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Unsupervised Play Investment Programme

Meeting: 24/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 10)

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Wellbeing Portfolio

 

To consider report HCS/33 of the Head of Community Services, which was referred to the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on 22 November 2021.

 

 

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That the Cabinet:

 

a)         approves the proposed Investment Programme for Unsupervised Play for 2022/23 as set out in Appendix B to report HCS/33 adding £218,000 to the capital programme fully funded from S106 contributions.

 

b)         delegates authority to the Cabinet member for Wellbeing in consultation with the Head of Community Services, to conduct review stage/s and agree where necessary to reprioritise the order of delivery for the relevant phase of the investment programme.

 

 

Reasons for the Recommendations

 

a)         The recommendations are made to agree a programme of improvement projects for Unsupervised Play facilities and set the priorities for capital spend, ensuring the continued up keep in the quality and condition of assets.

 

b)         It establishes a formal process for the regular review of the investment programme; and where necessary to reprioritise the order of investments if any project conditions change over time and where health and safety risks vary the urgency.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Wellbeing presented report HCS/33of the Head of Community Services.  The report sought agreement for the investment priorities and necessary capital programme for Unsupervised Play in Crawley for the period 2021/22 – 2022/23. In presenting the report it was noted that the proposed investment programme would be fully funded from S106 contributions.

 

Councillor T Belben presented the Overview and Scrutiny Commission’s comments on the report to the Cabinet following consideration of the matter at its meeting on 22 November 2021 including confirming their support.

 

Councillor Crow was invited to speak on the report, commenting that of the new schemes six or seven were west of the Town Centre and only one was in the east of the Borough. He also asked whether Loppetts Road play area could be looked at due to the feedback he had from residents on the condition of the equipment there. Councillor C Mullins confirmed he would investigate it with officers.

 

Councillor Lamb also spoke as part of the discussion, responding to the comment made by Councillor Crow, by stating the identified unsupervised play sites had been devised by the cross party Unsupervised Play Working Group, based on a neutral criteria that ignored location but focused on safety grounds and condition of the equipment.

 

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Cabinet:

 

a)         approves the proposed Investment Programme for Unsupervised Play for 2022/23 as set out in Appendix B to report HCS/33adding £218,000 to the capital programme fully funded from S106 contributions.

 

b)         delegates authority to the Cabinet member for Wellbeing in consultation with the Head of Community Services, to conduct review stage/s and agree where necessary to reprioritise the order of delivery for the relevant phase of the investment programme.

 

 

Reasons for the Recommendations

 

a)         The recommendations are made to agree a programme of improvement projects for Unsupervised Play facilities and set the priorities for capital spend, ensuring the continued up keep in the quality and condition of assets.

 

b)         It establishes a formal process for the regular review of the investment programme; and where necessary to reprioritise the order of investments if any project conditions change over time and where health and safety risks vary the urgency.

 

 

 


Meeting: 22/11/2021 - Overview and Scrutiny Commission (Item 8)

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To consider report HCS/33 of the Head of Community Services.

 

 

Minutes:

The Commission consider report HCS/33 of the Head of Community Services. The report documented the investment priorities and necessary capital programme to be agreed for Unsupervised Play in Crawley for the period 2021/22 – 2022/23; together with the provisional capital spend requirement for 2023/24-2024/25.

 

During the discussions with the Cabinet Member for Wellbeing and the Head of Community Services, Councillors made the following comments:

·         Recognition that the proposed investment programme had been devised based on the safety grounds and need of the sites throughout the town. The works were re-scheduled and prioritised due to condition.

·         Acknowledgement that the sites had featured cross-party agreement through the working group.

·         Confirmation that the current budget identified in table 6.7 was the remaining budget.

 

RESOLVED

That the Overview and Scrutiny Commission noted the report and the views expressed during the debate were fed back to the Cabinet through the Commission’s Comment Sheet.