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This report accompanies an indicative Work Programme for the Nonsuch Park Joint Management Committee to consider. The Work Programme includes the additional Work Plan items that Members of the Committee have requested be undertaken alongside the business-as-usual management of the park.

Also included are the likely future repairs and maintenance items with indicative fee estimations.

A priority rating system has been included to help Members determine which items will be progressed first as resources allow, together with a recommendation on the Work Plan items for progression initially and the likely indicative costs of proceeding with each.

The Committee received a report which accompanied an indicative Work Programme for the Nonsuch Park Joint Management Committee to consider. The Work Programme includes the additional Work Plan items that Members of the Committee have requested be undertaken alongside the business-as-usual management of the park.

Included in the report are also the likely future repairs and maintenance items with indicative fee estimations.

A priority rating system has been included to help Members determine which items will be progressed first as resources allow, together with a recommendation on the Work Plan items for progression initially and the likely indicative costs of proceeding with each.

The following matters were considered by the Committee:

a)            Heritage Lottery Fund: it was noted that in order to apply for funding, a management plan would need to be drawn up. A management plan that had been drawn up in 2019 would be reviewed to determine how much work is still required to finalise it.

b)            Visitors’ Survey: work will also be done to review examples of Visitors’ Surveys to determine if any of these could be built on for use at Nonsuch Park.  A variety of distribution methods would be used to circulate the survey.

c)            Updating of Byelaws: it was noted that model byelaws would probably be best suited to the park and would be the most cost- and time effective.

d)            Queen’s Green Canopy: it was noted that the Acer Walk which has already been planted, will be entered on the map on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee website.  A plaque will also be put up.

e)            Car parking arrangements in the Park: it was noted that this is a high priority, medium term item.  Work would be done to possibly include this item as part of the visitors’ survey, and also to investigate the possibility of applying for CIL funding.

Following consideration, it was resolved to:

(1)      Approve the attached Nonsuch Park Joint Management Committee Work Programme, including the proposed prioritisation of individual Work Programme items within it.

(2)      Note the following actions prioritised for progression:

(a)  Visitor Survey

(b)  Park Management Plan

(c)  Covid 19 Memorial in the Park – officer time in implementing the CIL funded scheme

(d)  Queen’s Green Canopy – officer hours cost in implementing the tree planting scheme

(e)  Investigating eligibility to apply for potential sources of funding for the Park

(3)      Approve a budget of up to £11,169 to undertake the Work Programme items initially recommended for prioritisation and as set out in 2, above.

(4)      Note that officers will provide regular updates on the budget position, as some of the costs included in assessing a £11,169 budget requirement are based on fee estimations and not exact fee quotes and therefore may be subject to a degree of variance.