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Minutes:
The Council was running a
S106 funding round in 2023/24, seeking grant applications from community
groups, sports clubs and schools (as well as proposals
from council services) of between £5,000-£30,000 for improving equipment and/or
storage at sports venues or community buildings with meeting space in
Cambridge. Nine eligible proposals (totaling around £125,000), received by
early September 2023 and deliverable by April 2024, were recommended for
approval.
The Officer’s report also
revisited a long-standing S106 project. Almost a decade ago, a £255,000 S106
grant was allocated for providing additional meeting space at East Barnwell
Community Centre in Abbey ward. Plans for the project had changed significantly
since then, so it was important to update the purposes for which the S106
funding allocation could be used. This case had also highlighted how the
Council could strengthen its S106 management processes by adding precautionary
measures to help make sure that generic S106 funds for community and
outdoor/indoor sports facilities could be used locally and on time.
Decision
of Executive Councillor for Communities
The Executive Councillor
for Communities agreed to:
i.
Allocate generic S106 funding from
the relevant S106 contribution types, subject to business case approval and
community use agreement (as appropriate), to the following project proposals:
|
Project proposals |
Amount |
S106 type |
a. |
Jesus Green Lido:
improved lighting within the facility |
£36,000 |
Outdoor sports |
b. |
Nightingale Avenue
Pavilion furnishings and equipment |
£15,000 £2,500 |
Community facilities
& Outdoor sports |
c. |
Chesterton Rec Pavilion:
additional equipment |
£10,950 £7,400 |
Outdoor sports & Community facilities |
d. |
Basketball court
improvements at Coldham’s Common |
£7,200 |
Outdoor sports |
e. |
Football goal
improvements at Cherry Hinton & Nightingale Avenue Rec Grounds and
Coldham’s Common |
£13,500 |
Outdoor sports |
f. |
Netherhall
Sports gym: grant to Cambridge Dive for specialist equipment for diving
training |
£9,050 |
Indoor sports |
g. |
Parkside Pool: new
competition lane ropes & improved access to 1-metre diving board |
£11,600 |
Indoor sports |
h. |
Parkside Pool: grant to
City of Cambridge Swimming Club for additional storage |
£5,000 |
Indoor sports |
i. |
The Meadows Community
Centre: equipment for social events, also subject to approval from
Environmental Health |
£8,650 |
Community facilities |
See section 4 and Appendices A and B of the Officer report for more
details.
ii.
Refocus the use of S106 funding
allocated to the East Barnwell Community Centre project in 2013 so that the
allocation could now support community facility improvements forming part of
the East Barnwell redevelopment that was being overseen by the City Council as
part of the Cambridge Investment Partnership (see paragraph 5.3 of the
Officer’s report).
iii.
Approve a new process whereby any
generic S106 funds in the community facilities or outdoor sports or indoor
sports categories that were within two years of the date by which they need to
be used or contractually committed may be de-allocated from a project which was
unlikely to deliver on time, so that they could be re-allocated to another relevant
project (related to where the S106 contributions were from) which could make
timely use of this funding (see paragraphs 6.1-6.3 of the Officer’s report).
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee received a report from the Community, Sport & Recreation Manager.
In response to Councillors query about the progress of the East Barnwell
Community Centre project, the Urban Growth Project Manager said the project had
changed since the initial bid in 2013. Officers wanted to keep the funding
alive. Recommendation (iii) was just a prudent approach.
The Committee unanimously
resolved to endorse the recommendations.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendations.
Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any
Dispensations Granted)
No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.