Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development seeking approval for the submission of a Stage 1 Parks for People Programme Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) application for a Middleton Park restoration scheme with the support of Wade’s Charity,  the match funding for which is to come from the surrender and subsequent sale of 218 and 220 Middleton Town Street and adjoining land.

Appendix 1 to this report is designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3).

The Director of City Development submitted a report on the proposed submission of a Stage 1 Parks for People Programme Heritage Lottery Fund application for a Middleton Park restoration scheme with the support of Wade’s Charity; the match funding for the scheme to be provided by the Council’s surrender of its leasehold interest in 218 and 220 Middleton Town Street and adjoining land and the subsequent sale of the freehold in the properties by Wade’s Charity.

Members noted that the restoration scheme would deliver a maximum of £1.65 million of capital investment into Middleton Park, rather than the £1.4 million as detailed within the report.

Following consideration of appendix 1 to the report designated as exempt under Access to information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting it was

RESOLVED –

(a)  That approval be given to the proposal to submit a Stage 1 application to the Heritage Lottery Fund, with support from Wade’s charity, to restore Middleton Park and that the Acting Chief Recreation Officer be authorised to sign off the application on the Council’s behalf.

(b)  That approval be given to the surrender of the leases of 218 and 220 Middleton Town Street to Wade’s Charity to facilitate the sale and subsequent use of the proceeds as match funding for the restoration project which will deliver up to £1,650,000 of capital investment into Middleton Park.