Purpose

On 8th July 2025, DBC Cabinet:

• agreed to undertake the DBC landlord maintenance obligations
required under the Leisure Services contract with Everyone Active
(EA) as part of the overall investment programme
• delegated authority to the Strategic Director – Place,
Communities & Enterprise in consultation with the Portfolio
Holder Place following consultation with a cross-party councillor
working group to develop a set of proposals that can be progressed
into a full set of costed investment proposal with the support of
experienced leisure centre refurbishment and project management
companies and EA as our leisure contractor.
• agreed that a cross-party working group be established with
a proposed membership of six members to assist with the development
of proposals identified in the second recommendation above;
and
• delegated authority to the Council’s Strategic
Director – Place, Communities & Enterprise, following
consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Place, Chief Financial
Officer (S151) and the Assistant Director Legal & Democratic
Services, to enter into any necessary contracts/agreements to
deliver the leisure centre investment proposals.

The July 2025 Cabinet report proposed that DBC utilised the UKLF to
procure project management services and seek a developer
partner/appoint a works contractor as a single project across both
Hemel and Berkhamsted leisure centres (at an estimated total
project works value of ca. £22.65m.

Decision

Approval for Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) to
access the UK Leisure Framework (UKLF) and appoint Alliance Leisure
(AL) to project manage and appoint their own professional services
for the refurbishment of Hemel and Berkhamsted Leisure
Centres.

Alternative options considered

Option 1 -
Option 2 -
Option 3 -