That:

a) Approval is given for the acceptance and expenditure of the full allocation Warm Homes: Local Grant awarded to Herefordshire of approx. £2,485,440 capital and £372,816 revenue funding and any additional funding if granted 2025/26;

b) The Section 151 Officer adds the allocated grant to the capital programme and accept any additional Warm Homes: Local Grant funding should it be granted;

c) The Council signs a back-to-back Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Councils with Shropshire signing the main MoU as the Consortium lead; and

d) The Service Director for Growth be authorised to take all operational decisions necessary to implement recommendation a).