Issue - meetings

That authority be given to incur expenditure of pre-construction costs of up to £30,000 in accordance with Financial Procedure Rule 7.4, financed by the Open Space monies in recommendation 6 of report WTF295 and that this work proceeds at financial risk to the Town Forum.

Councillor Learney introduced the report which set out a recommendation from Winchester Town Forum requiring Cabinet approval for expenditure of pre-construction costs for the King George V (KGV) pavilion project.  This funding would be allocated from the Winchester Town Account.

At the invitation of the Leader, Councillor Lumby addressed Cabinet as summarised briefly below.

Supported the proposals for the KGV pavilion and the progression of the North Walls pavilion project.  Queried how the latter would be funded and also whether similar levels of funding and officer support would be made available for other pavilion projects across the district?

Councillor Learney responded to the comments made.  She stated that KGV pavilion would be used as the district centre for women’s and girls’ football and consequently, an application for district community infrastructure level (CIL) funding would be made in due course.

Cabinet agreed the following for the reasons set out above and outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:

That authority be given to incur expenditure of pre-construction costs of up to £30,000 in accordance with Financial Procedure Rule 7.4, financed by the Open Space monies in recommendation 6 of report WTF295 and that this work proceeds at financial risk to the Town Forum.