5,933

£7,416

Flameskill Ltd.

£16,372

£38,200

£54,572

Armour Engineering Ltd.

£2,256

£9,028

£11,284

OneSite Building Products Ltd.

£6,600

£15,400

£22,000

Petrotech UK Ltd

£10,381

£41,526

£51,907

DFC Precision Engineering Ltd.

£23,837

£95,348

£119,185

Slim Glass Ltd.

£8,000

£32,000

£40,000

Adaptainer Ltd

£6,384

£25,534

£31,918

Elmdale Welding and Engineering Supplies

£9,600

£38,400

£48,000

External Services Ltd.

15,625

62,501

78,126

F.W. Hall & Son Ltd.

3,162

12,646

15,808

Advance Engineering (UK) Ltd.

18,480

73,920

92,400

£897,364

£3,580,312

£4,477,676

80.00

New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership - Investment Appraisal committee

Wednesday 27^th March 2018

Agenda Item 9

Growth Deal: Reallocation of Funding within Attleborough Transport Package

Author: Jonathan Rudd

Summary and Recommendation

The Investment Appraisal Committee are requested to:

 Approve the reallocation of £275,000 currently earmarked for Town Centre Improvements and

Asset Management (maintenance) to the delivery of Sustainable Transport improvements at

Attleborough Rail Station Carpark.

Background

Prior to the Capital Growth Programme, the Department of Transport delegated responsibility for

allocating funding for capital transport projects to the Norfolk and Suffolk Local Transport Body

(LTB), an unincorporated entity. The LTB was subsequently subsumed into the LEP as a sub-

committee of the LEP Board with the LEP executive responsible for managing local transport

projects. The LTB operated a two-stage approval process which incorporated DfT requirements; an

initial assessment as part of the appraisal for Growth Deal entry and a further approval of

constituent schemes on completion of the design stage involving a proportionate Business Case.

On 21 Nov 18, the LEP Board agreed to amalgamate the Local Transport Body and Board into a

single forum with greater emphasis on developing and implementing the Integrated Transport

Strategy Delivery Plan. This included the transfer of responsibilities for reviewing projects,

approving and recommending investment decisions to the Investment Appraisal Committee (IAC).

The Attleborough Transport Package is designed to improve sustainable transport, reduce traffic

congestion and improve conditions for all users. The measures proposed contribute to the

infrastructure required to support economic growth, plans for 4,000 houses and community

benefits. This growth is identified in the Adopted Core Strategy and emerging Neighbourhood Plan.

The current composition and funding allocation for the Attleborough Transport Package is as

follows:

Part 1 (£0.036M); Asset Management.

Part 2 (4.510M):



Town Centre Tpt Improvements (2.5M); Surragate Street, Queens Rd & Church St

Junction, High St & Exchange St Junction, and Queens Square Car Park,



High St/Connaught Rd Improvements (500k); Queens Square (Public Realm),



Sustainable Tpt Package (1.51M); London Rd Cycle Path, Railway Station Car Park

and Queens Rd to Sports Hall Pavement.

Part 3 (£0.075M); Asset Management Priorities.

Proposal

The Highways Team at Norfolk County Council (NCC) propose increasing the level of

improvements to the Attleborough Rail Station Carpark. The existing car park layout underutilises

the available space, is not very welcoming to visitors does not provide very good public transport

links. Within the carpark there are a number of small and redundant buildings. Whilst the car park

adjoins town council owned land, the car park itself is owned by Greater Anglia.

The scheme will result in a more attractive and user-friendly layout to the car park and create a

better first impression to those travelling to Attleborough by rail. In addition, it will relieve pressure

on parking demands on nearby residential roads.

NCC propose reallocating £275,000 between schemes within the package, incorporating £75,000

earmarked for Asset Management Priorities which have not previously been subject to a Business

Case. They have produced a full Business Case for the scheme in accordance with the

Department for Transport guidance for modelling and appraisal of schemes, which includes

strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management cases, as well as an Appendix with a

WebTAG¹ appraisal.

Delivery

The scheme will deliver the following outcomes:

 Number of car parking spaces increased from 30/35 (all unmarked) to 86 including 5 blue-

badge spaces.

 Widening and resurfacing of the footway to the front of the station

 Resurfacing of car park

 New carpark lighting

The train operator, Greater Anglia, have already competitively tendered the car park feasibility

design and will be competitively tendering for the car park construction. Having works managed

and delivered through the rail industry significantly reduces the risk to delivery compared to the

County Council appointing its own term contractor. The County Council will undertake overall

programme management using established County Council processes to ensure the scheme is

delivered as planned.

Funding

Savings from the Part 2 Town Centre Transport Improvement schemes and Part 3 Asset

Management Priorities are to be reallocated and transferred to the Rail Station Carpark scheme,

an element of the Part 2 Sustainable Transport Package, to meet the increased costs as follows:

Scheme

Growth Deal

Forecast

Variance

Allocation

Cost

Part 1 - Asset Management

36k

Part 2

 Town Centre Transport Improvements

2,500k

2,300k

-£200k

 High Street Improvements

500k

 Sustainable Transport Package

1,510k

1,795k

+£275k

Part 3 - Asset Management Priorities

75k

-75k

Total:

4,621k

¹ Website for Transport Appraisal Guidance (WebTAG).

Link to Economic Strategy.

The project is aimed at creating the right conditions to support existing economic activity and

growth, including the local transport plan of supporting sustainable development. Within the

Business Case, the scheme is assessed to be of ‘good value for money’, as it will:



Support key housing and business growth in Attleborough and along the A11 corridor.



Provide much needed additional car park capacity at the station for rail users,

significantly improving access to the rail network, particularly commuting. It is

anticipated that this will generate additional rail patronage through new trips and modal

shift from private car.



Provide significant improvements to accessibility and safety through the provision of

blue badge spaces, resurfacing of footways and the car park and new lighting.

Combined, it is anticipated that these measures will also generate additional rail

patronage through new trips and modal shift from private car.



Complement other works being delivered at the station that improve the connectivity of

the rail station to the bus network.

Additionally, the scheme will relieve Greater Anglia the need of funding necessary changes to this

carpark and enable them to deliver required improvements to the carpark at Diss Railway Station.

Summary and Recommendation

The Investment Appraisal Committee are requested to:

 Approve the reallocation of £275,000 currently earmarked for Town Centre Improvements

and Asset Management (maintenance) to the delivery of Sustainable Transport

improvements at Attleborough Rail Station Carpark.