Decision details

To report the draft master plan for implementing the requirements identified in community buildings needs assessment of the Western Wards Community Action Team Area (CAT) area.

In July 2008, the Executive agreed a broad vision for providing high quality community facilities across the Borough.  The agreed way forward was to carry out a needs assessment of the community buildings in each of the CATs areas and then to prepare a master plan for implementing the outcome of each needs assessment.

The Western Wards Needs Assessment has been concluded and the results were reported to the Leisure and Community Policy Development and Review Panel on 23 July 2014.

The needs assessment for the Western Wards CATs area highlighted that the overall provision was good and that the objective of achieving high quality community facilities in the area was being achieved. However there are two sites where further action is required.

RESOLVED that the Executive:

(a)       approves the Master Plan for the Western Wards Community Action Team area;

(b)       agrees that the designation of the land at Hook Recreation Ground be changed from “parks and amenity open space” to  “natural green space”, be no longer for formal sports provision and that the changing rooms be demolished within 12 months, if a suitable  alternative use for the building cannot be found; and

(c)       approves a project to improve the WC facilities and replace the main hall flooring at the Whiteley Community Centre at a budget cost of £100,000 with a maximum of £90,000 to be funded from the Whiteley Development Fund and the balance to be funded by the Whiteley Community Association.