Agenda item - Hove Cemetery North

skip navigation and tools

Agenda item

Hove Cemetery North

Report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture

Decision:

1)           That the public toilets at Hove Cemetery North closed in 2012 remain closed in line with the budget decision made in 2012.

 

Minutes:

11.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture that set out the findings of the assessment conducted as to the cost to re-open Hove Cemetery North toilets following a request of the committee to do so.

 

11.2      On behalf of the Conservative Group, Councillor Wares moved the following motion to amend recommendation 2.1 and add a recommendation 2.2 as shown in bold italics below:

 

2.1         That the public toilets at Hove Cemetery North closed in 2012 remain closed in line with the budget decision made in 2012.That the Committee recommends to Policy, Resources & Growth Committee that the public toilets at Hove Cemetery North closed in 2012 be reopened.

 

2.2         That the Committee requests officers prepare a report for Policy, Resources & Growth Committee setting out the work and options available to enable the public toilets at Hove Cemetery North closed in 2012to be reopened.

 

11.3      Introducing the motion, Councillor Wares stated that the decision to close the toilets had been made and 2012 and the rational for the decision had since changed. Councillor Wares added that he was not certain that the data and evidence provided in the report was truly accurate and noted that whilst there was a toilet at the southern cemetery, that entailed a journey across the busy Old Shoreham Road.

 

11.4      Councillor Peltzer Dunn formally seconded the motion stating his agreement with the comments made by Councillor Wares. Councillor Peltzer Dunn noted that the southern cemetery toilet was only 500m away but across a main trunk road and the users of the toilets were in very difficult circumstances.

 

11.5      Councillor Littman stated that he had looked back on the reports that led to the decision made in 2012 that had set out a clear rational for closure and had not changed since. Councillor Littman stated that the council’s hand had been forced on the issue due to severe cuts to its budget and that he would be agreeing to the report recommendations as there was no other option in the current financial climate.

 

11.6      The Chair then put the Conservative Group motion to the vote which failed.

 

11.7      The Chair then put the recommendations to the vote that were agreed.

 

11.8      RESOLVED- That the public toilets at Hove Cemetery North closed in 2012 remain closed in line with the budget decision made in 2012.

Supporting documents:

 


Brighton & Hove City Council | Hove Town Hall | Hove | BN3 3BQ | Tel: (01273) 290000 | Mail: info@brighton-hove.gov.uk | how to find us | comments & complaints