Issue - meetings

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.