BRANTHAM
Parish Council
Sarah Keys
Clerk to the Council
Thornfield Cottage, Windmill Road
Bradfield
Essex
CO11 2QW

01206 645111
Clerk@branthamparishcouncil.gov.uk

Bergholt Parish Council
Unit 4CD, The Gattinetts Business Centre
Hadleigh Road
East Bergholt
CO7 6QT

23 January 2025

Dear Councillors,

Re: Request for funding to support Brantham Skate Park

As you may know Brantham Parish Council are currently working on a project to build a Skate Park at the
Lower Playing Field in Brantham which sits between Brantham Leisure Centre and Factory Lane.

The Council has consulted with Brantham Residents about what they think the village needs and the
overwhelming response was that our area needs more for young people, particularly teenagers, to do. The
Council has held a mobile skate park event at Brooklands Primary School to gauge actual interest and
attendance at this event was overwhelming with well over 300 young people and their families visiting the
event to skate or scooter. The Parish Council used this event to gather views of those attending and the
unanimous response was that a skate park would be welcomed.

Of those who attended on the day almost a third were from neighbouring villages and towns
demonstrating that this need is not just felt in Brantham.

Brantham Parish Councillor Abi Edevane is leading this project and she has been sourcing quotes for a
skate park. The majority of estimates for this project are around £180,000. This would provide a facility
that could be used for skateboarding and scootering and would meet the needs and desires of a wide
range of ages. Clearly, this amount is not possible for the Council to fund alone. Brantham Parish Council
has committed £40,000 from its CIL funds for this project which leaves a shortfall of £140,000. The Council
will be writing bids (including CIL to Babergh District Council) for the remaining funds.

As one of our largest neighbouring villages whose young people are likely to use and enjoy the facilities
that will be provided in Brantham I am writing to you today to ask you to consider match CIL-funding the
amount committed by Brantham Parish Council. This would be a significant step forward in our fundraising
process and I am sure that this commitment from neighbouring areas would positively impact on any bids
that we will be writing going forward.

I would appreciate it if you could formally consider this request at your next Parish Council meeting. If you
would like representatives from Brantham Parish Council to attend the meeting please let me know and I
will arrange this.

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If you have any questions about any of this or if you would like to discuss this with me further please do
not hesitate to get in touch with me.

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours Sincerely,

Sarah Keys
Brantham Parish Clerk