Decision details

Uckfield Leisure Centre - next steps

Decision Maker: Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To set out next steps including consideration to commence public consultation process for Uckfield Leisure Centre. The Council own the freehold of this asset and the property is leased to Wealden District Council until July 2023.

Decisions:

73.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer together with exempt information contained in a later agenda item.

 

DECISIONS

 

73.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the proposal to hold a 10-week public consultation regarding the options for Uckfield Leisure Centre (including Uckfield swimming pool) to commence in March 2023.

 

REASONS

 

73.3     Wealden District Council has recently re-confirmed that it is not their intention to renew the lease in July 2023 and following the Expression of Interest marketing exercise held last year, East Sussex County Council now proposes to commence public consultation to seek views from all stakeholders and consider any new ideas, or proposals that may come forward.

Report author: Nigel Brown

Publication date: 28/02/2023

Date of decision: 28/02/2023

Decided at meeting: 28/02/2023 - Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change

Effective from: 07/03/2023

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