Issue - meetings
FLASH - Public Sector Decarbonisation Grant
Meeting: 06/10/2025 - Cabinet (Item 56)
56 FLASH - Public Sector Decarbonisation Grant 
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Executive Summary |
The Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub is a project to deliver a 4 lane 25-meter swimming pool, extension to the gym, improvements to the current sports centre and a 3G all-weather pitch. The project is funded through the Government Levelling up fund. The Council has accepted a £150,000 grant towards works to decarbonise the existing Fakenham Fitness Centre from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) administered by Salix. This report sets out the additional costs and impacts to the LUF funded project and seeks to add the scope of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme works to the main Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub project via a variation to the contract.
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Options considered
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To add the works covered within the scope of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding to the main project via variation. To agree the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme works but to delay the completion of these until after the LUF funded project is complete. To reject the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding and not carry out the decarbonisation works to the existing sports centre beyond those which have already been included as part of the LUF funding.
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Consultation(s) |
· Monitoring Officer · Section 151 Officer · Sustainability Team · Everyone Active (the Leisure operator of the centre)
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Recommendations
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To resolve to delegate to the s151 officer in consultation with the portfolio holders for Community, Leisure & Outreach (Including Health & Wellbeing), Climate Change & Net Zero, Finance, Estates & Assets and the Director of Service Delivery, the decision whether to include the Public Sector Decabonaisation Scheme works into the main Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub project via variation to the contract, once the full capital and revenue implications are understood. |
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Reasons for recommendations
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To ensure the Council meets it objectives in the Corporate Plan relating to “our journey to Net Zero” |
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Background papers
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Report to Full Council – 19 February 2025 (approval of Fakenham Sports Centre Decarbonisation in capital programme with allocated budget of £514,300) Report to Full Council – 27 March 2024 Report to Cabinet – 6 September 2025
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Wards affected |
Fakenham wards (Lancaster North and South); and wards in the west of the district including Briston, Priory, Stibbard, Stody, The Raynhams, Walsingham; Wells with Holkham.
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Cabinet member(s) |
Cllr Adam Varley, Portfolio Holder for Climate Change & Net Zero Cllr Liz Withington, Portfolio Holder for Community, Leisure & Outreach
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Contact Officer |
Steve Hems Director of Service Delivery (Deputy Chief Executive) steve.hems@north-norfolk.gov.uk
Kate Rawlings Climate & Environmental Policy Manager kate.rawlings@north-norfolk,gov.uk |
Decision:
Decision
RESOLVED
To delegate to the s151 officer in consultation with the portfolio holders for Community, Leisure & Outreach (Including Health & Wellbeing), Climate Change & Net Zero, Finance, Estates & Assets and the Director of Service Delivery, the decision whether to include the Public Sector Decarbonaisation Scheme works into the main Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub project via variation to the contract, once the full capital and revenue implications are understood.
Reason for the decision:
To ensure the Council meets it objectives in the Corporate Plan relating to “our journey to Net Zero”
Minutes:
Cllr L Withington, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, introduced this item in the absence of the Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Net Zero. She explained briefly that the Council had accepted a £150,000 grant towards works to decarbonise the existing Fakenham Fitness Centre from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) administered by Salix. The report set out the additional costs and impacts to the LUF funded project and sought to add the scope of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme works to the main Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub project via a variation to the contract.
1.1. The Chair agreed that it was an important element of the overall work. The Director for Service Delivery added that it had been anticipated that there would be further information available from the contractors but their focus had been on preparing for the start of the construction phase of the project. Further detail would be available shortly. He went onto explain that the Council aimed to decarbonise the existing centre at the same time as the major ‘Levelling Up’ funded project to add a swimming pool to the site, taking advantage of savings from already having the contractor and design team on site. If the PSDS project was agreed and progressed, the site would have no reliance on fossil fuels and would be Net Zero ready in line with the Council’s Net Zero Strategy and Climate emergency declaration.
Cllr V Holliday asked how the cost of each tonne of carbon dioxide saved on this project compared to other similar projects. The DSD referred to s8.2 of the report which provided some figures for the projected reduction in the carbon footprint – approximately 26.7 tonnes reduced. He said he would provide a more detailed response in writing. Cllr J Toye said that it cost more per tonne to reduce the carbon than a newer building, so it may be difficult to produce a clear comparison.
It was proposed by Cllr L Withington, seconded by Cllr T Adams and
RESOLVED
To delegate to the s151 officer in consultation with the portfolio holders for Community, Leisure & Outreach (Including Health & Wellbeing), Climate Change & Net Zero, Finance, Estates & Assets and the Director of Service Delivery, the decision whether to include the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme works into the main Fakenham Leisure and Sports Hub project via variation to the contract, once the full capital and revenue implications are understood.
Reason for the decision:
To ensure the Council meets it objectives in the Corporate Plan relating to “our journey to Net Zero”