Decision details

The Council is developing a funding application to the Sport England / Football Association Park Life programme to replace the existing life-expired changing rooms serving Parsloes Park and create up to three artificial turf pitches and seven grass pitches, as well as wider improvements to the park. Subject to planning permission and a successful funding application (decision expected in February 2018), the Cabinet will be asked to approve the detail of the project.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the creation of a football hub of regional significance to replace and greatly enhance the life-expired sports facilities in Parsloes Park, as set out in the report and the site plan at Appendix 1 to the report;

(ii)  Note that the delivery of the c£6 million scheme to the proposed specification shall be dependent on a significant level of external capital funding that had yet to be confirmed, although decisions were pending;

(iii)  Note that there shall be no additional revenue cost to the Council from the operation of the new facilities; 

(iv)  Authorise the Director of Law and Governance, or an authorised delegate on her behalf, to enter into a 30-year lease, on a full repairing and insuring basis at a peppercorn rent, for the new Parsloes Park football hub facilities with the London Football Trust, subject to satisfactory negotiation of the lease requirements set out in the proposed funding agreement with the Football Foundation;

(v)  Approve the procurement of a design and build contract for new sports facilities at Parsloes Park (to be funded as part of the Parklife programme) utilising the existing 3G AGP Framework and the Modular Supplier Framework for ChangingRooms used by The Football Foundation and its funding partners, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report;

(vi)  Delegate authority to the Commissioning Director of Culture and Recreation, in consultation with Cabinet Members for Community Leadership and Engagement and Finance, Performance and Core Services, the Chief Operating Officer and the Director of Law and Governance, to conduct the procurement and enter into the contract and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with the successful bidder(s) in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(vii)  Note the intention of the London Football Trust to undertake a single stage tender process to procure the services of a leisure operator to manage the new sports facilities at Parsloes Park via a Service Concession Contract.