32 Land at St David's Way - Proposed Freehold Disposal [PART A] PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
The Executive Member for
Environment and Finance & Governance and the Director of Finance submitted
a report for the Executive’s consideration. The purpose of the report was to
consider the proposal to dispose of the Council’s freehold interest in land at
St David’s Way.
The subject parcel of land
currently formed part of a much larger, and now defunct, secondary school site,
held in two equal halves by the Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Middlesbrough.
Shown edged on the plan
attached at Appendix A of the submitted report, the subject parcel of land held
by the Council measured @ 7.51 Acres [3.04 Hectares] - the adjoining parcel
held by the RC Diocese measured @ 7.32 Acres [2.96 Hectares] and was attached
at Appendix B of the report.
The land held in Council
ownership comprised former playing fields that previously served the now
cleared school, and which as well as being overgrown through lack of use,
currently sat vacant, not being held by the Council for any identified
operational purpose. Irregular in shape, the site comprised an open and vacant
area of land, generally flat, and with established boundary tree and hedgerow
cover.
It was proposed that access
to the subject parcel of land would be taken via the existing highways
arrangement at St David’s Way, with that roadway being brought up to adoptable
standard through the planning process.
An Asset Disposal Business
Case confirming the status of the subject land as surplus to operational
Council requirements was attached as Appendix D to Part B of the report.
ORDERED
1. That the information contained in Part A of
the report be noted.
2. That the decision be taken once all the
financial or exempt information contained in Part B of the report had been
considered.
REASON
In order to meet the Council’s requirements to
generate capital receipts, increase annually recurring revenue streams and to
bring the subject parcel of land into a far more beneficial use in the future.
In order to support the delivery of housing numbers on
sites identified by the Council for residential development purposes within the
Local Plan Framework.
The disposal of the subject parcel of land as proposed
supported delivery of the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan.