Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve the formalisation of the current long-term use of three parks’ sports facilities in Mayesbrook Park and Central Park by entering into lease agreements with the local sports clubs that operate them. This will provide security of tenure for the clubs and enable them to apply for grant and other funding to invest in their facilities.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement and the Director of Law and Governance, to enter into a 30-year lease for the Mayesbrook Park football stadium with Barking Football Club, subject to satisfactory negotiation of the lease terms and associated requirements; and

(ii)  Authorise the Chief Executive, in the event of it not being possible to enter into a lease agreement with Barking Football Club, to enter into a lease on the same terms with another sports club for the operation of the Mayesbrook Park football stadium.