An £8m redevelopment of the Grange Centre, Midhurst, is now at level pegging in a shopping list with a £3m cultural fund to support Chichester's Festival Theatre and Pallant House Gallery, and a £6m Roman Baths museum in Chichester.
Chichester District Council's executive board has come down in favour of all 'big three' projects, recommending the council to go for all of them rather than prioritise.
Last month, the council's policy development committee proposed a priority or
der for the schemes, with the Grange at the top and the museum at the bottom.
But the board is recommending the council to aim to carry out all three, although the finances of each will be subject to 'constant review'.
Director of finance David Grove said later there was now a balanced capital programme, which was fully funded, and the relevance of the committee's ranking no longer came into play.
The board considered the overall financial position, and was given advice on affordability.
Mr Grove said during the meeting that if the financial position worsened, members could go back to the capital programme, and possibly make adjustments.
"Figures aren't set in stone," he asserted.
Chief executive John Marsland said the board had a list of preferential schemes. "There is potentially sufficient funding to deal with these, but there needs to be very close control," he added.
Any scheme coming forward had to have a full business case.
This meant that if it was not committed, and the financial situation changed, there was an opportunity to stop the scheme.
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