Reference: D44819
Decision Maker: Executive Board
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To update Executíve Board on progress that has been made in developing proposals for a new leisure and wellbeing centre for inner east Leeds and to agree the preferred site for consultation and further feasibility works.
Further to Minute No. 119, 14th December 2016, the Director of City Development submitted a report providing an update on the progress which had been made in developing proposals for a new leisure and wellbeing centre for inner east Leeds, and which sought agreement of the preferred site, for the purposes of consultation and further feasibility works.
Responding to a Member’s enquiry, the Board was provided with further information in respect of proposals regarding the associated financial delivery model for the project.
RESOLVED –
(a) That approval be given for the site of the new inner east Leeds Leisure and Wellbeing Centre to be within the boundary, as set out within Appendix A to the submitted report;
(b) That following resolution (a) above, approval be given to the commencement of a public consultation exercise, the outcome of which will be used to inform the future facility mix of the new centre and to comment upon the site proposal;
(c) That following the conclusion of the consultation exercise, ‘authority to spend’ of £300k be approved to commission a feasibility study to develop proposals for a new Leisure and Wellbeing centre at a new location within the existing Fearnville Leisure Centre and surrounding site;
(d) That the current position regarding progress made on the wider ‘Vision for Leisure & Wellbeing Centres’ programme be noted, and that it also be noted that further updates will be submitted to Executive Board for consideration in February 2018;
(e) That it be noted that the Head of Sport and Active Lifestyles will be responsible for the implementation of such matters.
Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;
Wards Affected: Gipton and Harehills; Killingbeck and Seacroft; Temple Newsam;
Portfolio Holder: Executive Member for Resources and Strategy
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Briefings and discussions
Consultees
Executive Member for Resources and Strategy;
Ward Members for Temple Newsam, Gipton & Harehills and
Killingbeck & Seacroft
Contact: Mark Allman, Head of Sport and Active Recreation 0113 3780289 Email: mark.allman@leeds.gov.uk.
Report author: Mark Allman
Publication date: 25/09/2017
Date of decision: 20/09/2017
Decided at meeting: 20/09/2017 - Executive Board
Effective from: 30/09/2017
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