Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Interim Head of Regulation and Economic Development.

It was resolved to formally adopt the draft Developing Leisure Provision for Future Generations Plan.

The report of the Interim Head of Regulation and Economic Development incorporating a draft Developing Leisure Provision for Future Generations Plan was presented for the Executive’s consideration.

The Chair reported that the Plan has been consulted upon at a number of levels including with Sports Wales and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and in Elected Member briefing sessions. The Plan is positive in its outlook and seeks to retain the four current leisure centres whilst delivering a rolling programme of improvements over time to enable the centres to meet the future fitness, health and well-being needs of the Island’s population. The draft version of the Plan was considered by the Partnership and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 11 March which supported the Plan and recommended that its contents  be approved by the Executive - in particular the maintenance and improvement proposals outlined therein.

The Interim Head of Regulation and Economic Development advised that the new Leisure Plan represents an affordable and realistic solution to maintaining the existing centres over the short to medium term until the current financial situation improves.

The Executive welcomed the Plan recognising that it is important that the Council continues to provide leisure provision into the future and that it is also important that the public should know that it is the Council’s strategy to retain all four centres and to invest in those facilities.

It was resolved to formally adopt the draft Developing Leisure Provision for Future Generations Plan.