Decision details
Transforming Firs Field into a Centenary Park
PDF 44 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Centenary Fields is a programme run by Fields in Trust, and aims to secure recreational spaces in perpetuity to honour the memory of the millions of people who lost their lives in World War I.
This item was approved by Cabinet and Council, as set out in the reports to those meetings.
Decision:
RESOLVED (unanimously) that subject to discussion with the Charities Commission, that Cabinet recommends to the Council that it enter into a legal deed of dedication giving Centenary Field designation to Firs Field; that Cabinet recommends to the Council that the Leader of the Council agrees, on behalf of the Council as corporate trustee, to include the land held on trust within this designation, on the basis that Centenary Field designation will appropriately serve the aims of the trust created.
Reasons for the decision:
This proposal has community support and is a positive way of commemorating local war heroes and the centenary of the Great War.
Alternative options considered:
None.
Report author: Carol Maclellan
Publication date: 10/09/2015
Date of decision: 09/09/2015
Decided at meeting: 09/09/2015 - Cabinet
Effective from: 18/09/2015
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