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Recommendation on page 29

RESOLVED - That £20,000 be allocated from the transformation reserves to the project to commission technical reports on qualitative and quantitative need for a new crematorium on land at Shirebrook, under delegated authority granted to the Assistant Director of Development.  

Executive considered the report of the Portfolio Holder – Economic Development that provided an update on proposals for a crematorium on land at Shirebrook and sought to secure funding for pre-planning technical work.

A possible site had been identified and initial work had been carried out on assessing the feasibility of this site. There were no obvious planning constraints on development of a crematorium on the land.

The next steps to determine whether these proposals were viable were to evaluate quantitative and qualitative need for the facility and then identify an operator.

Moved by Councillor Liz Smyth and seconded by Councillor Clive Moesby

RESOLVED - That £20,000 be allocated from the transformation reserves to the project to commission technical reports on qualitative and quantitative need for a new crematorium on land at Shirebrook, under delegated authority granted to the Assistant Director of Development.  

REASON FOR DECISION:

To enable an informed decision to be taken on the feasibility and viability of a new crematorium on the land at Shirebrook based on the quantitative and qualitative need for the new facility before this scheme could be progressed.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED:

A ‘do nothing’ option was rejected because this would not have progressed the scheme.

A ‘do more’ option was not recommended at this stage because the outcome of the reports may have made any additional work carried out at this stage redundant.

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(Director of Development)

Councillor Sandra Peake returned to the meeting at this point.