Decision details

For Cabinet to note progress on devolution of open spaces and consider agreeing to enter into a lease/management agreement for Riverside Country Park with Newhaven Town Council, amending the existing boundary of Lewes Road Recreation ground and devolving: Lewes Road Recreation Ground to Newhaven Town Council, Hollycroft Field to East Chiltington Parish Council, and part of Mountfield Road not held in Trust to Lewes Town Council.

(Key decision):

(1) To agree to enter into a lease/management arrangement for Riverside Country Park with Newhaven Town Council on terms to be agreed and to be reported to Cabinet before completion of that lease/management agreement.

(2) To agree to amend the existing boundary line at Lewes Road Recreation Ground, Newhaven to reflect the boundary of the previous landfill site to enable devolution of the Lewes Road Recreation Ground to Newhaven Town Council

(3) To agree to vary the standard form of overage provision to allow a specific development, commensurate with the use of the site, to take place at Lewes Road Recreation Ground, Newhaven.

(4) To agree in principle the devolution to Lewes Town Council of Mountfield Road Pleasure Ground and and Stanley Turner Recreation Ground, subject to:

(i) exploring with the Charity Commission the substitution of Lewes Town Council as sole charitable trustee in place of Lewes District Council

(ii) consideration of the future management arrangements of the car park at Mountfield Road.

(iii) officers reporting back to Cabinet for final agreement on final terms of devolution.

(5) To agree to devolve the Hollycroft Field site, including play space to East Chiltington Parish Council on the basis that the whole of the site including grass verges will be transferred, subject to due diligence and associated matters on the part of the Parish Council and agreement on the future maintenance of the site.