Agenda item

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Sally Blomfield, Assistant Director for Planning and Sustainable Economy, introduced the report and presented the five requests by voluntary sector organisations for the Release of S106 Contributions for consideration by the Cabinet Grants Panel.

The Leader of the Council enquired whether the extension offered to the Mid Sussex District Scouts will be the final extension.

The Assistant Director for Planning and Sustainable Economy expressed that she was confident that it will be the final extension and that the Council is working with the organisation to achieve a successful completion of the work.

The Cabinet Member for Sustainable Economy and Housing stated that the East Grinstead Rugby Football Club is an excellent organisation and does great work in the community. He noted that the report talks of degradation of the pitch and asked how the floodlights will impact bringing the surface to up to standard.

The Assistant Director for Planning and Sustainable Economy replied that not all pitches are flood-lit therefore with a greater number of flood-lit pitches it spreads the load and spreads the usage to prevent the degradation on already lit pitches.

The Chairman fully supported all the applications and noted a personal experience of usingHurstpierpoint Cricket Club’s pavilion where she found it could benefit from an improvement.

The Chairman noted that no Member wished to speak so took the Panel to vote on the recommendations on all applications which were agreed unanimously.

RESOLVED

The Cabinet Grants Panel agreed:

1.           That £224,139 of S106 contributions be released to Adastra Hall Hassocks Community Association to fund the community hall expansion and new toilets.

2.           That £19,264 of S106 contributions be released to East Grinstead Rugby Football Club to fund pitch lighting improvements.

3.           That £33,458 of S106 contributions be released to Hurstpierpoint Cricket Club to fund the pavilion modernisation.

4.           That £12,050 of S106 contributions be released to Lindfield Cricket Club to fund the cricket square pop-up irrigation/water harvesting system.

5.           That £43,424 of S106 contributions be released to The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Copthorne to fund air-conditioning and car parking at St John's Church Community Hall (Copthorne Parish Hub).

6.           To increase the Release of S106 monies to Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club, toward the cost of rebuilding the clubhouse at Whitemans Green, by £161,288.12 to the total sum of £311,288.12.

7.           A further extension of the deadline for completing the legal paperwork in respect of the £100,000 Release of S106 to Mid Sussex District Scouts to mid-July to approve the documents, and mid-August to complete them.