The Committee resolved to
1. Acknowledge the outcome of the public consultation on the proposed Multi-Use Games Area in Memorial Gardens, Staines-upon-Thames;
2. Agree that the current Memorial Gardens Multi-Use Games Area proposal should not progress in its present form and location, having considered the consultation outcome, site-specific issues, financial implications, legal considerations and deliverability matters; and
3. Note tht any future consideration of alternative recreation provision, alternative locations or lower-impact improvements would require a separate options report, funding route, consultation where appropriate, and relevant committee or successor authority approval.
The Committee resolved to:
1. Authorise the Group Head Neighbourhood Services to commence a public consultation exercise fo the proposed new Multi-Use Games Area to be built in Memorial Gardens, Staines-upon-Thames
2. Subject to the Group Head Neighbourhood Services and the Group Head Corporate Governance, in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee reviewing the consultation responses and being satisfied that, on balance, the feedback indicates overall support for the proposal and that any issues raised can be appropriately addressed, authorise the Group Head Neighbourhood Services to:
a. Appoint appropriately qualified ecological specialists to undertake the necessary ecological appraisals and surveys required to support the planning application for the proposed installation of a new Multi-Use Games Area;
b. Undertake a procurement exercise to establish availability of resource and the indicative costs of the works; and
c. Submit a planning application for the construction and installation of a new recreation facility, including associated fencing, safety surfacing, and site preparation works at Memorial Gardens, Staines-upon-Thames.
3. Group Head Neighbourhood Services to report back to the Environment and Sustainability committee with feedback from the consultation, procurement exercise, and planning meeting.