URL: https://shropshire.gov.uk/committee-services/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1817

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: Report of the Economy and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee following receipt of a petition relating to the Skateboard Facility and Pump Track at their meeting on the 10th July, and their recommendations to Cabinet

Content: RESOLVED:   3.1     that Cabinet accepts the need, demand and benefit of a skatepark and BMX Pump Track in Oswestry and will work to deliver a new facility in an appropriate location in partnership with Oswestry Town Council (contingent on the Town Council’s support and funding.)   3.2  to instruct the Head of Property and Development  to complete an options appraisal of available sites within the Council's ownership, considering the most appropriate and beneficial location, and bring back a report to a future Cabinet meeting with a final recommendation.   3.3     to instruct the Head of Property and Development that the work is to be undertaken rapidly with a report on the options appraisal brought back to the Cabinet meeting on 19 November 2025.  

Date of Decision: October 15, 2025