Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Regeneration and Economic Development providing an update on the operation of the Estate since the last meeting in January 2017.

The Parks and Leisure Manager explained, inter alia, that:

·  The estimated cost of re-surfacing the existing car park at Cobtree Manor Park with tarmac, including the installation of the required drainage and kerbs, was £296,000.  As part of the project, consideration would be given to how the layout and appearance of the car park might be improved.

·  Confirmation had been received that the scheme to connect the River Medway cycle path with the Cobtree Manor Park and the road crossing could now go ahead.

It was suggested and agreed that a report be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee setting out options for the re-surfacing and re-configuration of the car park at the Cobtree Manor Park in materials sympathetic to the parkland setting; the report to incorporate (a) proposals for improving the path through the woodland and the treatment of the pedestrian and cycle accesses to the Manor Park and (b) proposals for increasing car parking charges at Cobtree Manor Park, possibly as part of a package linked to use of the Café, as discussed previously.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the report be noted.

2.  That a report be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee setting out options for the re-surfacing and re-configuration of the car park at the Cobtree Manor Park in materials sympathetic to the parkland setting; the report to incorporate (a) proposals for improving the path through the woodland and the treatment of the pedestrian and cycle accesses to the Manor Park and (b) proposals for increasing car parking charges at Cobtree Manor Park, possibly as part of a package linked to use of the Café, as discussed previously.