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Item LAA 13/049 referred from Leisure and Arts Advisory Board minutes of 9 December 2013

(Item LAA 13/049 referred from Leisure and Arts Advisory Board Minutes of 9 December 2013)

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Leisure and Arts Advisory Board of 9 December 2013.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Leisure and Arts Advisory Board be approved as follows:

1)    the proposed charges for Tonbridge Cemetery, as detailed at Annex 3 to the report, be agreed and implemented with effect from 1 April 2014;

2)   the proposed charges for Tonbridge Allotments, as detailed in the report, be agreed and implemented with effect from 1 October 2014;

3)    pitch hire charges at Tonbridge Sportsground be increased as outlined within the report for implementation from 1 April 2014;

4)  the proposed amendments to the list of Tonbridge Castle Chamber   concessionary users, as set out at Annex 5 to the report, be approved;

5)     the proposed charges for Tonbridge Castle Chamber, as shown at Annex 7 to the report, be approved and implemented from 1 April 2014;

Decision Notice D140011CAB

The joint report of the Director of Street Scene and Leisure and the Director of Finance and Transformation outlined the charging proposals in respect of Tonbridge Cemetery, Allotments in Tonbridge, Tonbridge Pitch Hire Charges, Tonbridge Castle Council Chamber, Weddings and the Summer Playscheme.  Members were advised that the proposed charges took into account a range of factors including policy objectives for each facility/service, the Council's overall financial position, market conditions and customer feedback.  Reference was made to the Council's Leisure Pass Scheme which enabled financially disadvantaged residents to participate in leisure activities at concessionary rates.

RECOMMENDED:  That

(1)  the proposed charges for Tonbridge Cemetery, as detailed at Annex 3 to the report, be agreed and implemented with effect from 1 April 2014;

(2)  the proposed charges for Tonbridge Allotments, as detailed in the report, be agreed and implemented with effect from 1 October 2014;

(3)  pitch hire charges at Tonbridge Sportsground be increased as outlined within the report for implementation from 1 April 2014;

(4)  the proposed amendments to the list of Tonbridge Castle Chamber concessionary users, as set out at Annex 5 to the report, be approved;

(5)  the proposed charges for Tonbridge Castle Chamber, as shown at Annex 7 to the report, be approved and implemented from 1 April 2014;

(6)  the proposed charges for weddings in 2015/16 at Tonbridge Castle be agreed as detailed in the report; and

(7)  the proposed charges for the 2014 Summer Playscheme, as detailed at Annex 9 to the report, be approved.