Agenda and minutes

STATEMENT OF THE REASONS FOR THE DECISION:

To obtain approval from the Portfolio Holder to allocate £2,500 Move More capital funding towards ball stop boundary netting, to increase play capacity at Ashcombe Park Cricket Club in Cheddleton.

The Move More capital fund was allocated £100,000 in 2024/25 budget and was established to support officers in achieving the strategy over a two-year period covering 2024/25 and 2025/26. In addition to the £100,000, there was also £15,240 left over from the previous Outdoor Sports Capital Fund, which was transferred from the previous financial year, making a total of £115,240.

In July 2024 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council received a request from Ashcombe Park Cricket Club for assistance with funding, to enable them to erect a high netting system along the boundary edge of their cricket field to increase pitch capacity, to try to encourage more people into cricket, mainly girls/women and boys.

ANY ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:

  To confirm the allocation of £2,500 Move More Capital Funds towards the identified project as outlined in the report (Recommended)

  Should the decision be made to not allocate funds to the project outlined in the report, it may mean that the planned works at Ashcombe Park Cricket Ground may not proceed (Not recommended)

DECISION:

That the Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Tourism approved the proposed allocation of Move More capital funding of £2,500, towards the project as set out in the report.