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1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

 

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

1 No 66610 HOBC 18 July 2007 at Wyke

2 No 76079 First steam on Swanage Railway since 18 June 1967 on 2 July 2007

 

Following a request by SYR to attend the first Sport Zone Stakeholders meeting, which was refused, we were invited to a private meeting with SSDC & Alliance Planning earlier this week at Lego Land.  As expected no revelations, though we were given a document that was distributed at the Stakeholder Workshop which included the site selection criteria.

We were informed that the timescale's have changed from when Cllr Seal reported at the Full DC meeting in January, that the Site Appraisal results would be available in the Spring. The process having only really just started with the stakeholder meeting. This was due to the economic climate and the resulting allocation of resources. There will be an exhibition at the Octagon Theatre on the 16th, 17th, 18th July. The exhibition will chart the events from the selection of proposed sites, through the preferred sites chosen by the stakeholders - 20 to 30 sites (we are not sure why there's a difference of as much as 10) to a shortlist and it is expected the site selection process will be concluded by the end of September 2010. The completed Sports Zone development & buildings  is expected to be take 5 years to completion.

 

SSDC were unable to advise what weight the public views will have on the process. Despite SYR pushing for the list of stakeholders, SSDC were adamant that this will be released only at the public meeting and the public will have the opportunity to make comments then. So once again it would appear that a few selected individuals will influence a major capital expenditure and not the rate payers of South Somerset. This project is a “non-statutory” i.e. discretionary requirement for the District Council to provide and bear in mind that existing, similar facilities in the District Council are heavily subsidised by the council tax payer as they are currently running at a loss.

 

As ever SYR will continue to attended meetings and press SSDC for information on the Sports Zone despite their attempt to maintain secrecy around its policies with regard to this and keep its members & supporters updated on these pages

 

 

Below is the previous artists impression in 2008/09 of the Sports Zone of how it may look if it were to be built on The Rec.