Issue - meetings

To approve the Schedule of Disposals proposed to meet the three year Meeting the Challenge 2 capital receipt target of £60 million covering the period 2015/16 to 2017/18. 

Please note: this report contains both exempt and non-exempt information.

If Cabinet Members wish to discuss the exempt information contained in the appendices to the published report, consideration must first be given to whether the public should be excluded from the meeting by passing the following resolution: -

In accordance with Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, the public to be excluded from the meeting for this item of business because it is likely that, if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 A to the Act, and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

Cllr Ray Theodoulou, Cabinet Member: Finance and Change, sought approval of the Schedule of Disposals proposed to meet the three year ‘Meeting The Challenge 2’ capital receipt target of £60 million covering the period 2015/16 to 2017/18.

Having considered all of the information, including known proposals and the reasons for the recommendations, Cabinet noted the report and, in line with the Policy for the Disposal of Property: 

RESOLVED to: 

1)    Confirm that those sites described at Appendix A (Exempt) which have previously been declared surplus by Cabinet in February 2017 and not yet disposed of, continue to be declared surplus to requirements, and

2)    Declare the sites listed on the proposed Schedule of Disposals Appendix B (Exempt) surplus to the Council’s land and property requirements, and,

In relation to both of these schedules, delegate authority to the Head of Property Services to dispose of the sites in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Change.

Prior to the discussion, members were advised that, should Cabinet wish to discuss the contents of the exempt information reported at Appendix A and Appendix B to the report, consideration would need to be given as to whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.

Cabinet agreed to consider the report without reference to the exempt information.

Cllr Ray Theodoulou, Cabinet Member: Finance and Change, sought approval of the Schedule of Disposals proposed to meet the council’s three year ‘Meeting the Challenge’ capital receipt target of £60m during the period 2015/16 to 2017/18.

Cllr Theodoulou and the Leader of the Council, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, confirmed the council was on target to achieve the £60m target, a position they described as ‘very encouraging’, particularly during the current period of financial pressure.

Having considered all of the information, including known proposals and the reasons for the recommendations, Cabinet noted the report and, in line with the Policy for the Disposal of Property: 

RESOLVED to: 

1)    Confirm that those sites described at Appendix A (Exempt) which have previously been declared surplus by Cabinet in February 2017 and not yet disposed of, continue to be declared surplus to requirements, and

2)    Declare the sites listed on the proposed Schedule of Disposals Appendix B (Exempt) surplus to the Council’s land and property requirements, and,

In relation to both of these schedules, to delegate authority to the Head of Property Services to dispose of the sites in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Change.

Prior to the discussion, members were advised that, should cabinet wish to discuss the contents of the exempt information reported at Appendices A and B to the report, consideration would need to be given as to whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Regulation 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.

Cabinet agreed to consider the report without making reference to the exempt information.