Councillors have been provided with a draft of the community buildings report from the county council which looks at the long term proposals for the 126 buildings currently owned by the council.

The report details a number of properties which the council intends to invest in, and others which it currently does not have money to do work on but which it would like to or would like to transfer owndership to community organisations if they can show that they are capable of securing funding and running such centres.

There are also buildings which they intend to close, or in some cases which are already closed.

Councillors have a meeting on the 2nd August to raise issues with the report.

I am meeting with Framwellgate Moor Community Association this evening to get an idea of how they feel about certain issues and will try to contact those involved with other centres.

Over a number of months now I have been asking for the council to make reparations to the building following damage to walls caused by a failure to repair the roof, and am still waiting for an answer. Some of the work can be done cheaply other work requires council involvement.

Following the official report  being released there will be a consultation phase on all the buildings in the county and I am sure there will be some serious to follow.

I will report back on the various proposals for each centre in the Fram Division after next weeks meeting.