Decision details

Before the Committee was a report by the Director for Communities, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 12.

The report set out a motion (attached as Appendix 1) referred from the meeting of Worthing Borough Council on the 17 December 2019.

Members of the Joint Strategic Committee were asked to consider and determine the Motion. It was noted that members could either support the motion and ask for further work to be carried out in this regard, or, members could reject the motion.

Councillor Carl Walker, mover the motion, attended the meeting to present the motion to the Joint Strategic Committee. It was suggested that the proposed Masterplan for Brooklands Park did not relate to the outcomes of the consultation undertaken. A number of consultation responses had not sought a radical overhaul of the park but simply wanted the facilities and amenities to be improved. Councillor Walker challenged the mandate for significant change to the park and also raised concerns that the decision taken regarding the go kart track had supposedly been based on consultation responses received.    

The Executive Member for Digital & Environmental Services welcomed the analysis provided by Councillor Walker but suggested that he had missed the point about ambition. The Executive Member advised that a number of residents had engaged with the evolution of the masterplan and had raised a number of issues. It was noted that 800 plus residents had been consulted via an online survey and there had been further engagement along the way. The Executive Member felt it would be a mistake to start the process afresh and was unsure what alternative option was being proposed instead.

Decision: 

The Joint Strategic Committee rejected the motion.

Call In:

The call-in deadline for this decision will be 5.00pm on 24 January 2020.