Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Communities

Presented by the Community and Climate Change Portfolio Holder

The Community and Climate Change Portfolio Holder presented the report.

Members commented that the amount of work in the report was important as it provided the evidence to support successful provision of funding to the district’s leisure sector which would therefore lead to acquiring the facilities required by residents. It was added that the inclusion of all play areas was valuable.

It was moved by Councillor M Wyatt, seconded by Councillor N Rushton and

RECOMMENDED THAT:

The next steps highlighted in section 8 of the report be approved.

Reason for decision:

To allow for further engagement on the strategies so they can be refined and finalised prior to reporting to Cabinet on 28 April 2026 with a further report to seek approval for the strategies to be adopted by the Council and used as an evidence base in the revised Local Plan.