Purpose

To consider the approach taken to re-providing
golf facilities potentially being replaced by Great Wolf
Resorts.

Decision

 

Resolved: Cabinet

 

1.     
Approve the preferred option for use of a site at
Down Grange to provide a replacement pitch and putt golf course,
additional car parking, and an administrative facility for the golf
provision, and the inclusion of a modern golf-pod style driving
range and adventure golf course at the same location if feasible,
subject to the council obtaining any necessary planning
permission(s).
 

2.     
Agree to reserve a parcel of land within the Leisure
Park for the future provision of an adventure golf course and/or a
golf-pod style driving range if both or either of these facilities
cannot be provided alongside a pitch and putt course.
 

3.     
Delegate authority to the Director of Regeneration
in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Sports
Leisure and Cultureto:
 

a)   
following receipt of planning consultancy advice,
finalise site selection for the reprovision of golfing
facilities;

b)   
commission detailed designs for all the golf
facilities, with and without the inclusion of a modern golf-pod
style driving range and/or adventure golf course should both or
either of these facilities be more feasibly located at the Leisure
Park;

c)   
approve designs and apply for any necessary planning
permission(s);

d)   
procure the construction of the facilities; and
agree commercial terms with the appointed leisure operator or
private sector provider(s) as necessary.
 
4.     
Recommend to Council that they approve addition of a
new scheme to the capital programme with a budget of £1.000M
in 2027/28, to enable the construction of the new pitch and putt
golf course and associated works as set out in Section
7 of the report.