Issue - meetings

(Portfolio Holders: Councillors Y Gagen & I Moran)

Councillor Gagen introduced the joint report of the Directors of Leisure and Environment and Development and Regeneration which considered a proposal regarding the use of Section 106 monies for the development of public open space provision in the Parish of Burscough.

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the details as set out in the report before it and accepted the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED  A.      That the bid from Burscough Parish Council for £43,507 of S106 monies be refused on the grounds that the proposed use of the funds for the purchase of land in Burscough would not comply with the criteria of the S106 agreement from where the funds were generated, namely to "provide new/enhance existing public open space in the parish/ward".

B.     That the applicants be informed that a future bid for S106 funds, once the land has been purchased, to contribute towards a more detailed and costed programme of deliverable works to create a public open space facility would be more appropriate.