Decision details

a)    That officers be authorised to engage with nearby/adjacent land owners with a view to jointly commissioning a comprehensive master-planning exercise, involving Borough Council owned land in the area in order to establish the most appropriate long term use for the Keele Golf Course site.

b)    That officers report back on the outcome of the land owner engagement process and to seek approval for a two stage master planning exercise beginning with a scoping report to identify its physical parameters, with any budgetary approval being sought from Council as necessary.

c)    That officers be authorised to undertake a limited maintenance regime on the basis described in the report until the outcome of the master planning exercise is known.

d)    That officers be authorised to undertake security measures described in the report.

e)    That officers be authorised to see expressions of interest in some form(s) of interim use for a period of up to three years.

f)     That officers keep under review the holding costs attributed to the Keele Golf Course and take all appropriate steps to minimise the same.

g)    That a wider, broader leisure use be kept in mind.