DIRECTOR DECISION

Decision: Play Areas – Grant allocation

Type of Decision: Director Key

Non-Key

Portfolio Area that decision relates to:

Leader (in Policy & S&P)

Finance & Performance

Deputy Leader & Transport

Culture, Leisure & Comm

Environment & Climate C

Children & Young P & Edui

Economy & Strategic Plan

Health Adult Social Care

Housing & Safety Neigh

Background

At the Executive Member Decision Session for Culture, Leisure and Communities on 21 October 2019 (link below), the £250k play area capital budget was allocated to two projects.

· Project 1 - £150k for improvements based on an independent survey of City Council and Parish Council play areas to establish a needs based investment programme

· Project 2 - £100k fund that the community could bid to.

https://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=736&MId=11506&Ver=4.

Due to Covid restrictions Project 1 was put on hold; Project 2 was launched in February this year. Applications for Project 2 were three times oversubscribed, with 30 applications spread across 15 wards. Following site visits with applicants 26 schemes meet Project 2 objectives. Where there is more than one application in a ward, the applications are for different locations and serve different communities.

Implications: Crime & Disorder

Equalities

Other:

Human Resources

Legal

Highways

Financial

ITT

Property

Decision Date:

16 June 2021

Wards Affected:

All Wards

Fishergate

Holgate

Rural West York

Acomb

Fulford &

Heslington

Hull Road

Strensall

Bishopthorpe

Guildhall

Huntington &

New Earswick

Westfield

Clifton

Haxby & Wigginton

Micklegate

Wheldrake

Copmanthorpe

Heworth

Osbaldwick &

Derwent

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe

Heworth Without

Rawcliffe & Clifton

Comments/Observations:

Decision:

1. Not to implement Project 1.

2. To reallocate £75k to Project 2 – community fund.

3. To include within Project 2 - four Parish Council / community schemes which asked to be included in Project 1.

4. To approve the allocation of Project 2 funding as set out in Annex 1, with applicants receiving a 59% contribution.

5. To reallocate the remaining £75k to City Council play areas improvements focusing on safety surfacing.

Decision Made by: James Gilchrist, Director of Transport, Environment and Planning
Contact Details: Directorate of Place, West Offices

Tel No: 01904 552547, email: james.gilchrist@york.gov.uk

On behalf of: Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Place

To be implemented by:

Dave Meigh

On Completion – Signed off by:

James Gilchrist, Director of Transport, Environment and Planning

Date: 16 June 2021

Annex 1

Supported projects

Organisation	Location	Ward	amount sought	offer	Core Project

Clifton Residents Association	Crombie Avenue	Clifton	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Copmanthorpe and District Recreation Centre	Recreation Ground	Copmanthorpe	£10,000	£5,900	Surfacing
Dringhouses and Westfield ward councillors	Bursary Court	Dringhouses and Westfield	£9,000	£5,310	New equipment
Dringhouses and Westfield ward councillors	Leeside	Dringhouses and Westfield	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Outgang playing field Committee	The Outgang	Fulford and Heslington	£7,573	£4,468	Surfacing
Fulford Parish Council	Fordlands Road	Fulford and Heslington	£10,000	£5,900	Older children’s play equipment
Friends of St Nicks	Rawson Avenue	Guildhall	£10,000	£5,900	Safety surfacing
Haxby Town Council	Ethel Ward Playing Field	Haxby and Wigginton	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Churchfields Open Space Committee	Greenshaw Drive	Haxby and Wigginton	£6,000	£3,540	Fitness equipment & seating
Friends of Melrosegate Playing Fields	Melrosegate Playing Fields	Heworth	£10,000	£5,900	Fitness equipment
Friends of Glen Gardens	Glen Gardens	Heworth	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment and surfacing
Heworth Without Parish Council	Stray Road	Heworth Without	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Holgate councillors	Sowerby Road	Holgate	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment and surfacing
Friends of Holgate Community Garden	Upper Saint Pauls	Holgate	£8,000	£4,720	Play equipment
Residents with Huntington Parish Council	Garth Road	Huntington and New Earswick	£10,000	£5,900	Fitness equipment
Huntington Parish Council	Orchard Park	Huntington and New Earswick	£10,000	£5,900	Older children’s play equipment
New Earswick Sports Club	White Rose Avenue	Huntington and New Earswick	£9,695	£5,720	Equipment and surfacing
Osbaldwick Parish Council	The Leyes	Osbaldwick and Derwent	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Dunnington Playing Fields Association	Intake Lane	Osbaldwick and Derwent	£10,000	£5,900	Multiple smaller improvements
Clifton Without Parish Council	Rawcliffe Lane	Rawcliffe and Clifton Without	£10,000	£5,900	Surfacing
Rawcliffe Parish Council	St Marks Grove	Rawcliffe and Clifton Without	£10,000	£5,900	Surfacing and painting
Askham Bryan Parish Council	Askham Fields Lane	Rural West	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Rufforth and Knapton Parish Council	Wetherby Road	Rural West	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Rufforth and Knapton Parish Council	Knapton Recreation Field	Rural West	£30,000	£17,700	New play area
Skelton Parish Council	Brecksfield	Rural West	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Earswick Parish Council	Behind Earswick Village Hall	Strensall	£5,671	£3,346	Play equipment
Stockton on the Forest Parish Council	Gay Meadows	Strensall	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment
Elvington Parish Council	Elvington	Wheldrake	£10,000	£5,900	Fitness and play equipment
Naburn Parish Council	Naburn	Wheldrake	£10,000	£5,900	Play equipment

			£295,939	£174,604

Unsupported projects	Location	Ward	amount sought	offer	Reason
Osbaldwick Sports Club	The Leyes	Osbaldwick and Derwent	£1,500	£0	Sporting equipment - passed to sports colleagues
Strensall and Towthorpe Parish Council	Kirkland	Strensall	£10,000	£0	Equipment in good order - alternative funding options discussed
Strensall and Towthorpe Parish Council	Northfields	Strensall	£10,000	£0
Acorn ARLFC	Thanet Road	Westfield	£10,000	£0	Site is not accessible - already working with sports colleagues