Purpose

To allocate S106 small grants for improvements to equipment, storage and facilities at community buildings and indoor/outdoor sports centres in Cambridge.

Content

Matter for
Decision

In 2023/24 the S106 funding
round for community and sports facilities sought proposals from community
groups, sports clubs and schools (as well as council services) between £5,000
and £30,000 for improving equipment and/or storage at sports venues or community
buildings with meeting space in Cambridge. The first phase of applications (for
projects deliverable by the end of April 2024) took place summer 2023, with
over £125,000 of S106 funds allocated to nine projects at last October’s
Committee. The second phase continued until 31/10/2023, seeking eligible
project proposals that could be completed by October 2024.

 

The Officer’s report
recommended allocating over £420,000 of S106 funds to 22 proposals relating to
the community facilities and outdoor/indoor sports contribution types.
Consideration of applications from the first phase for improving swimming pool
infrastructure were deferred until now, so the report also seeks approval for
investing over £73,500 in a new approach to delivering swimming pool
disinfection at Parkside Pools.

 

The allocation of £40,000
Public Art S106 funds for a project at Nightingale Recreation Ground was also
recommended.

 

Decision
of Executive Councillor for Communities

Agreed
to:

     
i.         
Allocate generic S106 funding from
the relevant S106 contribution types, subject to business case approval and
community use agreement (as appropriate) and possible part-funding by specific
S106 contributions where relevant and available (see paragraph 4.5 of the
Officer’s report), to the following project proposals:

 

 



Project
proposals



Amount



S106
type






a.



Chesterton
Indoor Bowls Club:
lighting
upgrades



£14,847



Indoor
sports





b.



Trumpington
Village Hall:
furniture
provision



£8,565



Community
facilities





c.



Netherhall
Sports Centre:
outdoor
court improvements



£39,606



Outdoor
sports





d.



Netherhall
Sports Centre:
fitness
equipment provision



£10,285



Indoor
sports





e.



Campkin
Road Community Centre:
equipment
& furnishings



£30,000



Community
facilities





f.



Squared
Circle Boxing Club:
storage
and equipment



£5,242



Indoor
sports





g.



St
Matthew’s Piece:
basketball
improvements



£17,722



Outdoor
sports





h.



Scotland
Road Rec Ground:
basketball
improvements



£12,115



Outdoor
sports





i.



Green
End Road Rec Ground:
basketball
improvements



£14,184



Outdoor
sports





j.



Cambridge
Dive Club:
diving
facility improvements



£16,250



Indoor
sports





k.



St Paul’s Primary School:
football equipment and storage
(also subject to conditions set out in paragraph 4.3)



£13,276



Outdoor
sports





l.



Ross
Street Community Centre:
kitchen
improvements



£28,000



Community
facilities





m.



Ross
Street Community Centre:
audio-visual
(AV) equipment & Storage



£10,000



Community
facilities





n.



The
Junction:
AV
& presentation equipment



£24,852



Community
facilities





o.



Cambridge
Canoe Club:
additional
storage



£40,000



Outdoor
sports





p.



Christ
The Redeemer Church:
storage,
furniture & equipment



£8,275



Community
facilities





q.



Coldham’s
Common:
outdoor
fit kit storage



£7,500



Outdoor
sports





r.



Abbey
Pool Fitness Studio:
gym
equipment provision



£22,687



Indoor
sports





s.



St.
Philip’s School:
community meeting area & canopy
(also subject to conditions set out in paragraph 4.3)



£25,000



Community
facilities





t.



Cambridge
United Foundation:
AV equipment



£15,000



Community
facilities





u.



King’s
Hedges Learner Pool:
pool-based fitness equipment



£20,000



Indoor
sports





v.



Christ’s
Pieces Tennis Courts:
court improvements



£37,371



Outdoor
sports

 

Note:
At 18/01/24 Committee Members agreed to delay grant funding for Canoe Club
until planning permission was received.

 

See Section 4 and Appendices
A and B of the Officer’s report for more details.

 

    
ii.         
Allocate £73,666 of Swimming Pool
S106 contributions towards a new approach to delivering swimming pool
disinfection at Parkside Pools with ultraviolet disinfection and salt-based
hyproliser for onsite chlorination generation, subject to a business case approval;

  
iii.         
Allocate generic S106 public art
funding of up to £40,000 for a public art project at Nightingale Recreation
Ground, Community Garden and Pavilion, subject to business case approval.

 

Reason for the Decision

As set out in the Officer’s report.

 

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

Not applicable.

 

Scrutiny
Considerations

The Committee received a report from the (Officer).

 

The Sport & Recreation Manager said the following in response to
Members’ questions:

     
i.         
Ultraviolet disinfection was commonly used in pools
in the country. It was an effective system to kill pathogens and an
environmentally friendly way to clean pools and reduce the amount of chlorine
in them.  A salt-based hyproliser was
another option to dechlorane pools.

    
ii.         
Parkside Pool was the main council pool but
Officers could look at introducing ultraviolet disinfection and salt-based
hyproliser at Abby Pool and Jesus Green too if the initiative worked at
Parkside Pool.

 

Councillor Glasberg
requested a change to the recommendation in the Officer’s report to remove (O)
‘Cambridge Canoe Club additional storage’. Grant funding could be delayed until
planning permission was received for the Canoe Club extension.

 

The Committee unanimously
approved this amended recommendation.

 

The Committee unanimously
resolved to endorse the recommendations as amended.

 

The Executive Councillor approved
the recommendations as amended.

 

Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any
Dispensations Granted)

No conflicts of interest
were declared by the Executive Councillor.