Decision details

Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Harwich and Dovercourt Rugby Club has applied for and been provisionally awarded Pitch Power funding by the Football Foundation.
The grant funding is for a ten year period to carry out additional pitch maintenance and improvement works at pitches owned by Tendring District Council at Low Road Dovercourt.
Part of the grant award includes requirement for agreement of the land owner in general, ongoing normal maintenance and, to allow the club to carry out the works via a contractor. Provisions requiring the Club to oversee risk assessments, quality and contractor insurance are included.
The agreement doesn't provide for possession of land or for a payment of consideration and is therefore, effectively, a licence agreement.

Decision:

To complete a Site Owner and Site User Grass Pitch Maintenance Agreement with Harwich and Dovercourt Rugby Cub in order to allow the latter to accept and utilise grant funding from the Football Foundation to carry out pitch improvement work at Low Road, Dovercourt.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - Complete the proposed agreement - proposed - allows external funding to be secured and pitch improvements delivered.
Option 2 - Not complete the proposed agreement - not proposed - would decline funding and improvements.
Option 3 - Seek to negotiate a different agreement - Not proposed - the document is produced by Football Foundation as part of their scheme. Normal provisions on risk assessment and insurance are present. It is unlikely that any benefit would derive from an attempted negotiation.

Publication date: 28/11/2024

Date of decision: 28/11/2024