Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest received at this point in the meeting.

The Chair welcomed all attendees to the meeting and outlined the Call-In procedure to be followed.

The Call-In Proposer and their witness would be afforded 15 minutes to present their case for the Call-In. Following this the Call-In Responders would be allowed a maximum of five minutes to ask factual questions on the presentation.

The Call-In Responder would then be afforded a maximum of 15 minutes to present the case for the original Executive decision made on 7 March. The Call-In Proposer would be allowed a maximum of five minutes to ask factual questions on the presentation.

After both submissions Overview and Scrutiny Board (OSB) would then be afforded the opportunity to question both Call-In Proposer and Responder with no time limit.

After all questions OSB would then vote to either refer the decision back to Executive or not.

The Chair reminded all participants that the times outlined would be strictly observed.

Members of OSB agreed the Call-In report had been taken as read.

As the Call in Proposer, Councillor Chris Hobson, was invited to present the case for the Call-In.

Councillor Hobson explained the Executive had not been equipped with all relevant information need for them to make an informed decision. Councillor Hobson then invited the Chair of the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association to speak in support of Call-In. he explained the land used by the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association was gifted by Lady Harrison in the 1960s and the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association had not sought financial assistance from the Council at any stage.

It was explained the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association was a charity and not a private members club. There were 1,500 direct users of the facility which had a community focus in how it was operated. The facility was the last of its kind in Nunthorpe and one of the last of its kind in Teesside and the UK. The facility was open to all and supported all demographics.

The Chair of the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association described the creation of the Nunthorpe Vision Group and how existing members of Nunthorpe Parish Council formed the Vision Group Board members various panels within that group.

It was commented there were three consultation processes, and during those processes the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association raised various concerns to the Parish Council but felt those concerns were ignored.

The Parish Council were chosen to spearhead the consultation process which eventually led to the Parish Council and Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association leading on separate bids for a new community facility.

The first consultation process was agreed by both Parish Council and Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association with the second not agreed by either the Parish Council or Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association. The second process was a value for money exercise based on the proposal of what the community would like to be built. As part of this process the Nunthorpe Playing Fields Association submitted several proposals but none of them were taken seriously.

The third consultation process was initially administered by  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20/179

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