Decision details

RESOLVED that the Executive Member for Culture, Resources and Public Protection approves the expenditure of £16,000 of S106 social and community facilities contributions on improvements to the Binfield Parish Office.

1.    To enable an increase in the capacity of the Parish Office to provide much needed community facility space, including increased storage, meeting space and a community room.

2.    This project will directly support three of the Councils strategic objectives,

·         People live active and healthy lifestyles

Numbers of adults and young people participating in leisure and sport has increased

·         A clean, green, growing and sustainable place

Appropriate infrastructure development is completed to support housing growth including; Warfield Link Road, Coral Reef Junction, Jennetts Park, town centre

·         Strong, safe, supportive and self-reliant communities

High levels of community cohesion are maintained

1.    The Parish Council have considered a smaller development to simply increase the office accommodation, however, this would not add any community facilities and would not meet the needs of the wider community who require informal and formal meeting and recreation space.

2.    The Executive Member could decide not to fund these improvements and use the funding for other matters meeting the S106 criteria.

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