HASLEMERE Town Council has agreed the terms on which the £6,000 capital grant agreed earlier this year, can be paid to the Haslemere Citizens' Advice Bureau.

The matter, which was expected to be discussed by town councillors at their finance and general purposes committee meeting last week in confidence, was instead passed without any debate, in open session.

A note passed to town councillors at the start of the meeting recommended that the payment of the capital grant to the CAB, instead be interpreted as meaning a "non-recurring" or one-off grant.

The payment of the money hit a snag when it was realised that, under the town council rules, a capital grant could only be paid on receipt of invoices which would not have been applicable in this case.