Archived decisions

Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 1

19 February 2007

Admission charges for the under fives at Manor Farm Country Park

Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage

Contact: Helen Wheeler ext. 5444 e-mail: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 The following decision is sought: that the Executive Member for Recreation & Heritage approve the following recommendations;

i) That from 1 April 2007 Manor Farm be allowed to reinstate an admission charge for children aged three and four years old subject to the annual revision policy which applies to all countryside charges.

ii) That a Family ticket at Manor Farm Country Park admit two adults and up to three children

 2. Reason

2.1 The reasons for seeking an exemption for Manor Farm to the concessionary charging policy with regard to charges for the under fives are;

· that it does not appear to have achieved the objective of attracting those who may not have been able to afford to visit by removing the financial barrier

· the lost admissions income has been the main reason for a budget deficit for Manor Farm in 2005/6 and 2006/7 which is predicted to re-occur in 2007/8.

2.2 The decision links to the corporate priority of maximising well-being.

3. Other Options Considered and Rejected.

- to make no change to the current charging arrangement.

4. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member consulted.

None

5. Dispensation by the Standards Committee

None

6. Reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent.

6.1 To enable Manor Farm Country Park to publish the new charges and update the family ticket in time to give customers advance notification of the change to the charging policy.

Approved by: Date:

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Councillor Mrs. M. Snaith