Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Finance

RESOLVED THAT

1.     the parcels of open space land outlined in green and blue on the attached plan be declared surplus (attached as Appendix A) and the granting of a lease in respect of  these two areas of land (together with necessary ancillary rights) to Rusty Shilling Limited for a term of 20 years be approved

2.     authority be delegated to the Head of Property and Asset Management, in consultation with the Borough Solicitor, to agree the terms of the leases and the Borough Solicitor be authorised to enter into such documents as she considers necessary or advisable to reflect the terms agreed, and upon such other terms as she considers appropriate to reflect the agreement reached.

The Cabinet Member Finance introduced the report and explained that as part of the planning permission for a new retirement development at 2 Gloucester Road a bridge needed to be constructed to allow flat owners easy access onto the Honeybourne line. In order for the bridge to be built, the developer required permission from the Council as owner of the Honeybourne line. The developer had also expressed an interest in acquiring a lease of two embankments for landscaping purposes. He explained that approval was therefore sought from Cabinet to dispose of 2 small pieces of council owned land which were technically public open space.

Members agreed that this was a positive way forward and would encourage the use of the Honeybourne line.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the parcels of open space land outlined in green and blue on the attached plan be declared surplus (attached as Appendix A) and the granting of a lease in respect of  these two areas of land (together with necessary ancillary rights) to Rusty Shilling Limited for a term of 20 years be approved

2.    authority be delegated to the Head of Property and Asset Management, in consultation with the Borough Solicitor, to agree the terms of the leases and the Borough Solicitor be authorised to enter into such documents as she considers necessary or advisable to reflect the terms agreed, and upon such other terms as she considers appropriate to reflect the agreement reached.