Agenda and decisions

The making of a decision on the Edge Sports Hall by the Leader of the Council is urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred for the following summary reasons:

No agreement regarding the future of The Edge sports hall has been reached by Woolmer Hill School and Surrey County Council.

The Edge is the only local facility that allows full accessibility for several sports groups for people with disabilities.

There is therefore a need to urgently enter into an interim arrangement to allow several community and sporting groups continued use of the space

General Exception – Cllr Carole Cockburn, Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Services, was informed of this decision, thus satisfying Regulation 10, General Exception

A notice of General Exception was published on 11 December 2023. The Edge - Sports Hall - Waverley Borough Council

Pursue Option No 3, as referred in the report at paragraph 4.3 on the following basis:

a) Waverley Borough Council go back into possession of that part of The Edge Leisure Centre (if not the whole) in order that the community use referred to in this Report be provided; and

b) the expenditure required as part of entering into the above arrangement, as more particularly set out in Paragraph 7 of this Report, be authorised; and

c) Waverley Borough Council agree the related cost and income sharing arrangement, the terms of which are also set out in Paragraph 7 of this Report; and

d) The Executive Head for Commercial Services in consultation with the Executive Head for Legal and Democratic Services be delegated authority to settle the terms of and then enter into all the legal documents required and take any other necessary steps required in order to implement Option No 3.