Issue - meetings

To facilitate the community of Stoneleigh to establish and maintain a community garden next to Stoneleigh Railway Station.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved with 7 votes for and 1 member not voting to:

(1)       Agree to enter into a Community Licence between Network Rail and EEBC once a group of volunteers has been established, to enable the volunteers in Stoneleigh to establish a community garden next to Stoneleigh Railway Station.

(2)       Nominate and Authorise the Director of Environment, Housing and Regeneration and Head of Legal to progress the community licence to completion and take all actions and decisions as are necessary and appropriate to ensure that it is not the Council who is responsible for maintaining the community garden.

The Committee received a report seeking to facilitate the community of Stoneleigh to establish and maintain a community garden next to Stoneleigh Railway Station.

The following matter was considered:

a)             Future continuation of volunteer group. In response to a question from a member, the Chair informed the Committee that it was hoped that there would be a turnover in the membership of the volunteer group in future years to enable it to sustainably continue its work, but that in the eventuality that it was not able to do so the maintenance of the area would return to Network Rail.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved with 7 votes for and 1 member not voting to:

(1)       Agree to enter into a Community Licence between Network Rail and EEBC once a group of volunteers has been established, to enable the volunteers in Stoneleigh to establish a community garden next to Stoneleigh Railway Station.

(2)       Nominate and Authorise the Director of Environment, Housing and Regeneration and Head of Legal to progress the community licence to completion and take all actions and decisions as are necessary and appropriate to ensure that it is not the Council who is responsible for maintaining the community garden.