Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

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No. Item

38.

Chairman's Introduction

The Chairman to welcome all to the meeting and have introductions around

the room.

Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed all to the Forum.

39.

Apologies For Absence

To receive any Apologies for Absence.

Minutes:

Apologies of absence were received from Lisa Hughes.

40.

Minutes Of The Last Meeting pdf icon PDF 74 KB

To agree the minutes of the last meeting.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting on 19 June 2017 were Unanimously Agreed after the following changes:

 

·         Section 4.1 - Change the third paragraph to read:

 

'Dominic Manley advised the forum that he regularly used the facilities at the Windsor leisure centre and the Changing Places room has no toilet. Separately from that room there is a disabled toilet which has a  toilet and shower but no hoist or fold down bench. Neither room has all of the facilities to satisfy the definition of a Changing Places toilet'

 

·         Section 4.3 – There will be 80 blue badge bays.

 

·         Section 4.8 – Councillor Wilson informed the Forum that the Supplementary Planning Document had not yet been developed and would be developed once the Local Borough Plan was in place.

 

The Clerk informed the Panel that the changes requested to the Terms of Reference in the constitution had been agreed at Council and the Constitution had been amended.

41.

Matters Arising

To consider the Matters arising below:

 

4.1

New Leisure Centre/Changing Places

Kevin Mist/Lisa Hughes

4.2

Maidenhead Town Centre Regeneration

(inc. Nicholsons Car Park and Shopmobility)

Councillor Wilson

4.3

Local Access Forum

Lisa Hughes

4.4

St Marks/Courthouse Road junction

Councillor Love

4.5

Maidenhead Station/ CrossRail

Gordon Oliver

 

 

 

 

Minutes:

4.1 New Leisure Centre/Changing Places

 

Kevin Mist showed the Forum the presentation for the new Braywick leisure centre.

 

Kevin Mist informed the Forum that it was currently proposed that:

 

·         The plans for the new leisure centre were to still go to the planning meeting in February 2018.

·         The completion of the new leisure centre would be 2019.

·         The existing Magnet would be open as normal till the new leisure centre opened.

·         The golfing land would be used but the golfing facilities would still be on offer as virtual golf.

·         The Braywick Heath nursery would stay as it is now. The new leisure centre has worked around the main trees.

·         There would be a ten lane swimming pool with a learning pool and a splash area. The target was to offer more lessons.

·         The changing place would have access from both the wet and dry areas, made with brick walls and plenty of space. There would be metal stairs going into the pool and also a wheelchair lift going into the pool.

·         There would be an accessible changing room on the first floor. There would be access to the first floor via two lifts.

·         The first floor would have four squash courts, two dance studios, other studios and a 200 station gym station along the front with a specially designated area of the gym for people with special needs.

·         The walkway would lead from the car park at the front of the leisure centre to the country park at the rear.

·         There would be a children’s play area at the front of the leisure centre.

·         No part of the tip land being used for the new leisure centre.

·         The heat would be maintained at 16-17°c and more would be generated from people flow. There would be open ventilation through both the front and back doors.

·         Key dates for the new leisure centre would be

§  Planning application prepared by end of October 2017,

§  Planning application to committee in February 2018,

§  Start work on site in spring 2018,

§  Complete work on December 2019

§  Braywick Leisure Centre operational from January 2020.

·         Six months before the leisure centre opens, this forum would be consulted to show and get advice on the equipment.

·         A properly defined changing places needs to be in place, considering the design, the width of the walkway and size.

·         The present car park at Braywick would be staying. A few spaces would be used to achieve a drive through system.

·         Negotiations would take place with the current provider.

·         The accessibility to the new leisure centre – negotiations taking place currently with bus operators for commute to and from town centre. There would be a coach parking area on the site.

·         The road layout into the new leisure centre still being studied as part of the transport plan.

 

The Chairman asked if the changing room and Windsor Leisure Centre could be changed to a changing place room, would a toilet fit into it there.

 

ACTION: Kevin Mist to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 41.

42.

Items

To consider the items below:

 

5.1

Raising profile of the Access Advisory Forum

Angela Clark

 

5.2

Changing name of Forum ?

Angela Clark

 

5.3

Borough Local Plan

Lisa Hughes

 

Minutes:

5.1 Raising profile of the Access Advisory Forum

 

The Chairman suggested that a working group be developed to take forward ideas and complete tasks.

 

Councillor Wilson explained that members had so many meetings in the week that they would love to be involved but couldn’t always be present.

 

The Chairman concluded that this was not feasible at present.

 

5.2 Changing name of Forum ?

 

The Chairman informed the Forum that the name of the Forum was very similar to the Local Access Forum. The Chairman suggested to change the name and suggested the following three names:

·         Inclusive Access Forum

·         Inequality Access Forum

·         Disability Access Forum

 

The Forum discussed and asked why it needed changing. It was suggested that the Access Advisory Forum and the Local Access Forum should be one forum.

 

The Forum Agreed that the name of the Forum would not change.

 

5.3 Borough Local Plan

 

The Chairman informed the Forum that two representations had been made:

·         Low number of housing for people with disabilities

·         Infrastructure delivery plan

 

The Chairman thanked Lisa Hughes for undertaking all the work carried out.

 

Councillor Wilson informed the Forum that the closing date for the borough local plan consultation was Wednesday 27 September 2017 at 5pm. We were going to collate all responses and submit to the secretary of state in December 2017.

43.

Date Of The Next Meeting

The dates of the next set of meetings are as follows:

 

Monday 4 December 2017

 

Monday 19 March 2018

Minutes:

The dates of the next meetings are as follows:

 

Monday 11 December 2017

 

Monday 19 March 2018