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Beach House Cafe Rebuild, Mudeford Sandbank

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Meeting: 15/01/2020 - Cabinet (Item 111)

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To seek approval for the rebuild of the Beach House Café at Mudeford Sandbank

Decision:

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a) approved the principle of rebuilding and improving the Mudeford Sandbank Beach House according to the current development programme;

(b) approved the principle of reusing the insurance monies and affordable additional borrowing of £811,250to support the build;

(c) supported the inclusion of the project budget of £1,060k within the Capital Programme for 2020/21 to be approved at Full Council in February;

(d) authorises officers to conclude contract negotiations with the tenant;

(e) supported the current development programme timescale; and

(f) delegates authority to the Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Leisure & Communities and the Director for Destination to continue to engage with the Mudeford Sandbank Residents Association throughout the development of this project.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Tourism, Leisure and Communities

Reason

To help deliver the Councils Corporate strategy ambitions in relation to improved public facilities and investment in assets.

To help protect the Councils financial position.

To meet the legal obligations of the current lease.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Leisure and Communities presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'C' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet approval was sought for the rebuild of the Beach House Café at Mudeford Sandbank.

In presenting the report the Portfolio Holder thanked the Mudeford Sandbank Beach Hut Association for their comments during discussions that had taken place, and in relation to this proposed an additional recommendation;

“(f) delegates authority to the Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Leisure & Communities and the Director for Destination to continue to engage with the Mudeford Sandbank Residents Association throughout the development of this project.”

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board advised Cabinet that whilst there were no formal recommendations from the Board that he wished to congratulate the Council and the current tenants in making the most of the opportunity.