In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor A Walters, Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care:

1)    Approved the exploration of opportunities for county-wide leisure provision in partnership with the Rutland Local Sports Alliance, to determine whether any community owned / led options are viable.

2)    Approved the development of plans for a Pool and Dry side Provision (“Wet and Dry”), or Pool Provision (“Wet Only”) at a new site to an initial design stage, using the existing project budget, in order to build a viable case for a new swimming pool in Rutland, noting that progress beyond this point can only be undertaken when:

a)    Significant (at least 90%) capital funding becomes available from external sources, or a partner body is identified that would be willing and able to meet at least 90% of the capital requirement, and

b)    The new provision can be delivered at no revenue cost to the Council

3)    Agreed to allocate £250,000 of Section 106 Developer Contributions received to date for the purpose of providing Recreation, Sport and Leisure infrastructure to a Swimming Provision Project, as match funding towards future provision and investment in facilities.

4)    Noted that further repair to the existing Catmose Pool, which has reached its end of life, is not affordable, and the pool will not be re-opened.

5)    Authorised the Strategic Director for Places, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care, to enter negotiations with the Management of Catmose College to agree the future of the legacy leisure facilities at Catmose Campus, including the option to let a new nil-cost contract for the management of all or part of the dry side leisure facilities under the existing or renewed leases.

6)    Authorised the Strategic Director for Places, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care to progress procurement of a dry-side leisure management contract if a nil-cost contract is achievable and agreeable to both the Council and Catmose College. Procurement implications will be reported to Cabinet before any award is made.

7)    Authorised the Strategic Director for Places, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care, to enter negotiations with other local providers for the provision of public access swimming.

8)    Considered the Petition received at the Council meeting on 8 November 2021from members of the public expressing support for swimming in Rutland and agreed to report back to Council on the action taken in response.

Councillor K Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation and the Cabinet:

Noted the contents of the report.

In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor I Razzell, Portfolio Holder for Planning:

Approved the methodology for providing indicative housing requirement figures for Neighborhood Plans where they are intending to make allocations for housing development, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor K Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation:

1)    Noted the capital 2021/22 forecast as at the end of September (paragraph 3.3).

2)    Noted the changes to the 2021/22 capital programme as at the end of September (paragraph 3.2)

3)    Noted the 2021/22 unallocated capital funding as at the end of September (Section 4)

4)     Approved a total of £10.7k revenue contribution to capital for the works relating to the Brightways move and the Changing Place project at Active Rutland Hub (Paragraphs 3.5.22 to 3.5.27)

The Cabinet:

1)    Received the report and thanks the Growth, Infrastructure and Resources Scrutiny Committee for their work examining Leisure Options.

2)    Agreed to take the recommendations of the Committee into consideration when Cabinet considered  item 15 on the agenda.

In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor K Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation:

1)     Noted the revenue forecast at the of September as per section 3.3

2)     Noted the changes to the approved budget as per section 3.1 and Appendix A

3)     Noted that the projected deficit for 22/23 was estimated to be £580k which was less than the £1m target set by Council in February 2021

4)     Noted that the revenue budget outlook beyond 22/23 remained challenging with the financial gap estimated at £1.7 - £2.8m.

5)     Approved the budget timetable for 22/23 as per section 8.3 of the report.

In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor A Walters, Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care:

1)     Approved the recommendation to award an interim 12 month contract for infrastructure support whilst undertaking mapping and development work with the Voluntary and Community Sector in Rutland.

2)     Authorised the Strategic Director for Adult Services and Health, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care to approve of plans for delivery, and any resulting commissioning.

Councillor O Hemsley, Portfolio Holder for Policy, Strategy, Partnerships, Economy and Infrastructure and the Cabinet:

1)    Noted the implications of the forthcoming amendment to the Armed Forces Bill for Rutland.

2)    Endorsed the approach used to manage implementation of the new legislative requirements

In consultation with Cabinet, Councillor I Razzell, Portfolio Holder for Planning:

Approved the Final Highways Strategy 2021-2026 approach, that identified the optimal allocation of resources for the management, operation, preservation and enhancement of highways infrastructure to meet the needs of current and future customers.