Purpose

To make recommendations for the
use of funds collected from the Rissington Road Car Parking Tourism
Levy in Bourton-on-the- Water for 2025/26.

Content

The Cabinet Member for Finance
considered the recommendations within the report and noted to
approve the recommendations in the interests of economic community
success.
The Cabinet Member resolved to
approve the funding of the following Projects,
listed in order of preference resulting from the 2025 public
consultation process in relation to the use of funds from the
Bourton-on-the-Water Tourism Parking Levy:

Commissioning of a Visitor Traffic Management Strategy
(estimated cost £35,000),
Installation
of rubber matting for the Melville and Naight play areas (estimated cost
£860),
Provision of
additional Parking Enforcement between Christmas and New Year
(estimated cost £530),
Set up and
removal of Village Green railings for protection of the Green from
November to March (estimated cost £900),
Engineering
works on the footpath adjacent to Jubilee Orchard, to improve
drainage (estimated cost £8,000),
Repainting
of the benches in the Village centre (estimated cost
£4,000),
Repair of
the paths around the Village Green (estimated cost
£5,000),
Resurfacing
of the bonded area underneath circular benches on the Village Green
(estimated cost £7,500), and
Purchase of
materials for volunteers to use to make gravel footpath
improvements; particularly the Conigers
and Manor Field footpaths (estimated cost
£3,000).

The Cabinet Member for Finance approved the funding
of the recurring annual expenditure from the Bourton-on-the-Water
2025/26 Tourism Parking Levy receipts:

The cost of
employing the Village Warden (£20,444),
The cost of
providing the Village Warden with a Small Projects budget
(£500),
Joint (50%)
funding of the annual refresh of the Village Green (£9,957),
and

Joint (50%) funding of the
provision of additional Parking Enforcement
(£8,832).