Purpose

The s106 for the development on ‘Land at Dark Lane, Alrewas’ (Planning reference 13/01175/OUTM), includes an ‘Indoor Sports Contribution’ for £86,545 ‘To be used for the provision of indoor sporting facilities at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Lichfield’.   Crest Nicholson Ltd paid the Council this on the 14th of February 2024.

In October 2020 Cabinet selected Stychbrook Park as its preferred site for a new leisure centre, which signalled the end of the use of Friary Grange Leisure Centre as a public facility for residents.   Due to this, the Section 106 agreement has been negotiated with developer Crest Nicholson Ltd to enable the £86,545 could be used towards the development of the new leisure centre instead of Friary Grange.

The Indoor Sports Contribution definition in the s106 will be changed from ‘To be used for the provision of indoor sporting facilities at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Lichfield’ to ‘to be used for the provision of indoor sporting facilities at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Lichfield and/or a new Leisure Centre development situated at Stychbrook Park, Lichfield’.

Crest Nicholson have agreed through legal discussions to the Deed of Variation; for the full signing of documents to take place we must pay the legal fees for Crest Nicholson of £2000 to DAC Beachcroft LLC.   

Decision

That £86,545 received from Crest Nicholson Ltd to Lichfield District Council against an s106 agreement linked to ‘Land at Dark Lane, Alrewas’ is allocated to the new Leisure Centre development at Stychbrook Park.

This is following a ‘Deed of Variation’ to the agreement changing the covenant from ‘To be used for the provision of indoor sporting facilities at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Lichfield’ to ‘to be used for the provision of indoor sporting facilities at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, Lichfield and/or a new Leisure Centre development situated at Stychbrook Park, Lichfield’.

The £2000 legal fees for this to be actioned to be paid from approved budgets.

Alternative options considered

The alternative options were considered: