Decision details

To seek approval on the opening hours for the Council’s leisure facilities over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee holiday period in June 2022.

That pproval is given to the proposed opening hours for the Council’s leisure facilities over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee holiday period 2022, as set out in the report.

To allow for a continued, daytime leisure provision over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday period to ensure that a level of customer service is provided at the Council’s leisure facilities.
To allow staff to take annual leave without the need to provide full cover.
To ensure that the centres are operating within the approved base budget.

The council could do nothing and continue to open the leisure facilities with the normal operating hours. This option would mean a waste of resource in terms of heating, lighting and staffing of the facilities for extremely low levels of customer use.
Alternative Leisure Centre opening hours to those contained in the proposal could be considered. However the proposal takes into account previous usage levels on bank holidays, but also recognises that there may be increased pool use by children and parents as the bank holidays fall in school holidays.
The Richard Herrod Centre and/or the Bonington Theatre could be closed on these days. Although usage has traditionally been low on bank holidays, the facilities have customarily been opened to provide a service to those residents wishing to utilise the facilities that these two venues provide.