Issue - meetings

To consider the disposal of properties and sites deemed surplus to requirement in line with the Policy for the Disposal of Property.

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

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.

Having considered all of the information, including known proposals, alternative options and reasons for the recommendations, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVE, in line with the Policy for the Disposal of Property, to: 

1)    Confirm that those sites described at Appendix A (Exempt) which have previously been declared surplus by Cabinet in January 2018 and not yet disposed of, continue to be declared surplus to requirements

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 in Appendix A and Appendix B of the decision 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 item without reference to the exempt information.

Cllr Ray Theodoulou, Cabinet Member: Finance and Change, sought approval of two Schedule of Disposals proposed to meet the three year ‘Meeting the Challenge 3’ capital receipt target of £33 million for the period 2018/19 to 2020/21. 

Cllr Theodoulou confirmed that, as part of the Meeting the Challenge 2 (MTC2) Programme,  the Council’s Asset Management and Property Services had successfully achieved £52.5 million in capital receipts during the period April 2015 to March 2018, (against a target of £60 million).

Further sales, totalling £7.5 million, had been agreed during the final year of the MTC2 Programme but would not be received until the current financial year (2018/19) due to delayed sale completions.

Capital receipts received and sales agreed to date for 2018/19 totalled £8.522 million.

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

RESOLVED  in line with the Policy for the Disposal of Property, to: 

1)    Confirm that those sites described at Appendix A (Exempt) and had previously been declared surplus by Cabinet in January 2018, (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 had been advised that, should Cabinet wish to discuss the contents of the exempt information reported in Appendix A and Appendix B of the decision 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 item without reference to the exempt information.