Residents to vote for outdoor gym design
East Devon District Council and Woodbury Parish Council are asking Woodbury Salterton residents of all ages to decide on the final design for £30,000 of outdoor gym and play equipment available for the Woodbury Salterton recreation field.
Woodbury Parish Council are taking all the options to a voting stall at Woodbury Salterton Village Hall on Thursday 17 July from 3.30pm to 6.30pm. So please go along and cast your vote.
The money has come from recent housing developments (Section 106 funds) in the parish. Residents have been part of the process of deciding how the cash is spent.
Woodbury Salterton residents were asked last year to put forward ideas for Section 106 money available for sports, with all the eligible, affordable and possible ideas subject to a community vote.
The winning Woodbury Salterton project was for a £15,000 outdoor gym. There is currently £7,400 available so the outdoor gym will be completed in two stages with half put in now and half when the rest of the money comes in.
There is also £22,300 of Section 106 money for play to spend in Woodbury Salterton recreation field. East Devon District Council and Woodbury Parish Council worked with local children to find out what activities they most wanted to be in the play area. They most wanted climbing, sliding (preferably a zip wire) and swinging (preferably a basket swing).
Woodbury Parish Council sent off the community's requirements for the play area and outdoor gym to several play companies who have now come back with their designs. They are asking residents to come and look at the different designs on 17 July and vote for their favourite. The one with the most votes will happen!
Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “We are committed to making sure that local people have their say about where money from developments in their parish gets spent, and are one of the few local authorities that do so. This is a fantastic opportunity for the people of Woodbury Salterton to really make a difference by deciding which new sports and play facilities they get. I encourage them all to go and vote”.
