Decision details

Councillor Kemp, Portfolio Holder for Cultural and Community Development, introduced the report which set out the recommendations from the Town Centre Community Leisure Task Group.  It was noted that the Group had been set up by the Executive in response to the current lease on HG Wells Conference and Events Centre (HG Wells) expiring in March 2020.  Councillor Kemp thanked Officers for their hard work to contact the many community groups who were current, regular users of HG Wells and The Fiery Bird (formerly known as Quake).  The Executive was advised that Officers were looking at the possibility, subject to Executive and Council approval, of drawing up plans for the area to the rear of the restaurant in the cinema entrance hall as a potential Town Centre facility for some of the groups.

RESOLVEd

That  (i)    the groups identified in the report to the Task Group be considered during the development of Woking;

          (ii)   Officers be asked to work with those groups, as set out in the report to the Task Group, to try and identify alternative venues before the closure of HG Wells in March 2020; and

          (iii)  those groups be communicated with no later than 12 months before the closure of HG Wells to confirm if any alternatives have been identified.

Reason:   To consider the recommendations from the Town Centre Community Leisure Task Group.