Issue - meetings
Funding for paving in front of The Playhouse
Meeting: 17/04/2018 - Strategy and Resources Committee (Item 59)
59 Funding for paving in front of The Playhouse 
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That the Committee approve the allocation of £60,000 of Community Infrastructure Levy funding for the paving of the Playhouse forecourt and adjacent footway (the area indicated on the attached plan) to a specification matching that in South Street and around the Playhouse Junction.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Committee approved the allocation of £60,000 of Community Infrastructure Levy funding for the paving of the Playhouse forecourt and adjacent footway (as indicated on the plan attached to the report) to a specification matching that of South Street and around the Playhouse junction.
Minutes:
A report was presented to Committee that sought an additional contribution of £60,000 to extend the refurbishment of paving across the Borough Council owned forecourt to The Playhouse and the adjacent footway in order to improve the quality and appearance of the public realm in this area and enhance the approach to the theatre.
The report highlighted that The Playhouse forecourt would need to be re-paves at some time in the near future in any event. This had been brought into sharper focus with the film festival set to take place at the Playhouse in October 2018. There was sense in carrying out the work whilst contractors were engaged on the adjacent highway and designing it to blend with the new refreshed public realm in the town centre. The funding for the proposal met with requirements of CIL.
The surface finish referenced in the report was questioned but it was confirmed that it was the intention that it would match that agreed for the rest of the town centre and already partly laid in South Street. It was further confirmed that the necessary consents to carry out the works would be given as part of the contract with payment upon completion.
Accordingly, the Committee approved the allocation of £60,000 of Community Infrastructure Levy funding for the paving of the Playhouse forecourt and adjacent footway (as indicated on the plan attached to the report) to a specification matching that of South Street and around the Playhouse junction.