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Milton Keynes Council


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Central Milton Keynes
MK9 3EJ


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Tel: 01908 691 691

Website: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk

 

 

 

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COUNCIL

 

11 JULY 2012

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Item 5 b (ii) – Skate Parks and Facilities for Young People

 

Amendment from Councillor Bint:

 

“ 1. That paragraph (a) be amended to read ‘notes that providing

 

and maintaining high quality play facilities within 300-600m of all

 

homes forms a fundamental part of MK Council's policies;’

 

2. That paragraph (b) be amended to read ‘notes that HCA has

 

constructed, and MKP gave planning permission for, the

 

Broughton Skate Park, and that the Council's Environmental

 

Health Officers have determined that the Skate Park, in its current

 

form, constitutes a Statutory Nuisance;’

 

3. That paragraph (c) be amended to read ‘ recognises how

 

popular and well-used the Skate Park has become, attracting

 

users from across MK and many miles beyond, recognises the

 

comparatively smaller number of people suffering from the worst

 

levels of statutory nuisance noise from the Skate Park, and

 

recognises that many more houses in close proximity to the Skate

 

Park are currently being built;’

 

4 That paragraph (d) be amended to read ‘notes that the Chief

 

Executive and other relevant officers, at the request of Members,

 

are currently undertaking a review of the Council's play/leisure

 

strategy, after which a review of the relevant planning policies can

 

take place;’

 

5. That paragraph (f) be amended to read ‘welcomes the

 

extensive efforts by Council officers, the Parks Trust, Parish and

 

Ward Councillors, local residents, Skate Park users and others, to

 

resolve the noise nuisance without needing to close the facility,

 

and hopes that those efforts are successful;’

 

6. That paragraph (g) be amended to read, ‘recognises the

 

Council's goal of providing a suitable range of play and leisure

 

facilities including skate park facilities, together with suitable

 

ancillary facilities, at appropriate locations for all MK's residents

 

and visitors, and urges the Administration to bring forward suitable

 

recommendations in the light of the revised play/leisure strategy,

 

and;’

 

7. That paragraph (h) be amended to read ‘requests the Cabinet, if

 

any future decision is taken to close the Broughton Skate Park

 

despite the hard work to keep it open, to conduct a review of

 

alternative locations and funding options for a replacement skate

 

park, working with landowners as necessary, preferably within 3

 

months of the closure of the current facility.’

 

The amended motion would read:

 

That this Council:

 

(a) notes that providing and maintaining high quality play

 

facilities within 300-600m of all homes forms a

 

fundamental part of MK Council's policies;

 

(b) notes that HCA has constructed, and MKP gave planning

 

permission for, the Broughton Skate Park, and that the

 

Council's Environmental Health Officers have determined

 

that the Skate Park, in its current form, constitutes a

 

Statutory Nuisance;

 

(c) recognises how popular and well-used the Skate Park

 

has become, attracting users from across MK and many

 

miles beyond, recognises the comparatively smaller

 

number of people suffering from the worst levels of

 

statutory nuisance noise from the Skate Park, and

 

recognises that many more houses in close proximity to

 

the Skate Park are currently being built;

 

(d) notes that the Chief Executive and other relevant officers,

 

at the request of Members, are currently undertaking a

 

review of the Council's play/leisure strategy, after which a

 

review of the relevant planning policies can take place;

 

(e) urges immediate talks with Places for People and Crest

 

Nicholson about their plans in Brooklands and Oakgrove

 

respectively;

 

(f) welcomes the extensive efforts by Council officers, the

 

Parks Trust, Parish and Ward Councillors, local residents,

 

Skate Park users and others, to resolve the noise

 

nuisance without needing to close the facility, and hopes

 

that those efforts are successful;

 

(g) recognises the Council's goal of providing a suitable

 

range of play and leisure facilities including skate park

 

facilities, together with suitable ancillary facilities, at

 

appropriate locations for all MK's residents and visitors,

 

and urges the Administration to bring forward suitable

 

recommendations in the light of the revised play/leisure

 

strategy; and

 

(h) requests the Cabinet, if any future decision is taken to

 

close the Broughton Skate Park despite the hard work to

 

keep it open, to conduct a review of alternative locations

 

and funding options for a replacement skate park, working

 

with landowners as necessary, preferably within 3 months

 

of the closure of the current facility.”

 

Amendment from Councillor Ferrans:

 

“1. That paragraph (b) be amended to read ‘regrets that the

 

Administration only changed its instruction to the Parks

 

Trust to remove the Broughton Skate Park after sustained

 

public pressure, including from young people and the

 

Parish Council, and the reputational damage suffered as a

 

result of this error of judgement;’

 

2. That paragraph (d) be amended to read: ‘notes the slow

 

progress of the recommendation of the Development

 

Control Committee on 17 September 2011 to investigate

 

the issue of play provision across Milton Keynes, and the

 

continued failure by the Administration to ensure crossdepartmental

 

co-ordination across the Council;’

 

3. That paragraph (e) be amended to read: ‘calls on the

 

Cabinet to ensure that sufficient resources, including

 

funding, are provided to ensure that the review of planning

 

and play policies, to ensure adequate separation of

 

facilities from housing, can be carried out and proposals

 

developed by 31 August 2012;’

 

4. That paragraph (f) be amended to read ‘urges immediate

 

talks with Places for People and Crest Nicholson, to

 

include immediate and adjacent parish councils, about

 

their plans in Brooklands and Oakgrove respectively; and’

 

5. That paragraphs (g) and (h) be amended to read ‘(g)

 

declares that, in the event of failure to provide adequate

 

noise reduction, the Council has a duty to provide a

 

replacement park at a more suitable location well away

 

from residents but convenient for young people, and

 

requests the Cabinet to conduct a review of alternative

 

locations and funding options for a skate park, working

 

with landowners as required, to report back no later than 3

 

months after the conclusion that problems remain and

 

cannot be mitigated at the existing site’.”

 

The amended Motion would read:

 

"That this Council:

 

(a) believes that providing and maintaining high quality

 

facilities for young people should be a Council priority;

 

(b) regrets that the Administration only changed its

 

instruction to the Parks Trust to remove the Broughton

 

Skate Park after sustained public pressure, including

 

from young people and the Parish Council, and the

 

reputational damage suffered as a result of this error of

 

judgement;

 

(c) recognises how popular and well-used the Skate Park

 

has been, the comparatively small number of complaints

 

on noise grounds, and the lack of facilities for teenagers

 

available in the area;

 

(d) notes the slow progress of the recommendation of the

 

Development Control Committee on 17 September 2011

 

to investigate the issue of play provision across Milton

 

Keynes, and the continued failure by the Administration

 

to ensure cross-departmental co-ordination across the

 

Council;

 

(e) calls on the Cabinet to ensure that sufficient resources,

 

including funding, are provided to ensure that the review

 

of planning and play policies, to ensure adequate

 

separation of facilities from housing, can be carried out

 

and proposals developed by 31 August 2012;

 

(f) urges immediate talks with Places for People and Crest

 

Nicholson, to include immediate and adjacent parish

 

councils, about their plans in Brooklands and Oakgrove

 

respectively; and

 

(g) declares that, in the event of failure to provide adequate

 

noise reduction, the Council has a duty to provide a

 

replacement park at a more suitable location well away

 

from residents but convenient for young people, and

 

requests the Cabinet to conduct a review of alternative

 

locations and funding options for a skate park, working

 

with landowners as required, to report back no later than

 

3 months after the conclusion that problems remain and

 

cannot be mitigated at the existing site.”