Decision details

To submit a funding bid to Phase 5 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF) on behalf of Cheltenham Borough Council for £481,500.

SALIX have launched a fifth funding tranche for public sector decarbonisation. The Council have prepared a bid for revenue funding to undertake design work on how we can decarbonise the Leisure Centre, the Town Hall, the Pittville Pump Rooms, the Wilson Art Gallery and Ellenborough House. These are the buildings owned by the Council with the largest carbon footprints.
The work will produce designs and specifications which can be used to understand the cost of decarbonising these buildings and provide an evidence base to apply for other external funding to deliver the projects.
If successful, the work will be tendered over the Summer and delivered in the second half of the financial year.

For CBC to fund the design work ourselves, but this alternative was rejected due to in sufficient resource and expertise/qualification to provide the level of detail which could be used to support future bids for capital funding.
CBC also considered not proceeding with the project however this was rejected as this is a key element required to deliver the Council’s Corporate Priority of carbon net zero.