On Tuesday 9th Feb 2010 a representative from Reload Clothing sat on the Lichfield skate park meeting at the Lichfield District Council buildings.
To put it in a nutshell, the council have agreed there will be a skate park and the designated site is going to be the circus area of Beacon park.
The skate park will cover an area not exceeding 1500m square and include street and transition features and landscaping.
The sticking points seem to be budget and timescale. The council wanted to get things moving with a budget of £300,000 to include landscaping, this proved to be a sticking point, with the LSA (Lichfield Skate park Association) aiming there sights a little higher, the LSA wanted to agree a budget of £400,000 to include landscaping and have the skate park built in two stages as and when the funds became available.
To put this into perspective the Burton skate park cost somewhere in the region of £100,000.
As yet the funding has not been secured, it would have to come from various sources such as Sport England, Big Lottery Fund and number of other Trusts and Foundations.
The proposed timetable for the project is as follows:
- Design Completion and fee quotation return deadline: 31 March 2010
- Design Team Appointment: 1 May 2010
- Deadline for supply of consultation material for discussion with local residents: 1 Sept 2010
- Deadline for submission of planning application: 1 Nov 2010
- Construction Start date: 1 April 2011
The project timetable has slipped back a year due to the regeneration of Beacon park by the Historic Parks project, please note that this is a separate project with a separate budget and does not incorporate the Skate park.
If you have any queries drop into Reload Clothing at 33 Bore St, Lichfield
