Issue - meetings

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration will attend the meeting to explain how the amount of commuted sum payments is arrived at and the policy for commuted sums.

A report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration is also attached for consideration.

The Area Committee is requested to consider the proposals detailed in the report.

Officer Contact: Ian Walmsley on Tel: 474 4382 or email: ian.walmsley@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Area Committee to consider the use of commuted sums for play provision in the Heatons and Reddish Committee area and to identify the location of the play areas where these sums are to be spent.

RESOLVED – (1) That the following commuted sums be spent in the play areas identified:-

Houldsworth Park - £2,676.96

Manchester Road Recreation Ground - £8700.12

Norris Hill Farm Play Area £669.24

(2) That the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration be requested to submit a detailed report to a future meeting in respect to formal play provision and in particular the amount of commuted sums generated by planning developments in the Heatons and Reddish Area and the proportion of such sums spent on formal play provision in the Heatons and Reddish area.

(3) That the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services be requested to submit a report to a future meeting outlining what play equipment has been removed from parks and play areas in the Area Committee area and explaining what has happened to the play equipment since its removal.