Issue - meetings

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 S Dodd, Disposal, Acquisition and Development Surveyor, was in attendance for this item.

1.            Mr Dodd introduced the report and, in response to questions and comments from Members, clarified points of detail, including:

a)    in response to a concern about the impact of the proposed disposal on the County’s ability to accommodate future demand to increase school places, Mr Dodd confirmed that the site had been unused since 2006 and was confirmed as surplus to requirements in 2008, and that the Area Education Officer supported the proposed disposal; and

b)    in response to a question about whether or not open space in the area complied with the National Playing Field Association’s requirement for provision of playing field space per head of population, it was suggested that this be made a caveat when endorsing the proposed decision to sell the site, so that it would only go ahead once this point had been clarified.

2.         RESOLVED that, subject to the caveat outlined in paragraph 1. b) above, the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, to sell the property in line with the heads of terms agreed with a preferred bidder, and to authorise the Director of Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, to finalise the terms of the sale and complete the transaction, be endorsed.