Agenda item

To consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services on the proposed decision set out in the report.

Mr K Pulsford, Asset Strategy and Disposals Manager, was in attendance for this item.

1.            Mrs Spore introduced the report and confirmed that it was proposed that the parcels of land listed be brought to the market to test their market value and the appetite for conditional or unconditional offers (ie with or without planning permission), in order to achieve best value for public money when disposing of them. Endorsement was thus being sought for the proposed sale of the properties, subject to the outcome of the market testing exercise.  

2.            Mrs Spore and Mr Cooke answered questions of detail from the Sub-Committee about the sites listed and the impact of their disposal upon the County’s ability to accommodate future demand to increase school places, and it was suggested that, to reassure Members, a report setting out in detail the process around identifying school sites as surplus to requirements be made to this Sub-Committee and to the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee.

3.            RESOLVED that:-

a)    the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, to sell the properties, subject to the outcome of the market testing exercise, and to delegate authority to the Director of Infrastructure, in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Procurement and the Director of Finance and Procurement, to finalise the selected purchaser and terms of the proposed sale, be endorsed; and

b)    a report setting out in detail the process around identifying school sites as surplus to requirements be made to this Sub-Committee and to the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee.