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New Anglia Investment Appraisal Committee
Confidential Meeting Minutes (Confirmed)
23rd February 2022
Present:
Committee Members
David Ellesmere (DE)
Ipswich Borough Council
Dominic Keen (DK)
High Growth Robotics
Andrew Proctor (AP)
Norfolk County Council
Alan Waters (AW)
Norwich City Council
Sandy Ruddock (SR)
Scarlett & Mustard
Martin Williams (MW)
Independent IAC Member
In Attendance
Rosanne Wijnberg (RW)
New Anglia LEP
Jonathan Rudd (JR)
New Anglia LEP
Iain Dunnett (ID)
New Anglia LEP
Helen Wilton (HW)
New Anglia LEP
ACTIONS
To move the March IAC meeting to 23rd March - HW
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Welcome from the Chair
David Ellesmere (DE) welcomed everyone to the meeting.
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Apologies
Apologies were received from Kathy Atkinson
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Declarations of Interest
AP declared an interest in Item 9 in relation to Norfolk County Council. It was agreed that AP could remain
for the discussion but not participate in the vote
DE declared an interest in Item 10. It was agreed that DE would leave the meeting for the discussion
around the Sounds East project.
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Minutes of previous meetings
The minutes of the meeting held on 26th January 2022 were agreed as accurate.
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Horizon Paper and GPF Repayments – Confidential
The Committee agreed:
• To note the content of the report
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Reporting: Growing Business Fund
RW resented the reports noting that the GBF was funded from the Growth Deal where funds had to be
spent by 31st March 2022 so the focus was on paying outstanding grants to minimise the level unpaid
which will be clawed back by Government.
AP asked if project costs were being impacted by inflation. RW confirmed that some GPF requests had
been received but not for the GBF as, if costs rise, it usually results in a lower intervention rate. RW
agreed to investigate this further.
The Committee agreed:
• To note the content of the report
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Growing Places Fund Programme Project RAG ratings - Confidential
The GPF RAG ratings were taken as included in the meeting papers.
The Committee agreed:
• To note the content of the report
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Growing Places Fund: FEP Energy project update Confidential
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Getting Building Fund: Local Full Fibre Network project amendment request
JR presented the project which is part of the wider Better Broadband project and advised that 14 sites have
needed to be withdrawn reducing the project costs by £400k. To avoid having to repay this the project
team have proposed using the funding to provide Fixed Wireless Access to a number of sites which will
provide the same outcomes to rural areas which traditional broadband is struggling to reach.
The Committee agreed:
• To note the content of the report
• To approve the deallocation of £400,000 from the Getting Building Fund grant offer of £2,054,320 for
the delivery of the Local Full Fibre Network. To re-apportioned the £400,000 within the project to
support the delivery of Fixed Wireless Access
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Suffolk Inclusive Growth Investment Fund - Round 5 projects for approval - Confidential
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AOB
It was agreed to move the March meeting from 30th to 23rd March 2022 to tie in with the deadlines for the
SIGIF programme.
