Cabinet Decisions

Thanet District Council has been awarded £674,740 in capital costs for Solar PV installation and variable speed filtration pumps for Ramsgate Leisure Centre. Cabinet was asked to approve the spend for the funding to enable the delivery of the scheme by the deadline.

Cabinet approved the use of the Swimming Pool Support Fund capital grant of £674,740 to fund the installation of Solar photovoltaic (PV) installation and variable speed filtration pumps at Ramsgate Leisure Centre.

The Overview and Scrutiny Panel forwarded a scrutiny review report to Cabinet. The report looked at the impact of tourism on Thanet with a focus on the additional costs that the Council incurs when it comes to cleaning up litter and attending to other antisocial incidents that the Panel feels are caused by visitors coming to Thanet. The report further looked at traffic management issues, particularly in Summer and the operation of AirBnBs.

Cabinet agreed to defer providing a response to the Scrutiny report findings and recommendations in order to get officer advice on the cost implications of those recommendations. A detailed response will be brought back to Cabinet before the end of the third quarter of this year.

Following approval at Council of the accelerated affordable housing development programme, this report seeks the  approval to purchase 31 Section 106 units.

Cabinet agreed to:

1. The purchase of 31 new affordable homes, using the additional capital budget, approved by council at its meeting on 12 October 2023;

2. The letting of these homes in accordance with the council’s Allocations Policy, at an affordable rent as set out in the council’s Tenancy Strategy.

The Council has investigated what land it owns that can be used for mini-woodland creation, to absorb carbon emissions as part of its plan to aim to reach net zero by 2030.

Cabinet approved that Council land in the following locations is used for Mini-Woodland Tree Planting Schemes, subject to external funding being identified and secured:

1. Dane Valley Road (1.2 hectares);

2. Garlinge Recreation Ground (0.5 hectares);

3. Memorial Recreation Ground (0.4 hectares);

4. Northdown Park (0.8 hectares);

5. St Peter’s Recreation Ground (0.6 hectares);

6. Tivoli Park (0.5 hectares).