Community venues

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Dear Mr Houghton

Thank you for your request for information submitted with Mid Ulster
District Council on 15/03/2024 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(the Act).

Your request has been referred to the relevant Council Officers and a
response will be issued to you as soon as a response becomes available, in
accordance with the Act.

Yours sincerely

 Ursula Roberts 

Mid Ulster District Council

 Web: [1]www.midulstercouncil.org

From: T. Houghton <[FOI #1104423 email]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2024 4:24 PM
To: Mid Ulster Info <[Mid Ulster District Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Community venues

Dear Mid Ulster District Council,

I am requesting a list of "Community Venues" defined as facilities the
Council owns that can be hired for community use. This may include
Community Centres, Community Halls, Libraries, Town Halls, Pavilions and
any other facilities that can be booked for community use.

Please provide a table with the following columns:

· Name of venue
· Number of bookable spaces
· Total venue income from bookings last financial year (£)
· Does the venue have an online booking system*

*Online booking system is defined as the ability for a customer to book
and pay online.

For example:
· Kingswood Community Centre
· 3 bookable spaces
· £30,000
· Yes

Yours faithfully,

T. Houghton

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Dear Mr Houghton

I refer to your request dated 15 March 2024 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act) to provide information regarding Community
Venues.

Council’s response to your request is due today.  However it is taking
longer than expected to deal with your request.  I apologise for this
delay and the Council will issue you with a response within the next 10
working days.

Yours sincerely

Emma

Emma Bell-O'Brien

Business Support Manager

Communities & Place

Mid Ulster District Council

Tel: 03000 132 132 ext 22601

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Dear T. Houghton

Thank you for your information request, submitted with Mid Ulster District
Council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) on 15/03/24 to
provide information regarding community venues.

The Council has considered your request and responds as detailed:

Q1. List of community venues owned by the Council that can be hired for
community use.
 
Response:  Please refer to the information provided in the table below.   
In relation to  "Total venue income from bookings last financial year" 
the Council confirms that it holds information on systems in relation to
income generated by venues, however for the majority of venues, this is
not specific to room bookings and includes other types of income
generated.  Therefore the information you have requested cannot be
promptly extracted from financial information systems, the Council
therefore relies on Section 12 of the Act to confirm that the cost of
complying with your request would exceed the "appropriate limit" of £450
and is therefore withholding this information.   If you wish to attempt to
refine this part of your request the Council will further consider your
enquiry.  
 
In accordance with the Council's normal procedures I would advise you that
if we do not receive further correspondence from you within 40 workings
days from the date of this correspondence, the Council will consider this
request closed and will consider any further correspondence as an
independent request.
 

Total venue Does the
Name of venue income from venue
Number of bookable spaces bookings last have an
  financial year online
(£) booking
system?
Burnavon 3                  £48,382.00 No
Seamus Heaney HomePlace 6 £19,106 No
Ranfurly House 4 £37,791 No
Gardiners Hall 2 £505 No
1 large Courtyard room for
Bridewell, Magherafelt hire with capacity for 60 £7,735.00 No
seated/100 standing
5 No
Dungannon Leisure Main hall, minor hall,
Centre,              meeting room, projectile  
hall, squash court
Drumcoo Bowling Green & 2 meeting rooms No
Pavilion.
Gortgonis 1 meeting room No
   
Castlecaulfield Playing 1 minor hall No
Fields
King George V Playing 1 meeting room No
Fields and pavilion
Gardeners Hall 1 meeting room No
 
Clogher Community 1 meeting room No
Centre
Moy PSB 1 meeting room No
9

Cookstown Leisure E.g. 2 squash courts, 1 No
Centre racquetball/handball court  
  , 3 meeting room, main
hall, dance hall, party
room Information
5 not held in a
format that
MUSA E.g. 2x committee rooms, can be
  multi-use sports hall promptly No
(3x5x5 courts & 1x 8x8 extracted from
court) 3g and hard court systems.
surfaces  
3
Greenvale Leisure
Centre E.g. Sport hall, No
  conference room, function
training room
3

Meadowbank Sports Arena E.g. Main Arena (135 x 70)
  split into 4 x mini No
pitches & 3 x maxi
pitches. Meeting room,
minor hall
Magherafelt Bowling 1 meeting room No
Green
2
Moneymore Recreation No
Centre E.g. Main Hall.  
Meeting room
2
Maghera Leisure Centre No
E.g. Main Hall.
Meeting Room
Draperstown Old Library 2 meeting rooms No

 
Please note: activities such as spin classes etc. are bookable online.
Meeting rooms/room hire cannot be booked online. 

I hope this is of assistance. However, under the Act, if you are not happy
with the way in which your request has been handled, you have the right to
ask for an internal review. This review, should be requested within 2
months of the date of this response and should be sent to:

Chief Executive
Mid Ulster District Council
Dungannon Office
Circular Road
DUNGANNON BT71 6DT
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If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Ursula Roberts

Mid Ulster District Council
Tel: 03000 132 132

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