Basingstoke & Dean Borough Council
Councillors:
54
Wards:
18
Committees:
22
Meetings (2025):
67
Meetings (2024):
72
Meeting
Resident Services Committee - Basingstoke & Dean
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Wednesday, 15th January 2025
6:30 PM
Wednesday, 15th January 2025
6:30 PM
End:
Wednesday, 15th January 2025
10:30 PM
Wednesday, 15th January 2025
10:30 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Confirmed
Date:
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025
Location:
Committee Rooms 1 & 2 - Deanes
Committee Rooms 1 & 2 - Deanes
Meeting Attendees
Secretary
Ellie Cole
Expected
Chair
Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Resident Services Committee
Committee Member
Committee Member
Deputy Leader of the Labour Group and Chair of the Environment and Infrastructure Committee
Reserve
Chair of the Human Resources Committee
Reserve
Chair of the Investigating and Disciplinary and Standards Appeals Committee
Reserve
Leader of the Conservative Group
Guest
Cabinet Member for Sports, Leisure and Culture
Agenda
1
Apologies for absence and substitutions
Minutes
Councillor McIntyre was replaced by Councillor Gaskell.
2
Declarations of interest
Minutes
Councillor Vaux declared a non-pecuniary interest as she was a member of the Basingstoke Indoor Tennis Centre and Basingstoke Town Football club, and her husband was an LTA referee.
Councillor Slimin declared an interest as she was the Chair of Barlow’s Park Community Football ground.
Councillor Slimin declared an interest as she was the Chair of Barlow’s Park Community Football ground.
3
Minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2024
The Chair will move that the minutes of the meeting be signed as a correct record. The only part of the minutes that can be discussed is their accuracy.
Attachments:
- Document Minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2024 03 Jan 2025
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2024 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
4
Scrutiny of Sports within the Playing Pitch Strategy
Contact Officer: Helen Taylor-Cobb
This briefing note outlines the progress against the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) and Built Sports Facility Strategy (BSFS) and the Leisure and Recreational Needs Assessment 2022.
This briefing note outlines the progress against the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) and Built Sports Facility Strategy (BSFS) and the Leisure and Recreational Needs Assessment 2022.
Attachments:
- Document Report 03 Jan 2025
- Document Appendix 1 03 Jan 2025
- Document Appendix 2 03 Jan 2025
Minutes
The Cabinet Member for Sports, Leisure and Culture introduced the report which outlined the progress against the Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) and Built Sports Facility Strategy (BSFS) and the Leisure and Recreational Needs Assessment 2022.
The Chair invited visiting member Councillor Lee to address the Committee, his comments included:
Expressed disappointment that they had been no mention of ice sports in the report and that it had not been considered as part of the LRNA which excluded many people who played ice sports within the Borough.
Stated that due to fact that the Ice provision provided by a private business, ice sports had not been catered for even though many of them had their own national governing bodies.
The Sports Infrastructure Team Leader responded that he would raise the Ice Sport issue with Sports England to confirm the position and to ascertain whether a community lease agreement would be appropriate.
The Committee discussed the report and made the following comments:
Sought clarification on whether there were any gaps in provision. Officers responded that work was ongoing, and the formal sports trends were monitored by Sports England. Officers further advised that Information sharing was key.
Questioned whether alternative venues had been located for the disc golf.
Requested that Officers review whether a training wall could be introduced at the War Memorial Park.
Members sought clarification on a number of issues that affected the Boroughs sports facilities, the work underway to resolve issues and where the responsibility for certain matters fell.
Requested a progress update on the tennis court repairs.
Raised concern in relation to how a lack of public toilets affected accessibility.
Suggested that a future scrutiny review take place into war memorial tennis membership scheme costs and how the new contact was working.
Requested that further information be added to the action tracker to include target dates and to advise where issues had been delayed by third parties.
Resolved: The Committee note the report.
The Chair invited visiting member Councillor Lee to address the Committee, his comments included:
Expressed disappointment that they had been no mention of ice sports in the report and that it had not been considered as part of the LRNA which excluded many people who played ice sports within the Borough.
Stated that due to fact that the Ice provision provided by a private business, ice sports had not been catered for even though many of them had their own national governing bodies.
The Sports Infrastructure Team Leader responded that he would raise the Ice Sport issue with Sports England to confirm the position and to ascertain whether a community lease agreement would be appropriate.
The Committee discussed the report and made the following comments:
Sought clarification on whether there were any gaps in provision. Officers responded that work was ongoing, and the formal sports trends were monitored by Sports England. Officers further advised that Information sharing was key.
Questioned whether alternative venues had been located for the disc golf.
Requested that Officers review whether a training wall could be introduced at the War Memorial Park.
Members sought clarification on a number of issues that affected the Boroughs sports facilities, the work underway to resolve issues and where the responsibility for certain matters fell.
Requested a progress update on the tennis court repairs.
Raised concern in relation to how a lack of public toilets affected accessibility.
Suggested that a future scrutiny review take place into war memorial tennis membership scheme costs and how the new contact was working.
Requested that further information be added to the action tracker to include target dates and to advise where issues had been delayed by third parties.
Resolved: The Committee note the report.
5
Review of the work programme
The Committee is asked to note and review its Work Programme and to receive updates from the Lead Members of Task and Finish Groups.
Attachments:
- Document Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme May v2 03 Jan 2025
- Document Work Programme Suggestion form - Mcormick - Community Health Check 03 Jan 2025
Minutes
The Chair introduced the work programme and gave a brief overview of the items that would be included on the agenda for the upcoming meetings.
The Chair confirmed that Planet Ice had been invited to the meeting but that they had declined the invite.
The Chair advised that following the LRNA task and finish group meeting in November, it had been agreed that Officers would bring two reports in 2025, the sports and leisure annual action plan review in January and the wellbeing annual action plan in March.
The Committee requested an update on playgrounds for the March meeting and asked whether there was any information that could be circulated to committee members on the community profile work.
The Chair confirmed that Planet Ice had been invited to the meeting but that they had declined the invite.
The Chair advised that following the LRNA task and finish group meeting in November, it had been agreed that Officers would bring two reports in 2025, the sports and leisure annual action plan review in January and the wellbeing annual action plan in March.
The Committee requested an update on playgrounds for the March meeting and asked whether there was any information that could be circulated to committee members on the community profile work.
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