That:

(a)       Agree the Gigaclear contract change request subject to state aid approval, based on:

·         Making an additional public subsidy of up to 10% of the original contract value (£1.86m) available from the existing capital allocation to leverage a minimum £1.85m extra private sector investment in order to extend the full fibre broadband network to no less than 4,663 extra premises of which at least 679 premises do not currently receive superfast broadband

·         Extending the contract with Gigaclear from March 2020 to March 2022

·         Embedding a new communication protocol outlined in paragraph 18 into the contract change

·         Ensuring that ‘community 215’ covering premises in Newland (Gloucestershire) is delivered by the end of June 2020;

(b)       The contract changes are only agreed based on the 25% milestone for Lot 3d being claimed before April 2019;

(c)        Approve revised Fastershire Vision as set out in para 19; and

(d)       The Assistant Director Corporate Support be authorised to take all operational decisions necessary to implement the above recommendations including, following consultation with the chief finance officer, agreement of a revised project finance model.