Purpose

To seek approval for opening hours for the
Council’s leisure facilities for bank holidays in 2025, up to
and including the August Bank Holiday.

Decision

To approve bank holiday opening hours in the
Council’s leisure facilities in 2025.

Reasons for the decision

To allow for a continued, daytime leisure
provision over the bank holidays in 2025 to ensure that a level of
customer service is provided at the Council’s leisure
facilities.
To allow staff to take annual leave without the need to provide
full cover.
To ensure that the centres are operating within the approved base
budget.

Alternative options considered

The council could do nothing and continue to
open the leisure facilities with the normal operating hours. This
option would mean a waste of resource in terms of heating, lighting
and staffing of the facilities for extremely low levels of customer
use.
Alternative leisure centre opening hours to those contained in the
proposal could be considered. However, the proposal takes into
account previous usage levels on bank holidays.
The Richard Herrod Centre and/or the Bonington Theatre could be
closed on these days. Although usage has traditionally been low at
Richard Herrod on bank holidays, the facilities have customarily
been opened to provide a service to those residents wishing to
utilise the facilities that these two venues provide, as well as
enabling the bowls club to operate.