Scrutiny Item - Skateboard & BMX Pump Track Provision in Oswestry
October 15, 2025 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to accept the need for a skatepark and BMX pump track in Oswestry, committing to work with the Town Council to deliver a new facility and instructing a rapid options appraisal of suitable council-owned sites to be reported back to Cabinet in November.
Full council record
Purpose
Report of the Economy and Environment Overview
and Scrutiny Committee following receipt of a petition relating to
the Skateboard Facility and Pump Track at their meeting on the 10th
July, and their recommendations to Cabinet
Decision
RESOLVED:
3.1 that Cabinet accepts the need,
demand and benefit of a skatepark and BMX Pump
Track in Oswestry and will work to deliver a
new facility in an appropriate location in
partnership with Oswestry Town Council
(contingent on the Town Council’s support
and funding.)
3.2 to instruct the Head of Property and
Development
to complete an options appraisal of available sites within
the Council's ownership, considering the most
appropriate and beneficial location, and bring back a report to a future
Cabinet meeting with a final recommendation.
3.3 to instruct the Head of Property
and Development that the work is to be undertaken rapidly with a
report on the options appraisal brought back to the Cabinet meeting
on 19 November 2025.
Related Meeting
Cabinet - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 10.30 am on October 15, 2025
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations approved |
| Decision date | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |