Issue - meetings

To consider a confidential report by Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Lead Member for Finance, Corporate Plan and Performance (copy enclosed) recommending Cabinet approves the declaration of the land identified as surplus to requirements and its subsequent disposal.

RESOLVED that Cabinet approves –

(a)       the declaration of the blue land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) as surplus to requirements to the Council and to dispose on the open market;

(b)       to enter into a Land Ownership Agreement with the owner of the red land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) and releasing the covenant on the red land owned by a third party in exchange for a right of way over the red land to benefit the blue and yellow land owned by the Council, and

(c)        to dispose of the red, green and blue land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) jointly with the adjacent owner with the Council receiving 66.05% of the net proceeds of sale after the deduction of agreed costs for obtaining outline planning consent for the red and blue land only.

Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill presented the confidential report recommending Cabinet approve the declaration of the land identified as surplus to requirements and its subsequent disposal as detailed within the report.

The report detailed the ownership and planning history of the parcels of land referred to in this case and reasoning behind the proposals for the site following negotiations with the neighbouring land owner on the way forward.  Cabinet questioned the access arrangements to the parcels of land identified together with land classifications and noted the complexities of the site.  Reference was made to the views of the Local Members but it was accepted that such a restriction on the land would not be conducive to maximising income generation from its disposal and would meet with resistance from the third party land owner. 

RESOLVED that Cabinet approves –

(a)       the declaration of the blue land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) as surplus to requirements to the Council and to dispose on the open market;

(b)       to enter into a Land Ownership Agreement with the owner of the red land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) and releasing the covenant on the red land owned by a third party in exchange for a right of way over the red land to benefit the blue and yellow land owned by the Council, and

(c)        to dispose of the red, green and blue land (as detailed within Appendix A to the report) jointly with the adjacent owner with the Council receiving 66.05% of the net proceeds of sale after the deduction of agreed costs for obtaining outline planning consent for the red and blue land only.