Lead Member – Councillor Lezley Picton – Portfolio Holder for Culture and Leisure

Report of the Director of Place and Enterprise

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RESOLVED:

1. That a review is carried out of the different location options for swimming provision in Shrewsbury town centre.
   
   
2. That the current Terms of Reference for the submission of Full Business Cases is stopped until the outcomes of this review are concluded.
   
   
3. That a report on the outcome of the review be brought back to Cabinet in due course for a recommendation on the preferred location for public swimming in Shrewsbury. 
   
   
4. That the detailed implementation of all aspects of the recommendations made within this report be delegated to the Director of Place and Enterprise in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Culture and Leisure.
   
   

The Portfolio Holder for Culture and Leisure presented the report providing an update on the future swimming provision in Shrewsbury.  She stated that, since the change in the Council’s Administration, the intention was to carry out a review of the different location options for the future provision of swimming in the town centre of Shrewsbury.  She stressed that the options needed to be revisited.

RESOLVED:

1. That a review is carried out of the different location options for swimming provision in Shrewsbury town centre.
   
   
2. That the current Terms of Reference for the submission of Full Business Cases is stopped until the outcomes of this review are concluded.
   
   
3. That a report on the outcome of the review be brought back to Cabinet in due course for a recommendation on the preferred location for public swimming in Shrewsbury. 
   
   
4. That the detailed implementation of all aspects of the recommendations made within this report be delegated to the Director of Place and Enterprise in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Culture and Leisure.