Issue - meetings

Committee is asked to:

1.     Support in principle progressing a solar canopy scheme for the Eclipse Leisure Centre Car Park

2.     If agreed to progress, to confirm whether the preference is for a steel or glulam structure.

Appendices A-C of this report are exempt as they contain information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

The Committee resolved to agree to support in principle progressing a solar canopy scheme for the ‘Eclipse Leisure Centre’ car park.

The Committee requested that additional information be included within the follow-up report that was to be brought back to committee in September 2024. This included a cost comparison between the current leisure centre costs and the proposed costs if the Council installed the solar panels and examples of electricity prices to highlight any potential risks if the price of electricity fell. 

The Committee queried what funding would be used to facilitate the proposed Solar Canopy if the bid for Community Infrastructure Levy funding was unsuccessful. They were advised that alternative funding streams would need to be considered.

A detailed specification would be written before a full procurement exercise was undertaken to invite companies to submit a tender for the works and this would be included within the revised report that was due to be brought back before the Committee in September 2024.

The Committee resolved to agree to support in principle progressing a solar canopy scheme for the ‘Eclipse Leisure Centre’ car park.