Decision details
Play Area Investment
PDF 123 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet member local engagement and community resilience
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The purpose of this report is to set out how
the £1 million for Play Area Investment is proposed to be
spent and to seek the necessary approvals to do so.
Decision:
That:
a) Approval is given to draw down and spend the £1 million capital budget for play area investment in 2025/26 and 2026/27; and
b) Delegated authority is given to the Corporate Director of Economy and Environment to take all operational decisions over the lifetime of the project, to deliver the investment set out in recommendation (a).
Alternative options considered:
1. That this additional investment is not made and the Council continues to maintain Herefordshire’s Play Areas in accordance with sound asset management practices but wholly within the maintenance allocations and funding made available by the Council.
Reason Key: Expenditure and strategic nature / impact on communities;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: Leigh Whitehouse, Group Manager-Streetscene, Public Rights of Way and Traffic Management Email: leigh.whitehouse@herefordshire.gov.uk.
Publication date: 03/10/2025
Date of decision: 03/10/2025
Effective from: 10/10/2025
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