Issue - meetings

Westgate Leisure Area

Meeting: 08/02/2017 - Cabinet (Item 75)

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment informing Members on progress that has been made in respect of Westgate Park and to seek authorisation to market test interest in developing leisure related facility in the park and to seek delegated authority to pursue a development solution.

Decision:

RESOLVED:

1. Responsibility be delegated to the Corporate Director to prepare the opportunity document referred to in the report to test market interest in Westgate Park.

2. Authority be delegated to the Corporate Director in Consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Leader of the Council to grant a lease(s) with a potential partner(s) in order to further develop Westgate Park.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment (Councillor Cook) which informed Members on progress that had been made in respect of Westgate Park and which sought authorisation to market test interest in developing leisure related facility in the park and which sought delegated authority to pursue a development solution.

Councillor Cook reported that the site had within recent years fallen into a state of disrepair and limited by a number of constraints including flooding and contamination. He advised that if granted approval, Officers would proceed to draw up an opportunity document outlining both the opportunities and the constraints for the site and invite development and community organisations to come forward with proposals.

In response to Councillor Norman’s query of what small scale costs stated in 8.1 of the report referred to, Councillor Cook explained that this referred to the cost of officer time/resource in the project.

RESOLVED:

1. Responsibility be delegated to the Corporate Director to prepare the opportunity document referred to in the report to test market interest in Westgate Park.