WELLINGTON is to get another £100,000 for ‘non-competitive, recreational community-based activities’ which is linked to money being provided by major developers in the area.

Taunton Deane Borough Council is keen to hear the views of the community on how money from planning agreements – known as Section 106 – should be spent and in the fairest way. The pot of funding is focused on improving sports and recreation facilities for the whole community.

A large slice of money – some £277,700 – from developments at Cades Farm (Phase 1), Mantle Street and north of Priory was spent on the refurbishment of Wellington Playing Field Pavilion and new club house for Wellington Cricket Club.

This followed consultation with organised sports groups and clubs in the town.

A lesser amount – some £100,000 – from development at Westford is focused on non-competitive, recreational community-based activities to ensure funding is fair and balanced.

As a result the council consulted with community groups that cater for the young, the older generation and those with disabilities who are not necessarily affiliated to sports groups or clubs. Wellington Town Council was also consulted as representing the wider community. The advice received is being applied and we are awaiting estimates for suggested projects.

There will be a further Section 106 contribution due from the Cades 2 development which will used to further the club-based sporting ambitions, which are emerging from within the Wellington sports club community. Part of the development will be subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Half of the S106 contribution will fall due when half the homes are occupied. We cannot predict when that trigger point will be reached. The balance of the S106 will fall due when the majority of homes are occupied.

n Wellington and District Sports Federation, the umbrella group for all sporting activity in the town, is inviting the community groups who ere the consultees in this process to join up as Associate Members for 2016.

A federation spokesperson said: “This addition to the town’s recreational portfolio can be best managed by pooling ideas, resources, ability and strategies in one place and we hope that the federation offers the best environment for this to be achieved.”